If you have the ethernet cable going right from the Tivo to your laptop without going through a router or bridge, you are creating another network. I believe this will only work if you have an ethernet cross-over cable or your PC can auto-sense (I have a Mac which does auto-sense so you don't need a cross-over cable.). It would be easier if you just had the Tivo ethernet cable to router ethernet cable to your laptop but this all depends on the physical distances in-between the locations.
The wireless connection should be fast enough especially now with 802.11n capability. I don't know how old your wireless router is but even one of the old routers which are 802.11b are 11Mbps which is 1/10 the speed of most ethernet networks. The 802.11g are 1/2 the speed of ethernet and if you are on 802.11n, you shouldn't be at all slower than wired ethernet. One thing you might need to consider is the actual wireless speed and not the rated speed - the location of the Tivo and your laptop may be affecting the transfer speed. Check how strong your wireless signal strength is at both the locations. Hope that helps. Jay On Feb 14, 2009, at 6:03 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Ethernet cable is going right from the Tivo to the laptop. Is that > doable? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Glen Farney [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 04:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Tansfering Tivo shows to my laptop... > > You should be able to go Ethernet right to the same router you're > getting > the wireless from. Less convenient, but faster IF the wifi is the > choke. > Typically, your broad band connection is much slower than the wireless > itself. > > Glen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
