TiVo AN0100 Wireless N Network Adapter (Gray) Reviews

Average Customer Rating - 3.9 out of 5 stars

32 customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars TiVo Wireless - awesome!!, July 25, 2010
The instructions were easy to follow; setup for both the TiVo and my wireless router was a snap.

Love being able to connect with TiVo Central and receive Netflix wirelessly.

5.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for... FANTASTIC, May 10, 2010
When you understand what this point really does, it becomes clear that it's an amazing device. Yes, you need to plug it into power, but that's only because it has a built-in microprocessor and internal web-based setup guide and those capabilities require power. This isn't a "dumb," USB-based adapter. It's much more powerful, and it serves as a stand-alone ethernet bridge.

As I mentioned, the basic idea is that this device is nothing more than a wireless-to-ethernet bridge. By enabling it and hooking it to your TiVo's ethernet port, your TiVo simply think it's hooked to a hard-wired ethernet connection. The beauty is that it requires no changes to your TiVo configuration. The adapter is detected automatically.

Ok, so it's a wireless-to-ethernet bridge, like many others available. What makes this one different? First, it's FAST, and it gets great reception, and it also works in the 5 GHz band, which is smaller number crowded than the typical 2.4 Ghz band. If you have an N-standard wireless router (or dual-band router) such as the Linksys WRT610, you can fully utilize the power of this adapter. I've tried it using both old-fashioned WEP encryption, as well as the WPA2-AES mode (which is the Draft-N standard encryption protocol). I EASILY get 25 Mbit/sec data rates from across the house and through walls from my Linksys 5 Ghz N router.

Simply put, if you set this up properly and don't get full-speed streaming via Netflix through your TiVo HD, it's due to excessive Netflix server loading (or limits to your home internet service) and not a speed bottleneck in this adapter. Or, your adapter may simply be too far from your router, but I find this adapter to work fundamentally well at longer distances.

As a side note, if you hook this adapter to any PC or laptop via the ethernet port, you can use it as your N wireless connection to your router and to the internet. That is, if you have a machine that needs a wireless connection, and you don't have or don't want to put a wireless adapter in it, this device works great as a general-purpose wireless-to-ethernet bridge. You simply connect it to your remote PC's ethernet port and set it up. Thus, it's a convenient style to get a N connection to your N wireless router from a PC or laptop that doesn't have wireless but does have an ethernet port. I love this thing, and it's well worth the money.

One final note for techies... if you use "channel bonding" on your router, that is, joining two channels together to bring about 40 Mhz bandwidth instead of the typical 20 Mhz, this devices takes advantage of that too!

3.0 out of 5 stars quit working after one week, August 22, 2010
Bought 2 n wireless adapters. Very easy to setup. One still working great but other one failed after one week. The power just wouldn't work. It had been in a surge protector with the tivo and tv so don't expect that was a problem. Transfers from one tivo to another were very fast when both were working. Amazon is shipping out a replacement at no charge so hopefully I just had a defective unit.

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy set up; works well, June 29, 2010
I am using a Tivo Series 3 DVR and this be an improvement over my prior network adapter. Downloads and video and photo access are considerably faster than with my prior adapter. Set up was easy and it seems to work from any location as opposed to the prior adapter which was more location senstive. I still get occasional period of unexplained lack of connection and tivo freezes but I still rate this as an improvement.

4.0 out of 5 stars Works way better than the prior USB version, April 30, 2010
This works a lot better than the prior USB version, I can now stream HD Netflix movies on my TiVo HD for example whereas before I have trouble doing that because the USB version wifi adapter was so slow!

This doesn't plug into the USB on your TiVo but rather the ethernet port. It also requires AC power as well.

My only complaint is that this is too expensive.

If you plan to watch streaming content such as Netflix with your TiVo, I would recommend this device. However, if you only need it for the standard TiVo updates and see connectivity, the much cheaper USB version really works just fine. Even for scheduled downloads the USB version works fine because it does that in the background so the speed doesn't matter in that case.

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty devout access point, July 25, 2010
The wireless N network adapter works well with my Tivo. It is very simple to set up, maybe 2-3 minutes tops. The connection is stable for the most part, and I have only see a very few hiccups while streaming Netflix. All in all, I would certainly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Works as expected BUT...., April 29, 2010
This new Tivo Wireless "N" adapter works as you would expect it to. The only thing I don't like is that you have to plug it into a power source.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and Stable, June 10, 2010
When I upgraded my TiVo to an HD section, I had expected to be able to use my existing Linksys USB device to perform network sharing. Unfortunately, only the TiVo brand units are supported on newer devices. While I was initially angry about this, I have to come clean that this new N-based unit is very fast, provides great network stability, and his provided me with a much higher quality of wireless network support than my previous element.

4.0 out of 5 stars wireless adapter with a wired concept, October 30, 2010
TiVo's new wireless N adapter is an interesting concept. It is a wireless adapter, however, it appears on your network as a wired adapter. Setting up the device is also unusual. You have 2 options. If your router supports it, you can connect via single push of a button, otherwise, you need to connect the adapter to a PC via the LAN port and access the set up through the 192.168.10.1 address we are all familiar with. Using alternative 2 is not difficult, and once in the browser you have 2 options, automatically scan for a network or manual setup. Because I do not broadcastt SSID, I utilized manual setup. It supports WPA2 security as well so no issues there. Now, where on earth the issues come in. If, for whatever reason, the adapter loses connectivity with your router, and you live in an area, where others are broadcasting their SSIDs, the adapter wll try to connect to one of those instead of te network selected as piece of the original setup. This is also the case for the TiVo G Adapters. Unfortunately unlike the Old TiVo adapters, you cannot simply go into settings and re-attach to your network. With this device (N Adapter) you need to unplug it from your TiVo box, back into your PC and run setup again to register it on your network. This is a pain, from a convnience perspective, and could pose challenging to those not technically inclined. The production of the adapter is excellent when working as designed. I am still tinkering to determine how to prevent the above events described from occurring.

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't use if you have walls!, December 9, 2010
Absolutley rediculous. I have to hook it up to a 25 foor CAT5 cable and bring it into the hallway so it can "see" my router. If I bring it even 2 inches in my door, it shows I have a signal, but will not sync with DHCP. Sent email to TiVo, not really expecting a helpfull response, but hey.
Save your money and buy ANY other bridge that you can connect OTHER things to also. $90 for a single item connection is rediculous.


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