Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
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Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
12-10-2012 7:38 PM
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Plusnet Thomson router
Ethernet connections to two desktop PCs
WiFi connection to a laptop
The Dune has detected the network and is asking for the following:
WiFi Network ID (SSID)
Security? (with a dropdown list of alternatives)
Password
The Dune identified the network as Plusnet 48EF98 so is that the SSID? The label on the router has "Plusnetwireless48EF98" but is the difference crucial?
How do I determine what security setting is in place?
I assume that the password is the one on the router label: eleven characters begining with CP11. Is that correct?
I've been trying various combinations of settings with no success, so I'd be very grateful for some advice. Many thanks.
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
12-10-2012 8:36 PM
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Hope this helps.
David
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
12-10-2012 11:48 PM
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Unfortunately though I'm still not having much luck. I've identified the SSID and the password, and the security is given as "WPA+WPA2". The Dune's options include:
WPA TKIP
WPA AES
WPA2 TKIP
WPA2 AES
and I've tried them all, but nothing's doing. I've also tried entering what the router calls the Wireless Encryption Key (ten characters, beginning with 13) in place of the password (because I have a vague memory of doing something similar in one instance when I set up the network) and then trying all the security variations again: still no joy: the unit announces Waiting for IP address... then times out after two minutes.
The TV101 is definitely detecting the network (along with two others, presumably from my neighbours) so it must just be a question of me not giving it the correct information. One thought: is the password case-sensitive? I've not yet worked out how to input upper case letters on the TV101.
I'll persevere...
Bert
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 12:22 AM
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Try changing the ssid to few charactors and remove any spaces
again you could reduce the password count to make it work and once it is increase the security strength of the password.
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 12:34 AM
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Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 12:48 AM
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The Wireless Encryption Key is 10 characters. I think it is case sensitive (all capitals) because for this type of encryption the string is actually a pass phrase.
Does the media player support 802.11n wireless? You could try configuring the router interface type to 802.11g if it doesn't, to reduce risk of confusion. If you do want to try shortening the SSID you could remove the word Wireless (don't leave any spaces). However if you change this any other wireless devices will immediately lose connection and need the encryption key re-entering.
David
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 12:52 AM
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I have tried WPA2+TKIP but I'll give it another go. I suppose it is possible that when the Dune asks for a password what it really needs is the wireless encryption key. I think I've already tried that with WPA2+TKIP but it might have been before I discovered how to type in caps so I'll try again.
I just tried switching off the security: the connection was established almost immediately and I could browse the files of both of my networked PCs. So the hiccup is definitely to do with the security settings.
Thanks,
Ber
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 1:27 AM
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Quote from: BertCoules I have tried WPA2+TKIP but I'll give it another go. I suppose it is possible that when the Dune asks for a password what it really needs is the wireless encryption key. I think I've already tried that with WPA2+TKIP but it might have been before I discovered how to type in caps so I'll try again.
Yes the only information the Dune needs is the SSID you want to connect to, the encryption type (WPA2+TKIP) and the Wireless Encryption Key which is 10 characters and case sensitive. It is definitely *not* the password you use to log into the router's web interface.
David
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 1:40 AM
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Edited to add:
Well, that didn't work. With the correct SSID, the security option set to WPA2+TKIP and the wireless encryption key entered correctly and with the right capitalisation - I still can't get a connection. Time to give up for tonight, I think.
Bert
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 10:22 AM
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To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 11:01 AM
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This morning, for the first time since getting the media player, I turned on my laptop: its wireless connection to the network also failed. Something has changed and it's presumably to do with the basic security settings rather than the peripherals. So at least I have a focus for my investigations rather than blaming the Dune.
Edited to add:
Well. Having changed nothing at all, I just switched on the Dune again. It's reporting, ungrammatically as well as unhelpfully, There is no available wireless networks.
Oh, great. I just tried to turn off the encryption to see if the laptop would then pick up the network - and I can't access the router's homepage. My basic internet connection is working fine and the site was available last night, so is this some new problem?
Bert
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 12:09 PM
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On a whim, I changed the Dune's security setting from WPA2 TKIP to WPA2 AES. Success! The encrypted connection was made within seconds and I was able to browse both my desktop PCs (the laptop still isn't cooperating).
Unfortunately, when I then tried to play an AVI file from one of the PCs on the Dune across the connection, the Dune froze up solid.
But at least things are happening at last.
Bert
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Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 2:31 PM
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Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 2:37 PM
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I use a WD Media Hub hard wired into my network with homeplugs and it's fine.
To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: Adding a WiFi media player to a home network
13-10-2012 4:28 PM
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Perhaps I'l look into the Homeplugs solution some time; I don't know much about them. Thanks for the suggestion.
Bert
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