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So, I’ve had a TiVo series 2 with lifetime support since 2003-ish. When wireless support became useful – TTG – I bought a supported D-Link USB 122 adapter. I’ve been using that adapter until today. It still works, but doesn’t support WPA and is only 802.11b – WEP. It was kinda slow too. 350kbps – uh, on a wireless network that should have a REAL speed of about 2500kbps.

Anyway, I broke down and ordered the TiVo branded G device a few weeks ago. It arrived today. I didn’t believe the instructions.

1. Plug it into the USB port.

That’s it.

Damn, if it didn’t work. No reboot. No reconfigure of wifi settings.
Most impressive – my download speed has doubled to 650kbps. Oh, and that’s with a connect to TiVo test going.

The other scary thing is that my signal has gone from 85%-good to 100%-excellent. All I did was unplug the old USB wifi adapter and plug in the new. That’s it.

Happy. If I knew how easy this was, I would have changed years ago.
Later, after my current download finishes, I’ll change my wifi network from WEP to WPA. My network-mooching-neighbors are gonna hate me.