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tonkaMN
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| Anyone else using some type of DVR setup besides the one that Comcast offers? |
We have Directv and we love it. We have 3 DVR's and about 250 channels. It cost about $80 a month. We lose service for a total of about 10 minutes a year due to heavy rain or snow. When that happens, we just watch something from the dvr. |
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Rustynails
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| NOSNOW wrote: |
| We have Comcast Basic-Basic-Basic service + internet. The only reason we have basic service (local channels only) is that it’s cheaper to have it then not to. We have a DVR that we got somewhere, maybe Ultimate, about 6 years ago. Which work great, it also work with an antenna. |
That's another scam. You should be able to buy a DVR instead of renting. |
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GeoPierce
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So I downgraded Comcast to basic cable (no DVR) and bought a Tivo to record shows. I'm setting it up and was going to use an old Linksys wireless B bridge to connect to my Linksys wireless N router but it's not working. Any network pros out there know if I can use wireless B with wireless N? I know wireless G is compatible with N but not sure about B.
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Pear Head
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Location: north of Duluth
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| GeoPierce wrote: |
| So I downgraded Comcast to basic cable (no DVR) and bought a Tivo to record shows. I'm setting it up and was going to use an old Linksys wireless B bridge to connect to my Linksys wireless N router but it's not working. Any network pros out there know if I can use wireless B with wireless N? I know wireless G is compatible with N but not sure about B. |
I use DD-WRT on of one my routers to bridge. I do know that both routers have to be in the same mode (I haven't tried to bridge like you're doing between modes, but I do recall reading it somewhere). You also loose half the bandwidth of the router when you do it I believe....
Google DD-WRT if you're not familiar with it.
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qwerty2582
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| GeoPierce wrote: |
| So I downgraded Comcast to basic cable (no DVR) and bought a Tivo to record shows. I'm setting it up and was going to use an old Linksys wireless B bridge to connect to my Linksys wireless N router but it's not working. Any network pros out there know if I can use wireless B with wireless N? I know wireless G is compatible with N but not sure about B. |
I've got a spare TiVo wireless adapter I could sell you... Make life easier for you... |
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GeoPierce
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| qwerty2582 wrote: |
| I've got a spare TiVo wireless adapter I could sell you... Make life easier for you... |
Awesome, do you accept cache containers and/or geocoins?  I think they were $50 at Best Buy? Is it wireless G or N?
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GeoPierce
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I've never heard of that before but it sounds like it is for Linux? Or is it Linux software you install on the router? I just need to connect the Tivo and my wife would be mad if I brought down the whole network.
| Pear Head wrote: |
I use DD-WRT on of one my routers to bridge. I do know that both routers have to be in the same mode (I haven't tried to bridge like you're doing between modes, but I do recall reading it somewhere). You also loose half the bandwidth of the router when you do it I believe....
Google DD-WRT if you're not familiar with it. |
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