Daily Call Server Ip Address?

[jswu]

Hi,

I recently install a TurboNet card in my stand alone Tivo. After installing the card, I changed the dial-up to the ,#401 option to dial out over the internet. It worked fine until I installed telnet, ftp, and Tivo web. Now I get a "Server Unavailable" error during the test call and dailly call.

I know the tivo is connection correctly to the network, since I can telnet to it. I looked at the rc.sysinit and found:

# Set the TIVO_SVR_ADDR up.
if [ ! "$xTIVO_SVR_ADDR" = "" ]; then/var/tmp"
echo "Changing SVR ADDR to $xTIVO_SVR_ADDR"
export TIVO_SVR_ADDR=$xTIVO_SVR_ADDR
else
export TIVO_SVR_ADDR=192.168.50.1:80
fi

I check TIVO_SVR_ADDR using the SET command, and it is set to 192.168.50.1:80 which is an internal ip address. Is this why I can't connection the server for my daily call? How should I fix this? How to I find the correct ip address?

[mrblack51]

if you are using #401, then you need to have a router which gives out addresses via DHCP. that being said, you should be able to find a copy of ping or traceroute for the s1 tivo by checking places like tivo.archaic-apples.com or whatnot.

determine the ip of a computer outside of your local network. a good method would be to open a command prompt on a windows box or linux box and do a "ping www.google.com". it should inidicate the ip of the server its accessing.

copy over the ping or traceroute program to your tivo, chmod a+x it, then ping the ip that you are using. if you can't ping the computer, then your turbonet isnt getting a default route

[jswu]

Thanks, but I know the ip of my Tivo. That is working fine. I can telnet, ftp, and tivoweb to it. Turbonet is working fine.

What I am trying to determine is why my Daily Call won't work. It looks like the tivo server address is incorrect. I need to know the ip address of the tivo server for the daily call. I can't ping it if I don't have the name or ip address of it.

Telnet into your Tivo and type SET (no parameters), what value do you get back for TIVO_SVR_ADDR?

[mrblack51]

Originally posted by jswu
Thanks, but I know the ip of my Tivo. That is working fine. I can telnet, ftp, and tivoweb to it. Turbonet is working fine.

What I am trying to determine is why my Daily Call won't work. It looks like the tivo server address is incorrect. I need to know the ip address of the tivo server for the daily call. I can't ping it if I don't have the name or ip address of it.

Telnet into your Tivo and type SET (no parameters), what value do you get back for TIVO_SVR_ADDR?

i understand you can ping your tivo. thats not what i was suggesting. you should determine if your tivo can contact computers outside of your local network. if it can't, then thats your problem right there. you can ping any old computer, it doesnt have to be tivo's computer, to determine if your network/tivo is properly setup for your tivo to see the outside world.

[jswu]

mrblack51, sorry - I misunderstood you. You are absolutely right about trying ping. I downloaded and installed the ping and traceroute for SA Tivo at Craig's Tivo Page. I can ping any pc on my network, but not outside the router. I can however traceroute to any destination outside my router. I wonder if the Tivo Daily Call Server is down?

[jswu]

I check my tivo today and the daily call is working now. I didn't do a thing, strange.

Thanks for your help.