Quote Originally Posted by timbohlsen
I will probably do some searching/reading on the tivoweb path. Initially I look at it and while I connect OK through serial, it seems I have no IP connectivity ?? I am using hyperterm from Win98 on an old laptop direct over serial Com1, so unsure if that's an issue ?? I will search the FAQs but any immediate tips you know would help.
This is really only telnet, giving you access to the shell. It won't really give you any tivoweb fuctionality.

Quote Originally Posted by timbohlsen
I did in a past life (last year) try to get networking over serial to XP going, but was snookered by NAT/routing/ADSL issues. I'm a long term IT guy but I remember at the time feeling like a right royal dinasour for the first time ;-)
This works fine, but is much simpler to setup if you use a hardware router (which most ADSL modems are these days) rather than trying to route via software.

Peter.