Mon Jan 15 07:18:11 EST 2001
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WOOHOO!!  I just got ppp working over the TiVo's serial line..  Man
that's cool.  Of course with my luck I'll get a software upgrade tomorrow
that will kill it ( :) ), but what the hell..

First of all, I followed the directions at:
  http://www.pineaus.com/HOWTO/Tivo-DSL-HOWTO.html

I grabbed the page (and converted it to .txt with "lynx -dump" too)
in case it ever goes away.

Then, I added entries to /etc/hosts for my basement tivo, and a commented-out
placeholder for the upstairs tivo:

  192.168.2.1             tivo hacktivo basementtivo
  #192.168.2.2            tivomain maintivo upstairstivo

After rebooting the tivo and having the connection still work, it occurred
to me that the connection keeps trying on both sides..  So, I put the
following at the end of hulk's /etc/rc.d/rc.local :

 # Next, start a connection between us and the tivo in the basement
 # (hacktivo, 192.168.2.1)  --JLK, 1/15/2001
 /usr/sbin/pppd cua1 115200 noauth debug local nocrtscts 192.168.1.2:192.168.2.1

(that had been the command line that I had run by hand that allowed a
"telnet 192.168.2.1" to connect to the TiVo)

At first I didn't have "nodefaultroute" set up in the tivo's
ppp-options.cua3 file like I was supposed to, and a redial failed (I THINK
because of that).. It actually rebooted then, (which is what I needed,
actually), and once it came up I tried again and it worked this time.

By the way, the instructions are right, you DO have to take
shondss=1 out of the boot parameters.. It had interfered.

This is awesome.. Now I have job control (control-Z works again!),
the connection is always fast (none of this 9600 baud crap), and
I can use Control-C!!! (something in minicom just wouldn't let me use it!)

I'd already put rsync on the tivo, but haven't used it yet.  Can't wait
to see how this changes my tivo hacking experience.

(Oh yeah - now when I accidentally log off with control-D, I don't have to
reboot the TiVo to get it back!!!!! WOOHOOOO!!!)


Need...  sleeeeep.....