Wireless Joey question?

[budda]

At home I have a pretty nice network. I have a dual band router with a 16 port switch as well as 3 AP's one in son's room for gaming one in Garage and one in sun room by the patio. Figure no matter were you are you will have WiFi at my house. The Joey's that are installed are connected with coax. I know there is a wireless Joey out. But I thought it was not released yet? Is a USB Wifi adapter being used on the old Joey's or cat5? And is there a cost at setup? On a totally unrelated question. Would a Hopper OTA dongle work on a VIP722k if the 722's OTA unit is removed? I am going to try it just wondered if anybody tried it. Thanks

 

[lucky86]

OTA dongle doesn't work. Wifi or cat 5 are being used on old Joeys by some. The new wireless Joey is not out yet.

 

[harshness]

I'm hearing that the wireless Joey will use its own dedicated access point as opposed to any available LAN Wi-fi connections.

If this is the case, having all the extra access points may actually increase the probability that you run out of available frequencies.

 

[budda]

I'm hearing that the wireless Joey will use its own dedicated access point as opposed to any available LAN Wi-fi connections.

If this is the case, having all the extra access points may actually increase the probability that you run out of available frequencies.

Good to know. I am very comfortable in the routers menu. I can select a channel/ frequencies that does not conflict or go straight 5.0. As far as the wireless. I can't remember where,but I saw somewhere that usb adapters for the wireless part were being used just could not confirm. If needed I can run Cat5 lines. Can't do it ahead because I am not sure were they would be parked. Thanks

 

[bwexler]

The wireless Joeys will only use a dedicated wifi router plugged into the second Ethernet port on the Hopper.
I am not sure but I don't think the wireless Joeys have an Ethernet port. If they did they wouldn't be wireless.

 

[navychop]

Many are happy with current Joeys set up as wireless, once first connected to coax to do the initial setup. After that, smooth sailing.

 

[chapin4life]

I have my joey hooked up to a powerline works great

 

[peggy97850]

Thanks! have several power line adapters, for some reason never thought of doing it that way, cheaper than buying a wifi adapter.

 

[Stargazer]

Will the new wireless joeys still be capable of attaching a USB wireless Adapter instead of using dish's dedicated wifi?


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[lucky86]

Will the new wireless joeys still be capable of attaching a USB wireless Adapter instead of using dish's dedicated wifi?

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Probably not, why would you need or want to do that?

 

[mlively]

How long have the wireless Joeys been available?

 

[lucky86]

The new wireless Joey receiver is not out yet.

 

[harshness]

The new wireless Joey receiver is not out yet.

Not to mention a dedicated access point that some expect will be required.

 

[navychop]

"Expect?" Its been stated as fact.

 

[lucky86]

Yeah, definitely fact.

 

[bspei]

The wireless Joeys will only use a dedicated wifi router plugged into the second Ethernet port on the Hopper.
I am not sure but I don't think the wireless Joeys have an Ethernet port. If they did they wouldn't be wireless.

Dish had the super Joey listed on the equipment page briefly yesterday and was listed as 80211ac.
I wonder if the super Joey will work wireless with a new router?


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[JM42]

Dish had the super Joey listed on the equipment page briefly yesterday and was listed as 80211ac.
I wonder if the super Joey will work wireless with a new router?

SJ doesn't haave any wireless built in. You'll have to have a cable to the SJ because it needs a sat feed, making wireless sort of a moot point.

Possibly could still use the USB adapter for the internet connectivity if you don't hav a HIC or don't want to enable bridging, but I can't imagine why anyone would want to when HIC or bridging would be the easier options.

 

[charlesrshell]

SJ doesn't haave any wireless built in. You'll have to have a cable to the SJ because it needs a sat feed, making wireless sort of a moot point.

Possibly could still use the USB adapter for the internet connectivity if you don't hav a HIC or don't want to enable bridging, but I can't imagine why anyone would want to when HIC or bridging would be the easier options.

To me, I think the less equipment involved the better. If you do not need the HIC, why use it! I see a lot of issues in this forum with wireless, bridging, etc. I have all my Hoppers and Joey connected Ethernet to my router by Cat5 cable. I don't ever have any issues.

 

[bspei]

according to the equipment page on the dish network web site the super joey was listed as having 80211ac.
It was shown as 7.00 per month...and now has been removed and replaced with the virtual joey.

SJ doesn't haave any wireless built in. You'll have to have a cable to the SJ because it needs a sat feed, making wireless sort of a moot point.

Possibly could still use the USB adapter for the internet connectivity if you don't hav a HIC or don't want to enable bridging, but I can't imagine why anyone would want to when HIC or bridging would be the easier options.

 

[JM42]

To me, I think the less equipment involved the better. If you do not need the HIC, why use it! I see a lot of issues in this forum with wireless, bridging, etc. I have all my Hoppers and Joey connected Ethernet to my router by Cat5 cable. I don't ever have any issues.

And neither have I with a HIC. I've had a HIC since day one (2nd week of Hopper was out) and never had an issue. With the HIC all the early connectivity issues before or at the birth of bridging never impacted me. I could easily connect one of the Hoppers with cat5, but if it ain't broke....

But agree for new installs, if the Hopper is easily connected via cat5, then that's easiest, but would recommend a HIC over wireless if cat5 isn't doable.