http://www.dvrplayground.com?src=forumtopic_rss DVRplayground - Networking Forum Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:18:04 GMT admin@dvrplayground.com DVRplayground 60 http://www.dvrplayground.com/brand/dvrpg/community.gif http://www.dvrplayground.com?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17393/MRV-not-working-gt-lt-Static-IP/?src=forumtopic_rss So I've successfully changed one of my series 2 Dtivos (running 6.2) from dhcp to a static ip address because I was getting tired of my router randomly re-addressing my tivos. The only problem is that, for some reason, my Tivo Desktop server is not seeing my tivo's new address. I know it is locked onto my LAN at the address that I gave it because I can easily call up tivowebplus and/or telnet to it, but I cannot seem to get the tivo desktop server to see it- I am getting Tivo Name = (unknown) address in the Tivo Server Properties / Access Control listing. Obviously, I cannot utilize MRV until the Tivo server and more importantly, the Tivo transfer service recognizes the address. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!! Philip Networking Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:17:59 GMT pstgh http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17393/MRV-not-working-gt-lt-Static-IP/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17338/Series-1-PTVUpgrade-failed-to-connect/?src=forumtopic_rss I'm a total newbie, but I've owed the PTVUpgrade on my Series 1 for over two years. 9 times out of 10, I get an "Error Failed to Connect" when using TyTools. When I do get the Now Showing list and I try to extract a show, I never get more than 80% extracted before it freezes. Can anyone help? Networking Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:44:46 GMT gitrov http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17338/Series-1-PTVUpgrade-failed-to-connect/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17198/USB-network-adaptor-for-older-bakes/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello, In December of 2005 I upgraded my Phillips 704 Directvo with InstantCake for Series2 DirecTiVo Units (6.2). I had a Netgear FA120 USB connecter. All was fine and dandy. About 14 months ago we moved from Portland to Seattle and in the move the Netgear went missing. I've been using the Directivo without a network connection until today when I picked up a Trend Net TU2-ET100 from my local Radio Shack, plugged it into my Directvo, and into my network. The 100 MPS light lights up but not the link light. Rebooted several times and tried both ports to no avail. I see that there are adaptors that are compatabile for drives baked after Decemeber of 06 but what about one as old as mine? Short of a rebake are there any adaptors that will plug and play? It appears the Netgears are unavailable. If I've missed where this has been addressed in the forum already please forgive me. Thanks for any assistance! David Networking Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:53:02 GMT hillhome4 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17198/USB-network-adaptor-for-older-bakes/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17148/hr10-250-ip-address/?src=forumtopic_rss I'm looking for some help getting an IP address on my hr10-250. I using a copy of my original drive so I can always go back to a clean copy of 6.3f if needed. In addition, I'm using a Linksys USB200M v2. I initially had trouble with PTVnet 6.x not installing and generating the "no such file or directory" when attempting to set the flags. I found several posts regarding this, and after manually creating the init directory, and using the "force" option to run the script, everything seemed to install. After booting my receiver, I now have link lights on my Linksys adapter, but I do get an address. I've scanned my network using AngryIP to verify this. I also do not have any unaccounted for entries in my DHCP clients table. For troubleshooting purposes, I have tried the USB200M in a laptop where it does get an address and works perfectly. I've read many posts here where people have this working, so clearly I'm overlooking something or doing something wrong. I was going to purchase InstantCake, but InstantCake is also at 6.3f so I don't see what that would gain. Any thoughts from anyone are appreciated. Thanks Networking Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:24:54 GMT muellgre http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17148/hr10-250-ip-address/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16495/My-Hackman-is-DEAD--/?src=forumtopic_rss I don't know how but my Hackman took a dump. It was working fine for MONTHS and then all of a sudden... nothing. I wasn't mucking around in there at all. I can still telnet in and get programs with tytools but no hackman. I really don't want to re cake the drive as I'll loose all my programs. Tips on reinstalling hackman? I see there's a new version so maybe I can install that? It's a DirecTivo HDVR2 (Hughes) HALP!!! Troubleshooting Building & Hacking Networking Dish Network Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:59:49 GMT Stewie_G http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16495/My-Hackman-is-DEAD--/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16389/Will-my-plan-work-/?src=forumtopic_rss A friend gave me his old DirecTV RCA DVR80. Since I don't have a regular phone line (we only use cell phones), I knew from the start I would have to hack it. So I did lots of research, and before I spend any money, I want to get the forums advice (the best forum I found so far). Will this plan work: 1. Use PTVnet and InstantCake on 120 GB hard drive I have laying around. 2. Buy and use Linksys USB200M v.2 10/100 Ethernet USB adapter. 3. Connect Linksys USB adapter to a Linksys wireless hub. Configure wireless hub to be on existing wireless network. 4. Connect to Time Warner cable (I don't have DirecTV's service). Do you guys see any problems with this? Any possible trouble spots? My goal right now is to get updates over the internet. My long term goal is to record some shows on DVD's that I can use at work, but I'll save that for another day. DirecTV Networking Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:35:24 GMT EdT http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16389/Will-my-plan-work-/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16341/PVTnet-and-HDR10-250-issue/?src=forumtopic_rss I am new to this and am having issues getting my Trendnet USB adapter working. I have a HR10-250 version 6.3 with PTVNET HD 6.3. I purchased the Trendnet adapter from DRV Upgrade with my PVT software. I installed the software on my drive, reinstalled the drive, connected the Trendnet adapter to my HR10-250, and ran a wire to my router. I powered up the Tivo and all of the channels are working. On the Trendnet adapter only the 100Mbs light comes on, and the Link light is off. I checked my router DHCP client list and it does not see the Tivo. I amnot sure if the Tivo is not connecting to the Trendnet, or if the router is not finding the Tivo. Can someone help me understand how to gett hese talking? Upgrading General Discussion Networking Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:30:53 GMT pjt8362 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16341/PVTnet-and-HDR10-250-issue/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16334/default-gateway-and-PTVNET/?src=forumtopic_rss I have 3 DSR-704s that are upgraded. 1 has an HD I bought from DVRPlayground with PTVNet The other two I upgraded myself using InstantCake and PTVNet I bought from DVRPlayground. All are working just fine except 1 (one that I upgraded) doesn't report a default gateway like the other two. All machines use the same DHCP server, so they should all be getting the same default GW. But onw isn;t for some reason. Any ideas where to look and what to look for? Thanks, - m DirecTV Upgrading Networking Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:13:23 GMT mphare http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16334/default-gateway-and-PTVNET/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16222/network-problems-with-Instantcake-upgrade/?src=forumtopic_rss I upgraded a 240040 Series2 Tivo using instantcake to a 250G drive. I seem to have lost my ability to stream music and photos from my PC. My computer is visible in the list of option on the Tivo screen yet it gives me a message indicating the server is busy. Also, the Tivo PLUS software that I used to successfully download divx files to the Tivo from my PC does not work so well. When the divx file is finished downloading the Tivo loses it somehow. I can view the movie while downloading with no trouble and when I do it seems to stay-put on the Tivo. This disappearing divx issue has happened many times. Based on the 2 problems i am having I can only figure the instantcake software is missing code that I had on the original HD. ??? - Bruce Networking Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:03:24 GMT bruce http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16222/network-problems-with-Instantcake-upgrade/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16151/Will-Wireless-connection-support-encryption-of-any-kind-/?src=forumtopic_rss I do not like to run wireless unless the connection carries some type of encryption. Has anyone enabled encryption on the Tivo Wireless connection? if so what type ? 64-bit, 128-bit? WEP ? WPA-PSK [TKIP]? WPA2-PSK? Thank you. Networking Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:10:35 GMT fossil http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16151/Will-Wireless-connection-support-encryption-of-any-kind-/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16138/Need-help-with-PTVnet-USB-access/?src=forumtopic_rss Updated with correct USB adapter models !!! Please tell me if these are supported or where I can find the latest list of supported USB adapters. ================================ I rebuilt my 2 120GB Quantum drives with IntantCake after problem with power supply and Tivo came back to lilfe. I used a PC power supply to power the drives and left original power supply in place. Rebuilt drives which came up without a problem. Then purchased the PTVnet and run on the same drives, selected the USB 2.0 option and then tried to connect but no luck. I used a Belkin model FSD7050 Wireless G USB Network Adapter and a Linksys model WUSB54GV2 Wireless-g Network Adapter but no luck. I removed WEP encryption from the wireless setup on the router, added MAC address to router, then I tried adding a static reservation address for each MAC address of the 2 USB G wireless devices but nothing. I even tried plugging both USB devices at the same time, but nothing. I rebooted after each attempt. Tivo is behaving as if there is not network USB support. Can you help me identify if my 6.2 software sees the USB port? I remember reading a... Upgrading TiVo Series 1 & 2 Networking Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:08:30 GMT fossil http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16138/Need-help-with-PTVnet-USB-access/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16095/JavaHMO/?src=forumtopic_rss I'm at wits end...I can't get JavaHMO installed on my computer. It keeps saying i need Java 1.3 but i can't seem to find it anywhere. HELP!!! Troubleshooting DirecTV Building & Hacking Networking Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:56:40 GMT Ereu http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16095/JavaHMO/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16081/Can-no-longer-access-Directivo-via-IE/?src=forumtopic_rss Samsung SIR-S4040R InstantCake 6.2-01-2-381 Ptvnet 62-1.10 Linksys WRT54GS Netgear FA120 Hello, Baked a new HD for this unit about 10 months ago. I was able to access unit via IE for several months, but never really used it that much. Further, for about the past 4 weeks, I can't access the unit with IE. Using Angry IP Scanner, I can find the IP address, and using the Linksys setup program in IE, I can find the DVR in the DHCP Clients Table, but I can't connect via IE. I get the "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" message. A couple of days ago, as I didn't use IE to access the unit much anyway, I thought I'd force a call to Directv DVR service, but I had forgotten about PTV Net. I was able to force the call, and it downloaded something, but the software version remains the same. I'd like to be able to do one of two things without having to pull the hard drive and baking it again as I have a lot of recordings on the HD: 1. Preferably, I'd like to get the unit to accept the new programming even if it overwrites the PTV... Networking Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:02:00 GMT gh1138 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16081/Can-no-longer-access-Directivo-via-IE/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16067/Best-DVR-for-easy-copy-/?src=forumtopic_rss I'm looking purchasing a DVR in the near future and am looking for the capability to copy my programs from the DVR to a computer rather easily. Which DVR's support this w/o too much run around? Networking Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:39:34 GMT Drew53403 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16067/Best-DVR-for-easy-copy-/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16044/Connecting-Networking-Two-DVRs/?src=forumtopic_rss I have a HD DVR connected to my HDTV in the living room. I recently bought a HDTV for the bedroom and have a HD DVR connected to that. Both DVRs are Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300s. Question: Is it possible to connect/network the two DVRs, so you will be able to see shows recorded on the living room DVR in the bedroom, and visa versa? If so, how is it done? Any help is greatly appreciated. General Discussion Networking Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:23:56 GMT MattMan http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16044/Connecting-Networking-Two-DVRs/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16043/Accessing-DishNetwork-formatted-hard-drive-on-a-computer/?src=forumtopic_rss I'd like to know if anyone has been successfully been able to copy the recordings from a hard-drive? Is there any utility to access or make the drive visible? or is it that the DVR use a different OS, and thereby a different file-system, perhaps Linux? I have an external hard drive connected through an external USB to my DishNetwork HD-DVR receiver. On first connect, the receiver had re-formatted the drive for use with it. When I connect it to my computer, it does not show the drive, however the drive is indicated to be connected in my system devices. Any comments towards this will be helpful. Thanks. Networking Dish Network Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:36:54 GMT s1111 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16043/Accessing-DishNetwork-formatted-hard-drive-on-a-computer/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16034/Almost-there...MRV/?src=forumtopic_rss I have hacked my Directv Tivo, Hughes HDR2, upgraded the drive to a 160Gig and used InstantCake and PVNet. I had no issues with using the software, no errors etc. Put the new hard drive in the Tivo and forgot to put the power supply to it but figured out with the issue was after reading thru the forums. I read that the Welcome Powering up screen isn't part of the harddrive so I realized it wasn't working and connected the power supply to the drive worked much better then! Network was working everything great! Wonderful software and instructions. Didn't have the local channels and I again read the forums, found the answer and was able to fix that with a visit to Directv's web site. I installed superpatch 6.2a thru FTP. No issues no error messages. Music and Photos show up and can access my photo's on my laptop. Everything is great. I can actually see my stand alone Tivo that is in my office. It shows up on my Now Playing list but it wont let me access the shows at all. It comes up with a screen that asks if I have purchased the HMO option for... Networking Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:39:49 GMT pmeverett http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16034/Almost-there...MRV/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16007/PTVnet-error--So-such-file-or-directory-when-setting-flags/?src=forumtopic_rss I've got my CD-ROM & HD connected correctly in the PC, boot w/PTVnet, apply Instacake to HD, that works fine. When Instacake is done cooking and it is time to apply the PTVnet flags, I get the following statement for each attempted flag setting: touch: /mnt/tivo/init/ptv_flags/static_off: No such file or directory replace static_off above with each subsequent flag setting, and you get the idea. Result is a good HD when installed in DirecTV Tivo unit, but no networking capability (USB port is active, network drivers not installed, etc etc. Any idea why it can't find the correct directories? Suggestions? Thanks, Dave Networking Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:31:59 GMT DYauch http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16007/PTVnet-error--So-such-file-or-directory-when-setting-flags/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/15996/Setting-the-hostname/?src=forumtopic_rss I have spent more time than I would like to admit with this issue, but my router does not support static dhcp without a third party firmware upgrade (Linksys) and I have three hacked DTV tivos, one hacked using ptvupgrade and two using the zipper. Angry IP scanner only shows the ip address and mac address with NA as the hostname and computer name. My DHCP Client table on the router only shows the Tivo serial number . How can i get IP scanner or the DHCP Client table to display the name of the dvr that I choose? I see that a file called /var/tmp/dhclient.eth0.conf is used to start /sbin/dhclient but when I edit it and reboot, it get reset to the same serial number host-name as before. I have also added this to my rc.sysinit.author. ##### hostname master export HOSTNAME=master ###### and rebooted but it made no difference. master is the name I want to assign to the Tivo. I also added this to my hosts file master-TiVo# cat hosts # Copyright (c) 2001 TiVo Inc. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 master master-TiVo# Any help will be much appreciated! Networking Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:09:01 GMT rolande http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/15996/Setting-the-hostname/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/15837/Questoin-on-Upgraded-D-Tivo-to-PTVnet/?src=forumtopic_rss OK, just got back my Hughes HDVR2, with its snazzy new upgraded Hard Drive and PTVnet. So far, so good. I've accessed the Tivo from a desktop computer and it looks great. My question is this : how do I access REMOTELY, from another location not inside my home network? If I'm travelling, I want to be able to log on to this thing and adjust/check things. Where do I start? Thanks, Gene Networking Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:06:16 GMT DPGumby http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/15837/Questoin-on-Upgraded-D-Tivo-to-PTVnet/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss