December 19, 2005 10:17 PM

AZPete said:

I have a Hughes SD-DVR40 and want to either:

A. Use my Vonage phone connection to make the daily call.
B. Connect the thing to my Home LAN and let it contact DirectTV that way.

Any advice on accomplishing either?


A subject line that is more descriptive of your question is always more useful and helpful to others who search the forums. Something like "Can I make my daily call using Vonage?" or "Is there a way to contact DirecTV using my LAN?" would be more suitable.

To answer your question: Consider our PTVnet kits or DIY software (see the announcements and Series2 networking area for information on both. You CANNOT make a daily call using your network, however with PTVnet you can suppress the requirement to make one, with the only downside being that you would have to order PPV events using the directv.com website or by calling them to order.

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