Connecting Time Warner Cable DVR to Airport Extreme or Express

I have been researching this topic and can only find setups described fro Tivo and Diect Dish....I know how to connect the DVR to either but once I do how is my DVR accessed online?
For instance when i connected my printer to my Extreme id detected it automatically -- with my cable DVR I see nothing. Does my question make sense or am I not being clear?

Welcome to the discussions!
When you connect an audio video device using an ethernet connection, the device will usually auto configure to work on the network. To do this, you would connect an ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports on your router to the ethernet connection on the DVR.
Because you are using an AirPort Express and the single port is connected to your modem, this makes things a lot more complicated. While it might be possible to configure another Express to connect to your wireless network and also connect to the DVR, the best resolution by far would be a router with 3-4 available ethernet ports like an AirPort Extreme.
You will need to check the website of your cable service provider to get the web address for their DVR service. I would guess that it has some sort of On Demand function or similar to download movies and other entertainment to your DVR. There may also be a link on the home or information page for your service.

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