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Appendix 2: How to Network Your DVR
Wireless
Ethernet Cable
Wireless
Transceiver
DVR Receiver
Step 1: Connect your DIRECTV HD Receiver to the wireless adapter
Along with the Network Requirements at the beginning of Appendix 3 your will need:
Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the back of the wireless
adapter. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the back of your
DIRECTV DVR Receiver.
Plug your wireless adapter into an electrical outlet.
A wireless adapter that uses an Ethernet port to connect to a media device. [USB
devices are not supported by the DIRECTV DVR Receiver]
A wireless router (in place of a regular router). You must have initialized your
wireless device for your home network before beginning to network your DIRECTV
DVR Receiver.
Create a wireless connection between your wireless router and your DIRECTV DVR Receiver,
so your receiver can access the Internet.
Ethernet cable
plugs into DVR
Receiver
Ethernet cable
connects to the
Ethernet port of the
wireless adapter.