Thanks for the great replies - what Jeremy wrote makes sense... The tivo in the living room is directly above my daughter's room in the basement while my bedroom is onthe same flor - but down the hall and around the corner and we are all three generally on laptops while watching tivo and I know the neighbor has wireless so it is probably interference - I will try running a cable and seeing if that makes a difference.
Now does any one have an answer on if I reconnect my lifetime series two can I transefer from a Series 3 to a series 2???? --- In [email protected], Jeremy Sullivan <jersu...@...> wrote: > > Bill raises a good point. If your neighbors are on the same wireless channel > you are then your data transfers won't be as fast. You can try different > channels to see if there is an improvement. The best channels (due to less > overlap) tend to be 1, 6, and 11. > > To use wired network connectivity without having to pull Ethernet cables, > Powerline is another option. It utilizes network adapters you plug into your > power sockets and use your existing wiring. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill Kearney <wkearne...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, April 5, 2010 9:02:06 AM > Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Re: Slow Transfers and transfering between series > 2 and 3 > > > > And consider that someone else nearby may also be running wifi. Too many > devices or networks in a given area can degrade performance quite a lot. > > The antennas generally work by radiating a round pattern. Think of a > doughnut, spreading out from around the pole of the antenna. You want to > make sure your antennas are lined up to make that doughnut radiating pattern > overlap. If the devices are all on the same floor of the house then the > antennas would be vertical. But if they're on different floors then they'd > need to be pointed in a way that best lines up. It may require reposition > both the antennas and the base station, perhaps even moving them to a better > location entirely. For USB connections you can use up to a 15ft extension > cable and not degrade the USB performance. > > Our 1950's era house is notorious for blocking all sorts of wireless > traffic. It's a problem just getting wifi to spread between the floors. I > had to resort to using a second access point in the attic in order to get > enough coverage upstairs. > > As has been suggestion, REALLY look into pulling wire. Wireless is not a > good solution for bulk traffic transfers like movies. It's just not suited > for it. Web surfing, e-mail, sure. But not for pulling a virtual freight > train of data from one box to another. Wire is cheap and installing is > actually not all that difficult. And sometimes a lot cheaper that you might > expect, ask a local electrician for a quote. They've already got the tools > and pulling CAT5 wire is a LOT easier for them than electrical wire. > > -Bill Kearney > > > Your bedroom TiVo is the common denominator here, and it's most likely a > > signal strength issue. Go Messages & Settings, and then Network & Phone > > (this is from my memory on my series 2) and see what percentage it reports > > for the signal. Probably your bedroom TiVo is getting a weaker connection > > to your wireless router than your daughter's or the living room units. > > > > You can play around with the placement of your wireless adapter to see if > > you can get a better signal. If you've not lifted the top of your > > wireless adapters you should. There is an antenna there, and it works > > best when pointed straight up. > > > > Distance, number of walls and their composition all degrade wireless > > signals. If you can't get a better signal and really want to speed up the > > copies your other options are to move your router closer, or switch one or > > more of your TiVos to wired connections. Though not as convenient, wired > > connections will be much faster than wireless. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
