I'm not sure I exactly know hoe to check. I have a mac and a pc, and on my mac I used a program called "Terminal". Within that program I typed telnet 192.168.1.47 and that was timed out. In my web browser I typed ftp://192.168.1.47, it eventually comes up with a field to type in a username and password. I have no idea what to type here. I forgot to mention when I use Angry Scanner to get that IP it calls my Directivo "3810000e05f9c3c". Does that make sense?

I have tried a variety of things to get this to work. I can still get a login box by typing ftp://192.168.1.47 in my web browser. If I type "anonymous" as a username with no password it just says it can't connect because the username or password is incorrect. Same holds true if I don't put anything at all. As far as the Tivo showing up with the alphanumeric string, I have rebooted the Tivo, Router and PC, numerous times in different orders and still no change in the name, TivoWebPlus, Telnet or FTP don't work. When I use Angry Scanner it definetely pulls up that alphanumeric string for my Tivo, since when I unplug it, it dissapears. However when I log into my Router it never shows up in my DHCP clients list when my computers do show up. I thought maybe it was my router so I went out and bought a Linksys WRT54G, hooked it up and had no change in status what-so-ever except my Tivo then does show up in the DHCP clients list when I log into that router, however, it still shows up as a alphanumeric string. I'm not sure what else to try, I've tried different routers, USB to Ethernet adapters, logging in from different computers, etc. One thing that I did notice right away that it seems alot of other people mentioned had happened to them, was that on the initial startup, the Tivo would reboot a couple of times. That was never the case with me. It just went through a normal startup cycle. I really appreciate the attention you have shown me thus far, and would be indebted if we could continue to figure this out. Thanx...