USB Antenna
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I just tried my netgear wg111 and still get the not supported error. Perhaps it is market related????
Perhaps. I'd hope it was more than one particular Netgear wireless router that is supported.
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The gaming adapter I have uses cat5 and it does not work on my 722. I also tried a Belkin usb dongle wireless adapter and received an error message that this equipment is not supported.
There is info on dish networks web site on how to connect to broadband, both cat 5 and using a usb wireless adapter. Unfortunately, and typical of Dish, they don't list recommended adapters.
Since the poster above has had success with the adapter he mentions I would go with that if wireless was important...
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I purchased two Netgear WNDA3100s, and neither of them work with my 722k. They bring up the "USB Device not supported at this time" error message.
Looks like to throw another monkey wrench in the works. There's two versions of the WNDA3100: Answer
AND if you look at the v2 version, on of the support documents says "serial number prefix of "2D4" to be compatible with the Panasonic TVs". Meaning that Netgear is probably shipping these adapters with different firmware revisions. Unless you can somehow get an adapter from a DISH installer, it's a complete crap shoot as to if you will get an adapter that is the right version and firmware. It looks like Netgear doesn't make the firmware revisions available for download, but maybe someone with these adapters can experiment with getting the latest drivers and see if updating the firmware is something that's done on a computer.
Well, I just had an issue with my 622 and they came and installed a 722.. on the 622 I had a gaming adapter connected to the ethernet port and then it made it wireless. Worked great... HOWEVER.. ON the 722, it doesnt work.. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY? the installer told me ANY USB wireless adapter would work but thats not the case since I bought a NETGEAR WG111 and it didnt work...
Does anyone know why the gaming adaptor which worked on the 622 doesnt work on the 722??? and EXACTLY which wireless usb adapter do we get and from where??
Does anyone know why the gaming adaptor which worked on the 622 doesnt work on the 722??? and EXACTLY which wireless usb adapter do we get and from where??
Same problem here. I'm hoping it's more of a "not yet supported in this area" problem instead of a "not the right version" problem. Sounds like it may be September (or later) before I (we) find out for sure.
You may need to unplug your gaming adapter to get it to release the ip adress you had assigned to the 622. Most gaming adapters only give out one ip address and it may still be tied to the mac address of your 622. Just a suggestion. You could also try plugging a computer into the adapter to see if it will go online. If the computer works through the gaming adapter then you may have a bad 722k.
Good idea and there might be a reset button on the adapter too. I think you may have it backwards on the IP. The IP should be assigned by dhcp in your wireless router not by the gaming adapter
But not both, I put a usb splitter on the usb port with a fan and the ext hard drive quit working until I remove the splitter.
Lots of the USB Wireless network adapters use the same chipset. A common chipset vendor is Realtek and one of their more popular chipsets is RTL8187B.
If someone finds an adapter (or adapters) that works, it would be good to find out which chipset it uses and this would help in identifying which adapters (using the same chipset) are also likely to work.
One question - Does anyone know if Dish has plans to do anything very useful with this connectivity (or the ethernet port) like on-demand programming, etc.?
If someone finds an adapter (or adapters) that works, it would be good to find out which chipset it uses and this would help in identifying which adapters (using the same chipset) are also likely to work.
One question - Does anyone know if Dish has plans to do anything very useful with this connectivity (or the ethernet port) like on-demand programming, etc.?
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It is interesting that I did see this earlier this month on Dish website but didn't know if this has been implemented yet. I tried this with an existing Netgear wireless G adapter but also got the "USB Device not supported at this time" error message. Hopefully, this will be implemented soon but website doesn't have any specific details.
http://www.dishnetwork.com/support/connect-broadband/default.aspx
http://www.dishnetwork.com/support/connect-broadband/default.aspx
For me, with my laptop cooler, both work at the same time. The cooler has a passthru on the USB end, and I plug the EHD into that, and they both work. On both my ViP722s. And using a variety of EHDs, including a RAID.
I'd have to assume the setup you tried pulled just a tad too much power for it to work with both.
It worked for awhile, but I lost access to the EHD and when I disconnected the fan, the EHD worked instantly.
which software version
Which software version are you using I have a 622 software version 629? I just tried a wnda3100 but it must be a version 1 as there is no version number on it.
Which software version are you using I have a 622 software version 629? I just tried a wnda3100 but it must be a version 1 as there is no version number on it.
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