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Chapter 8®Many of the screens you use tocomplete Wireless Settings orTCP/IP Settings have the same title.However, they have different subtitles. Inthis document, each screen is identifiedby its subtitle.Screen subtitleConnecting to a Home NetworkCompleting the Recorder’s Network SettingsIf your Recorder is connected to a wired (Ethernet) network adapter, skip to“TCP/IPSettings for a Home Network” on page 111.Wireless Settings for a Home NetworkIf you have a wireless home network, and have connected a wireless network adapter toyour Recorder, as described on page 105, you are ready to complete Wireless Settings.To get to Wireless Settings: press the TiVo button on the remote control to go to TiVoCentral, then select Messages & Setup, then Settings, then Phone & Network, then “Editphone or network settings,” then Wireless Settings.Wireless ChecklistThis is the first Wireless Settings screen you will see. It lists information you need tocomplete wireless settings. You can find all this information in the configuration settingsof your network’s wireless access point or router.If your wireless network does not use encryption (WEP), then you only need to provide awireless network name; you do not need to provide a password format or password.When you are ready to continue, press SELECT on your remote control.Wireless Connection and Wireless Network NameYou must now provide the name of your wireless network. Wireless networks have anetwork name (sometimes called an SSID for service set identifier). A wireless networkmay be open or closed. Open wireless networks broadcast their network names, allowingdevices in their vicinity to identify them automatically. Closed wireless networks do notbroadcast their network names, so they cannot be identified automatically.108
Completing the Recorder’s Network SettingsThis screen lists the names of nearby wireless networks that your Recorder has been ableto identify. If you have a wireless router (or wireless access point) and you did not set anetwork name, your network is probably using a name supplied by the router’smanufacturer.If your network’s name is listed, select it. (You may be able see more names by pressingCHAN DOWN to scroll down the screen.)Otherwise, select “Connect to a closed wireless network”:• On the Wireless Network Name screen, enter the name of your network by using thearrow keys on your remote control to highlight a character, then press SELECT.You must use capital and lowercase letters appropriately. For example, to find anetwork named “My Network” you must capitalize the “M” and “N”; entering “mynetwork” would not work. Use THUMBS UP and THUMBS DOWN to change touppercase or lowercase. Select “Done entering text” when you are finished.If the Recorder detects that your wireless network does not use encryption (WEP) you willsee the Confirm Settings screen, described on page 111.Wireless Password FormatYou see the Wireless Password Format screen if there is a chance that your wirelessnetwork uses WEP encryption.WEP. WEP is a kind of encryption used by wireless networks to improve their security.There are different levels of WEP encryption, typically called 40, 64, 104, 128, or 256-bitencryption. Encryption at higher levels offers better security. At the highest levels (104-bitor above), WEP encryption may slow down the transfer of programs from one Recorder toanother by a small amount. WEP is usually turned on or off through the configuration8109
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