March 2, 2006 4:48 PM

Another dissatisfied customer.

I've also still been having the issue where the network works for a few days and then stops working. I've tried another switch moved DHCP from running on my router to running on a MS Windows XP Server, replaced cables and tried both the LinkSys USB200M & NetGear FA120 and I still have the same problem. It seems that PTVNet just does not want to admit that there is a problem. Reboot and it works great for about a day.

I also know that it is not my network because networks are my life. I'm a senior network consultant for a fortune 50 company. After all the troubleshooting I've done. I can guarantee it is not the network.

Tim Gunderson :mad:
Philips 708
LinkSys USB200M & NetGear FA120

March 3, 2006 3:36 PM

I also have this network dropout issue

I just recently upgraded my RCA DTIVO with InstantCake and PTVNet software version 6.2. I am using the NetGear FA120 wired to my linksys router. In the morning I reboot my tivo and it receives 192.168.15.103 with hostname PTVUpgrade. By the afternoon, the network connection drops and it no longer is on the network. If I leave it, I sometimes find it back on my network with 192.168.15.102 and a blank host name or a host name of many numbers. This is odd Behavior like it is reseting itself. I have tried a DLINK DHCP server as well as another Linksys router I have, but have the same problem. I will be trying a static IP address tonight if I can figure out how to set it up.

Starting to not sound like an isolated incident.

March 4, 2006 7:15 AM

marcpitt said:

I just recently upgraded my RCA DTIVO with InstantCake and PTVNet software version 6.2. I am using the NetGear FA120 wired to my linksys router. In the morning I reboot my tivo and it receives 192.168.15.103 with hostname PTVUpgrade. By the afternoon, the network connection drops and it no longer is on the network. If I leave it, I sometimes find it back on my network with 192.168.15.102 and a blank host name or a host name of many numbers. This is odd Behavior like it is reseting itself. I have tried a DLINK DHCP server as well as another Linksys router I have, but have the same problem. I will be trying a static IP address tonight if I can figure out how to set it up.

I had the exact same issue on two differant tivo's created with Instantcake. It turned out to be an issue with my dhcp in my Netgear router. I went to my laptop which had been working fine on the network for months, and I tried to repair the network connection. It was unable to do so. Gave my laptop a static IP made it worked great, as it also did with the two tivos. So I turned off the Netgear router and hooked up my ol' trusty Microsoft router and DHCP worked wonderfully on both the Tivo and the Laptop.

I suggest testing your DHCP by manually renewing all of the IP's on your network via DHCP.

March 5, 2006 6:39 AM

Disregard my earlier post. Now the Microsoft router is acting up as well.
My Tivo's show up in Look@Lan as 192.168.2.52 and 86. No hostname.
In the router they show up as 192.168.2.53 and 87???? With the hostname PTVupgrade-series2 (something like that). If I hit refresh, sometimes they switch to one below, 192.168.2.51 and 85 in the router. Why would the router have a differant IP address listed than what the network actually sees?

I can ping the IP that shows up in Look@Lan, but not the ones that show up in the router, however FTP, Telnet, Tivoweb, etc do not work on either. I reloaded one of the Tivos with Instantcake and Ptvnet, and the symptoms above happened immediately.

I have USB200M's for both Tivos. One of which worked perfectly for an entire year before this. This only started happening when I added a second Directivo to my network. Could it have something to do with them both haveing the same hostname?
Maybe there should be a step added to name the Tivo while the Tivo is Bakeing.

I got too frustrated yesterday, so I will continue troubleshooting tonight.

March 5, 2006 12:51 PM

westr2424 said:

Just reloaded my Tivo...again.
While it was booting for the first time, Look@Lan saw it as 192.168.2.51 and inside the router it was listed with the same IP address with the hostname "1010000C01E4D4F".

However, after a couple of minutes the Router listed it as 192.168.2.53 with the hostname PTVupgrade-TiVo-Series2. After a refresh it switched to *.52. Yet Look@Lan still has it as *.51 with no hostname. No FTP, Telnet, etc.

I have reloaded the Tivo twice, reset the router back to factory defaults several times. And my USB200M had been working with this Tivo for a year.
Upgradeing to 6.2 and adding a second Tivo seem to be the source of all my headaches!!

Sounds like your router is confused by the presence of more than one TiVo on your network if the same hostname for each is present in the dhclient.conf file. Many routers don't have this shortcoming, as they use the MAC address (unique to each device, regardless of what it is called), however some do have a problem.

The workaround for this is simple - change the hostname description in the dhclient.conf file to something unique. Not sure if this was the original poster's problem, however the fix for your situation is documented here:

http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/12044/

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

October 18, 2006 5:42 PM

Just wanted to pipe in that I'm having the EXACT same issue.  I've had to reset the tivo twice today.

This isn't an isolated issue.