Google Music Beta

[NASpurs]

I stole this from another forum but this guy explains it better than I ever could.

Uverse is IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), which is delivered to your home in four streams of internet packets. The packets are then sent to the stbs in your home where they are decoded and displayed on your televisions. The RG (Residential Gateway) is what receives the services from the outside world and brings them in to your home. The cables used to connect the RG to your STBs (Set Top Boxes) can either be coax, Cat5, or a combination of the two.

That RG (Residential Gateway) is the "router" that we've been mentioning in this thread. You can't disconnect it because everything goes through it and unplugging it would disable the services. What I did though, I just disabled the wireless signal it sends and connected my wireless router (wired)through the back of the RG.

Anyway my router is much more powerful than the router the RG provides which is why I disabled it.

[NASpurs]

So you've had no problems? Did you it set up a dd-wrt on it as well?

I have a separate Linksys WRT54G router with dd-wrt installed.

Are you looking to install dd-wrt or some other custom firmware for your router? If dd-wrt isn't supported, you can also look if it supports Tomato.

I have a black RG.

[NASpurs]

Waaait, I'm a little confused reading this thread. Are you trying to install dd-wrt on the 2wire router provided by AT&T? There's no way you can do that. You would have to get another router that supports dd-wrt or Tomato and piggy back on the 2wire router. Just making sure that's what's going on.

[leemajors]

Uverse is a about replacing boxes, I cannot make any headway in getting new gear and it's been about three years. I am assuming the black one is the newer hardware?

[NASpurs]

I've been with the service for three or four months so I really can't tell you if the black one is the newer model but I can tell you the model # if you want, it's 3801HGV.

[leemajors]

I've been with the service for three or four months so I really can't tell you if the black one is the newer model but I can tell you the model # if you want, it's 3801HGV.

Thanks, I knew there was new hardware and what you have is likely it. We have a of a time with the DVR in my roomate's room sometimes.

[MannyIsGod]

RE Uverse modem/router - You should be able to set up some sort of pass through/modem only mode to where it works as a regular cable/DSL modem and then your router functions normally. In that mode I assume it would still send the appropriate signals to your STBs but since I don't have any direct experience with Uverse I can't be sure.

The important point is that it won't be functioning as a router but just a modem.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Waaait, I'm a little confused reading this thread. Are you trying to install dd-wrt on the 2wire router provided by AT&T? There's no way you can do that. You would have to get another router that supports dd-wrt or Tomato and piggy back on the 2wire router. Just making sure that's what's going on.

yes. that's what's going on with me. so which one is better? dd-wrt or tomato? sorry, i'm being lazy here

[NASpurs]

yes. that's what's going on with me. so which one is better? dd-wrt or tomato? sorry, i'm being lazy here

First, I think it depends on whether you actually have the option depending on your second router but by pure choice, I couldn't tell you. I've been using dd-wrt for years now and it's great but I haven't been able to use Tomato on my router since it's not supported. Some people will stand by Tomato and others will stand by dd-wrt. I wish I could try Tomato out to tell you the truth. I hear good things about it.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

yeah. i'd planned on making sure the new router was supported. you made the second reference to tomato i've seen. i thought it was a nickname for dd-wrt for some reason. i'll have to check it out now. thanks.

oh, and are you having any problems with that hub? i looked it up and it looks like it's giving a lot of people grief.

[NASpurs]

I think the wise thing to do is pick out a router first and then look if either or both of the firmwares are supported. After doing some reading on Tomato, you can't go wrong with it either although some of the information I read is that it doesn't support 802.11n right out of the bat without some modified firmware. Not sure how up to date that information is. Just don't skimp out on the ram if you do heavy networking, internet usage at home.

The hub runs great about 97% of the time except of the occasion stutter/lock-up with the guide. Other than that, it's been good but that's probably because I heard if you really fill up the DVR, it'll start to really suffer. I usually don't have my DVR filled to the brim though.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

thanks, man. i'll check all that out. i'm not going to, or not planning on, doing heavy networking with it.

[IronMaxipad]

You need to put your 2wire into Bridge mode if you want it to act as a modem only.

[koriwhat]

i picked up a linksys wrt54gs v4 the other day for $3.99 at thrift town, put dd-wrt on it and put it into repeater mode. 's legit and easy as to do. when it's time to replace my router(hooked up to TW), i will use it the same way as that linksys since it's newer and supports n-band.

[leemajors]

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/27/g...ntire-library/

Computer meltdown? No backup? Well, at least your tunes are safe. Google Music just gained a new feature that lets you to download your entire library including purchased songs. A simple click in the Music Manager is all it takes to restore your entire collection -- or just your purchased music -- from the cloud. In addition, the web interface now allows you to select and copy multiple tracks to your device of choice. While there are no limitations when using the Music Manager, purchased items are restricted to two downloads each via the web interface. So next time your system crashes go right ahead -- rev up that broadband and fill up those hard drives.