lundi 29 décembre 2014

Tivo Roamio Wireless Speed - Wireless-N Adapter compatible?

After having a premiere for a few years in one apartment - I got a Roamio almost a year ago for a 2nd apartment. In the past year due to work situations changing, I gave up the 2nd apartment and now have both Tivo's in the same place - the premiere in the bedroom and the roamio in the living room. The premiere has a Tivo wireless-N adapter attached, the roamio using the built-in wireless. The layout of the apartment does not make hard-wiring connections practical. The modem/router is in the same room as the roamio and the diagnostic screen shows 100% signal.



While using pyTivo to transfer files to the roamio - I would get speeds usually in the high 2's or low 3's Mb/s. I didn't think much of it -- just chalking it up "that's lousy wireless speed for you". A couple of months went by and my wife wanted something transferred to the bedroom (which we hardly ever do) and so I sent the files to the premiere via pyTivo. Expecting the normal transfer times - I was very surprised when I looked at the computer just a few moments later and saw the transfer was complete. The premiere received the file (while being in a completely different room from both my laptop sending the file and the router) nearly 5x faster.



Now realizing that what I was seeing from the roamio is probably not normal - I started doing some experimenting.



Send to roamio from laptop: Slow

Send to premiere from laptop: Fast

Transfer a show from premiere to roamio: Slow

Transfer a show from Roamio to Premiere: Fast

String ethernet across the floor from the roamio to the router: *Really* fast (as expected).



I've tried to eliminate all things besides the roamio (resetting the box - repeating setup, etc).



I even went so far as bringing in a whole new router/modem just to make sure that it wasn't the issue. No change. Everything behaves as described.



The only thing left is the Roamio. Everything else has been eliminated.



First - what are other experiences with Roamio transfer speeds? I'm assuming other people see at least speeds on par with the premiere, correct?



Second - because I am not looking forward to dealing with support and going through the pain-in-the-ass it will be to first get them to confirm that it is a problem with the wireless in the box .. and then the hassle of dealing with a repair - I'm wondering if I can use a wireless-N adapter on the roamio? Has anybody used the wireless-N adapter with the box? I read on their site that it is not officially supported (because you shouldn't need it with the roamio) - but that it *should* work.




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