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I just received my USB100TX and connected it directly to my TiVo Series 2 with the supplied USB A-B cable. It does *not* come with a CAT-5 UTP Cable, but I have plenty spare and hooked it up. As soon as it was wired to both the TiVo and a hub in my nearby wiring closet the link light was activated. I did not need any of the manuals or driver disks that came in the package.

Within minutes I'd configured my TiVo to recognize the network adapter and my Linksys BEFSR41 Firewall/Router had allocated it a DHCP address.

I immediately ran the test-connection and also forced a daily update.

Downloading schedules are super quick compared to the dialup option. Obviously new firmware updates will also be significantly quicker. Plus the phone line won't be tied up during the call.

I had previously tried a different USB/Ethernet adapter and my TiVo did not recognize it (D-Link USB-650) so beware of using that on a TiVo.

The Linksys USB100TX is the wired adaptor recommended by TiVo and it works perfectly, first time.

I connected my TIVO to my Linksys rounter WRT54G and it works great. Also I am now able to use TIVO "To Go" by downloading a show from my Tivo to my laptop.

While all other PS2 game makers have taken internet play out of their games until Sony comes out with their network adapter, Neversoft has decided to keep online play in Tony Hawk 3, and this usb network adapter supports it! Thank you Neversoft!

OK, my company has three Gateway Astros, and they have ONLY USB connectivity. I had not choice but to purchase these. First, I have noticed that most USB NIC's only support 10Mbps connections, which was a problem for our network infrastructure. The other problem was that most of them were not Windows 2000 compatabile (no, the 3com is not compatible). This one is 10/100 and is Windows 2000 compatible. However, they are not ideal. The USB bus only support 16Mbps output, so you are limited to this even on a 100Mbps connection, which is why I am tell you. If you can go another way, you should. The do work well though, I recomend them.

So far it has worked fine with my TiVo, (which is a really good thing because I couldn't get my TiVo to work on my phone line.) I have only tried with my TiVo 2 series. The only thing that I wish I knew beforehand is the fact that you need a special USB cord to use it. You need the type of USB cord that you would use to hook your printer to your computer. Good thing I had an extra one of these lying around because they can be around $20 for just one of these little cords. Make sure that you really need this because it may be cheaper to buy a different type of adapter rather than this adapter and the special cord you need.