The new TiVo series 2 in my kitchen keeps on disappearing from my
network. It is an 80 minute Series 2 TiVo with a TiVo wireless adapter.
This setup worked fine for about 2 months. I could transfer files
between the kitchen TiVo and the two other TiVos on my home network.
About two weeks ago the kitchen TiVo disappeared from the network. When
I tried to transfer a file from the kitchen to one of my other TiVos the
other TiVo told me there were no recordings on the kitchen TiVo. I was
able to get the other TiVos to see it again by powering down and then
restarting.
Today it disappeared from the network and cycling the power did not
work. I had to redefine the network connection and it worked again.
About 3 hours after it was working the system disappeared from the
network again.
The strange thing is that although the other TiVos cannot see the
kitchen TiVo it has no problem connecting to TiVo to receive program
updates. I have manually forced a connection to TiVo and there is no
problem connecting. I have also run the network test and it works fine.
I know this sounds crazy but the problem seems to have started when I
went to the TiVo web site and gave my TiVos names so I call them Den,
Kitchen and Bedroom rather than using the last 4 digits of the MAC address.
The WiFi adapter used by the failing TiVo is a wireless adapter made by
TiVo, my network is WPA using AES encryption. All of my other TiVos are
near network jacks and are connected by Ethernet cable.
Has anyone seen this type of behavior? What can I do to keep the
kitchen TiVo visible to my other TiVos?
Ken G.
