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Wifi dongles for the Receivers "rat's nest"
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1037186" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p><a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352211348942" target="_blank">This cheap one</a> (£2.92), nominally for the Openbox, arrived today, stuck it first into the SX88 (which had already been set up with the Octagon WL008) and it connected to the WiFi without need for any further actions.</p><p></p><p>Then tried it in the Freesat and the TM, and again it connected without any further actions (although the TM got a different IP address to the other 2 receivers), and I think it will do the same with the Openbox Box because all of these dongles appear to use similar Ralink chipsets. OTOH, it's a pretty tight fit into any of the USB sockets, and it was reluctant to fit the one on the Freesat until after it had been "run-in" by fitting it to the SX88.</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Edited: now fitted in the Openbox V8S, and it works - but only after manually switching the Wifi on (apparently will need to do that everytime after the Rx is powered OFF!), whereas the other 3 boxes automatically turned it on when powered up.</em></p><p></p><p>In the circumstances, I will order another of the same for as that will give me a complete set (the Vu+ apart, because the HDMI on that seems totally dead - looks like all that one is good for is to rescue the 1TB disk inside to attach to something else <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/angry.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" />)</p><p></p><p>The final one, nominally for the Freesat, is coming from China and won't arrive for a couple of weeks - but will post an overall summary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1037186, member: 176704"] [URL='https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352211348942']This cheap one[/URL] (£2.92), nominally for the Openbox, arrived today, stuck it first into the SX88 (which had already been set up with the Octagon WL008) and it connected to the WiFi without need for any further actions. Then tried it in the Freesat and the TM, and again it connected without any further actions (although the TM got a different IP address to the other 2 receivers), and I think it will do the same with the Openbox Box because all of these dongles appear to use similar Ralink chipsets. OTOH, it's a pretty tight fit into any of the USB sockets, and it was reluctant to fit the one on the Freesat until after it had been "run-in" by fitting it to the SX88. [I] Edited: now fitted in the Openbox V8S, and it works - but only after manually switching the Wifi on (apparently will need to do that everytime after the Rx is powered OFF!), whereas the other 3 boxes automatically turned it on when powered up.[/I] In the circumstances, I will order another of the same for as that will give me a complete set (the Vu+ apart, because the HDMI on that seems totally dead - looks like all that one is good for is to rescue the 1TB disk inside to attach to something else :angry:) The final one, nominally for the Freesat, is coming from China and won't arrive for a couple of weeks - but will post an overall summary [/QUOTE]
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