Blandiblub
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Hi all, noob, etc....
Anyway, my parents have the 1000S box and use it as a kind of 'secondary' machine in their dining room, so it's not the main TV viewing service. Anyway, it's a fair distance from their router, etc so I suggested a wifi dongle (I know about homeplugs and use them myself but figured the dongle was sufficient for them).
Anyway, bought the Edimax EW7711-USN and made sure I got the first iteration of it. That was in January of this year. It worked in their Freesat box fine so kudos obtained, etc. I believe it's a Ralink 2870 chipset (but don't quote me on that).
Now, recently, I had a completely unrelated wifi issue at my house and to help diagnose it, borrowed the dongle. I even checked it still worked on their Humax box before I detached it (it did, used BBC iPlayer without issue).
I borrrowed to use with my laptop - it worked fine with my home wifi. Anyway, problem solved so I returned it to my parents. When I connected it back up to the Humax box, it no longer works! When I try to connect wirelessly in the Humax settings, it just says 'network adapter disconnected' (words to that effect). The green light is on the Edimax adapter and this happens both in the rear USB socket or the front one.
I don't even get as far as selecting a wifi service.
I've been through the experience of having the wrong chipset, etc. but as I say, this one worked absolutely fine before I borrowed it. Is there any possibility that me using it in a laptop has changed it in some fashion?? It's the only thing I can think of. Very odd.
I really don't mind that some dongles work and some don't but why on earth would it work one day but not the next? Possibly a Humax firmware update that's caused the issue? Dunno.
Any ideas people? Cheers.
Anyway, my parents have the 1000S box and use it as a kind of 'secondary' machine in their dining room, so it's not the main TV viewing service. Anyway, it's a fair distance from their router, etc so I suggested a wifi dongle (I know about homeplugs and use them myself but figured the dongle was sufficient for them).
Anyway, bought the Edimax EW7711-USN and made sure I got the first iteration of it. That was in January of this year. It worked in their Freesat box fine so kudos obtained, etc. I believe it's a Ralink 2870 chipset (but don't quote me on that).
Now, recently, I had a completely unrelated wifi issue at my house and to help diagnose it, borrowed the dongle. I even checked it still worked on their Humax box before I detached it (it did, used BBC iPlayer without issue).
I borrrowed to use with my laptop - it worked fine with my home wifi. Anyway, problem solved so I returned it to my parents. When I connected it back up to the Humax box, it no longer works! When I try to connect wirelessly in the Humax settings, it just says 'network adapter disconnected' (words to that effect). The green light is on the Edimax adapter and this happens both in the rear USB socket or the front one.
I don't even get as far as selecting a wifi service.
I've been through the experience of having the wrong chipset, etc. but as I say, this one worked absolutely fine before I borrowed it. Is there any possibility that me using it in a laptop has changed it in some fashion?? It's the only thing I can think of. Very odd.
I really don't mind that some dongles work and some don't but why on earth would it work one day but not the next? Possibly a Humax firmware update that's caused the issue? Dunno.
Any ideas people? Cheers.
