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zekeisaszekedoes · 03-12-2011, 20:37

After some hours of tweaking and general annoyance I have managed to get TiVo Commander to control the TiVo from anywhere. Not just on WLANs, but via 3G too!

The tough part was setting up a working PPTP VPN (required; won't work any other way) using my router with DD-WRT firmware. When that's done entering the details in an Android device is pretty easy.

Now it's done I can schedule shows and manage the hard drive remotely with far more control than is possible using the VM TV Guide webapp thing. It's not quite as fast as using it across the LAN, but considering how many hops it has to perform to get from 3G to my home network it's still impressive!

03-12-2011, 20:37	#54
zekeisaszekedoes Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Age: 42 Services: 30Mb Broadband (XL), 2TB TiVo (M+), Samsung Galaxy Ace (M), POTS Landline (M). Posts: 823	Re: TiVo Commander Android App After some hours of tweaking and general annoyance I have managed to get TiVo Commander to control the TiVo from anywhere. Not just on WLANs, but via 3G too! The tough part was setting up a working PPTP VPN (required; won't work any other way) using my router with DD-WRT firmware. When that's done entering the details in an Android device is pretty easy. Now it's done I can schedule shows and manage the hard drive remotely with far more control than is possible using the VM TV Guide webapp thing. It's not quite as fast as using it across the LAN, but considering how many hops it has to perform to get from 3G to my home network it's still impressive!