Thanks luck86. Any word on when Wireless Joey will be available at on line retailers?
New Wireless Joey Info!!!
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I think it was mentioned in the Team Summit thread, but I believe it should be soon.
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Access point doesn't necessarily need to be hooked up to Hopper directly, and 3 is the limit.
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I am going to try connecting direct to my router by Cat5 and see how she performs.
Can the Wireless Joey Access Point be plugged into a Hopper if one of the Hopper's Ethernet port is already in use? All four of my Hoppers have Ethernet plugged into the bottom port. I know both ports have their own MAC IDs.
All you are really doing is tying back onto the network, so I would guess that would work.
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OK, thanks, time will tell. I have been in email contact with the owner of dishdepot.com and he says the Wireless Joey will be in his store this weekend.
That's why Hoppers have two Ethernet ports, the second port is to keep the wireless Joeys separate from the house network to ensure quality of service. The Joey Wireless Access Point probably provides a DHCP server restricted to Joeys. If you connect the wireless Joey's Access Point to your home network and somebody starts an internet download, there may not be enough bandwidth for the Joeys to maintain a steady picture.
A while back, I found that if I connected Joeys to the Hopper over Ethernet, they would not work until I added a router to provide HDCP service.
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Looks like the Wireless Joeys are ready for retailers to order on Monday and hopefully will be in stock by Tuesday. Some places may have them in stock as soon as Monday the 9th. They will not be able to be activated on accounts until the 13th though.
So that Ethernet port on the Joey allows plugging in a device to piggyback on the Dish wireless signal?
In the Wireless Joey manual it says the Ethernet port, "Connects local IP devices such as Blu-Ray Disc Players or game consoles."
