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(PeteCresswell)

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I'am having trouble getting a connection between my Dell 4700 com
puter and my hd Tivo I have an Ethernet cabel connected bettween my
router and the tivo and still my computer says no tivo is there! Do
you have any help for this tired senior?

Do you know the IP address of the Tivo?

If so, you could try to ping it from the PC and that would tell
you if it's visible out there on the end of the Ethernet cable.

If the above was just so much gobbledygook, I'd suggest tracking
down somebody who knows a little about LANs - maybe a neighbor...
and letting them take a look.

Might be an overstatement to say it's *really* complicated....
but there are more than just one or two variables and I find the
learning curve tb quite time consuming. I'm a little ahead of
you... but not that far.
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PeteCresswell