Originally Posted by Pete-KT

To connect the laptop and the TiVo together for the purposes of TiVoToGo transfers, you'll need:

- A crossover ethernet cable. This differs from a standard ethernet cable, in that several of the wire pairs are swapped, to allow direct transfer from one device to another without a hub or switch. You can pick one up at a store or online (or make your own if you have a crimper, etc).

- A wired USB ethernet adapter compatible with TiVo. http://www.tivo.com/adapters/ has a list of adapters that are known to work.

However, if you want to connect the TiVo to your DSL connection permanently, you might just want to invest in a broadband router (as cheap as free after rebate at times).

To transfer / watch the recordings, you'll need TiVo Desktop 2.1, available at http://www.tivo.com/desktop/.