DirecTV HD DVR User Manual page 159

Wireless
Create a wireless connection between your wireless router and your DIRECTV DVR Receiver,
so your receiver can access the Internet.
Along with the Network Requirements at the beginning of Appendix 3 your will need:
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.
Step 1: Connect your DIRECTV HD Receiver to the wireless adapter
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.
Appendix 2: How to Network Your DVR
Ethernet Cable
Wireless
Transceiver
DVR Receiver
Ethernet cable
connects to the
Ethernet port of the
wireless adapter.
Ethernet cable
plugs into DVR
Receiver
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