[ExtractStream] Re: 3.0 and TyTool

Michael Loftis mloftis at w...
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:08:45 -0700


OK so it seems to have worked... I wasn't able to get a connection to 
the update servers *shrug*

Back to the drawing board sorta I guess.

Michael Loftis wrote:

> Well I'll be damned.... The TiVo apparently got itself a DHCP lease 
> and it is on the net, ish.... Now to see if I can DO anything witht 
> hat... 
>
> Quote from the thread I posted above....
>
> Some quick hints: your DHCP server must be running and properly
> configured, and your dongle must be plugged in, at the time that the
> Series 2 system boots, in order for the interface to work... there's
> no "hot-plug" support yet. You must enter the special ",#401"
> non-documented phone-dialing prefix to enable daily calls via
> Ethernet. Once you've entered this code, daily calls will take place
> via Ethernet or not at all... there's no fallback to the modem if the
> USB Ethernet dongle is disconnected, or your Internet connection goes
> down, or etc.
>
>
> enduote
>
> So lets see what happens when I enter ,#401 as the prefix....AND IT 
> WORKS!!!
> WOOT WOOOT WOOT!
> Now to get a shell prompt YUMMY....