WIRELESS USB's for internet tv's

[shepp]

does anyone know wether or not a normal 802.11 usb wirless dongle will work on an internet tv or do they have to have there own brand of dongle?

[t.j.]

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what tv?

[shepp]

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Philips 32PFL6606T

but was wondering about all of them really

[shepp]

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spec for philips


a random cheap usb
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3305959772...84.m1423.l2649

[t.j.]

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i know sharp does! internal wireless went an was able to hook linksys usb to it!
reading up on your unit. will get back to ya!

[shepp]

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thank you t.j

would be interesting to know if they all take the bog standard dongles, and that they just try an sell the branded ones to make more money

[Jasgriff]

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Most don't take a normal dongle.

Im pretty sure Samsung, Panasonic, LG and Toshiba require you to buy their own ones. I think Toshiba even has 2 different dongles so you would need to make sure that you get the right one for your set in that case. That said someone has tried a different dongle as listed above and had success so it might only be the big brands that stop you.

There are other options you can use that will work on every tv like WIFI to ethernet dongles. They are more expensive but they will work on anything with an Ethernet socket.

[tibimakai]

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For my Sony home theater I'm using a refurbished Linksys E2000 with DD-wrt software and I have set it up as a Bridge repeater(this way extends the signal too with less bandwith course). This way I can use it on 2.4 and 5Ghz bands, plus I have three more ports available for other devices, for example Directv receiver, media player, etc..

[t.j.]

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i say ya try them anyways! from what i read, panisonic most likely, like Jasgriff said might need the specific for model dongle!
peace

[shepp]

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I might give it a try, I could always return eBay item if it doesn't work, just picked the tv up today so I'vegot to fix it first, I'll report back on my findings, it could save a few people some money

[japlytic]

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You would have to know the PID and VID values for the supported dongles before using a third party dongle, of which you again need to know the PID and VID values.

Switchable (not simultaneous) dual band routers with DD-WRT installed in bridge mode would make them more useful.

I still don't know why there are still new devices which do not support dual band dongles.

[shepp]

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where would i find the PID and VID spec's?

[shepp]

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sorry Values

[japlytic]

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If you go into Device Manager, then plug in the USB wireless dongle, click on the new device that appears, and then click on "Details".

[shepp]

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ill check that out thanks japlytic, might be a while tho, ive got to fix the tv first, but then ill order usb dongle take values and post results

[cashkennedy]

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Most wireless dongles are built on standard cheap chips made by ic companies like realtek, marvel, silicon image. So there might be some that will work with name brand tv's just because they have the same chip as the official dongle uses.

The pid and vid are the product id and vendor id i believe, im not sure if you can fake those on a wireless adapter, by updating an eeprom or firmware on the device.

[shepp]

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i'd need an original dongle to see what that is tho, and i havent got one, so would have to trial an error it anyway, dont fancy shelling out $90(ebay) (£60 over here) on a Philips dongle so trying to save my self £50, i might just fix the tv and sell it on, not 100% yet, might give the cheap dongle a try first tho when its up and running

[tibimakai]

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can you get one from a store and after that you would return it?

[shepp]

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not too sure, could do, but i need to find some where that sells them, ill have a look around and see what i can do

[Jasgriff]

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or just get some power line adaptors of wifi to ethernet adaptor rather than putting yourself through all that trouble.