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WiFi Dongles

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It looks like the ethernet port on my T2 has finally died, so I've been rummaging through my bits and pieces and have pulled out several old usb WiFi dongles.

Is it as simple as just plugging one in and seeing what happens?
What if it needs a driver plugin downloaded, which, of course, can't be done due to the non-working ethernet?

Is there a list of supported devices?

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Re: WiFi Dongles

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Billyblue hat geschrieben: 05 Okt 2024 07:42 Is it as simple as just plugging one in and seeing what happens?
Plug it in and see!

I just tried the old WiFi dongle I used to use on my U4 with BW firmware (before I changed to a wired connection), and it appeared straight away under OpenATV, under Setup > Network > Device Settings.

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Re: WiFi Dongles

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Just tried:
DLink DWA-171
Netgear WG111v2
oppo (Atheros AR9271) - came with an old bluray player.
TP-Link TL-WN727N
TP-Link TL-WN722N

None were recognized.

Testing procedure was:
Ethernet unplugged.
Power off on rear.
(unplug prev test device)
Plug in new test device edit: - front port, if that matters.
Power on on rear.
Check Menu/Setup/Network/Device Settings.

Is there a way to tell OATV to try to use WiFi? Dim memory of such a thing during the only install I've done, can't find another way to turn it on.

Icing on the cake: the oppo device has a postit note on it saying (in my own scrawl!) Works with BW!!!

VERY close to scotch o'clock here...

Bill
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Re: WiFi Dongles

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Hi Bill,

Which Wi-Fi device to you want to be using? All you need to do is identify the chipset used by your preferred dongle and then install that chipset driver from "MENU > Plugin Browser > GREEN (Install Plugins) > Driver Packages". When the package is installed reboot the receiver and the Wi-Fi dongle should be identified.

Next, go to "MENU > Setup > Network > Device Settings" and disable the faulty "LAN connection". Then enable and configure the "WLAN connection". That should restore your network connectivity.

An alternate idea is to get a USB based gigabit network dongle.

Regards,
Ian.
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Re: WiFi Dongles

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Good news!

The Netgear WG111v2 works with the network-usb-rtl8187 driver.

Sadly neither of the 2 network-usb-rtl88xxau drivers worked with my DLink DWA-171 (it's much smaller, if nothing else!)

Haven't tried the others as yet...

Thanks

Bill
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Re: WiFi Dongles

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For the benefit of those that may follow...
As per my original post I had the following (older) WiFi dongles to try:
DLink DWA-171
Netgear WG111v2
oppo (Atheros AR9271) - came with an old bluray player.
TP-Link TL-WN727N
TP-Link TL-WN722N

I believe the oppo works with the original BW firmware

With Ian Sav's help I got the Netgear to work with OpenATV. None of the others would.

For future reference, most of the available plug in drivers list the underlying chip set rather than the make and model of the device; so Ian's link to https://linux-hardware.org/?view=search to search for the chip set is extremely useful, even if it doesn't have all devices possible.

Making it harder for all is that it seems that the chips undergo revisions that seem to mean even though your device is listed on that site, and a very similar driver is avail from OATV, it doesn't work - eg the TL-WN722N is listed as having the (Realtek) RTL8188EUS chip, and OATV has a driver for RTL8188FU, but that driver doesn't work for that device.

Good luck!
Bill
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Re: WiFi Dongles

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Hi Bill,

Thanks for the update.

If users find that the documentation does not match the hardware they have there are still things that can be tried. Users can install the "usbutils" package from the command line and use the "lsusb" command to show more information regarding the attached USB devices.

Regards,
Ian.
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