AMIKO Mini HD SE wireless issue

[northgeorgia]

So, I have a dongle that does IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n made by Azio. This USB dongle works great in all my laptops and computers, but typically installs a driver first. I cannot get it to work on the Amiko ("No wireless device exist!!"). Is the dongle compatible? Am I missing a step in the set-up? Any help with those using this STB with wifi would be appreciated, including the dongle you use.

 

[mc6809e]

According to T134 over at FridgeFTA:

Amiko ALi based products like Mini HD SE only support the RT5370 chipset USB WiFi's. The driver is already built into the Amiko software. If your WiFi has RT5370 chipset it should work but we cannot guarantee that since it is not from Amiko. If your WiFi is any other chipset it will not work at all with Mini HD SE.

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[northgeorgia]

That would be the problem, then. Thanks!

 

[KE4EST]

What ms6809e said is correct. Also I have some RT5370 USB dongles that will not work. So, it is finicky finding one that will.

 

[northgeorgia]

Yikes. Well I just ordered one that claims to work well with Raspberry Pi, so hopefully it'll work with this one.

 

[northgeorgia]

It works! The Big2Small app is quite nice. As I suspected, you can tune your satellite to one station on your TV and view another station on the same transponder on your device...take it to the kitchen or to the bathroom! LOL Very cool

 

[wallyhts]

Be very careful buying a RT5370 usb device. Amazon has listings all over the place saying they have the RT5370 chipset. However they lie. I have ordered and sent back 9 different adapters. I guess what i'm trying to say is don't use amazon to order one.

 

[northgeorgia]

True. I was lucky this one worked and it was through a seller on eBay. If I had to do it over again, I'd spend the money to buy the brand made especially for the Amiko line of STBs (unless those are knock-offs, too!).

 

[Cosmo Blatz]

It works! The Big2Small app is quite nice. As I suspected, you can tune your satellite to one station on your TV and view another station on the same transponder on your device...take it to the kitchen or to the bathroom! LOL Very cool

I think I've talked myself out of using a wireless dongle, but maybe others out there might want one. Could you please let us know what dongle you are using and provide the name of the eBay seller. Thanks.

 

[northgeorgia]

Unfortunately, "out of stock."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161486230355

 

[Cosmo Blatz]

Thanks for the info.
Found another source. Direct from Hong Kong.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Better-150M...lling-FS-/261584600577?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

 

[FaT Air]

I went with this . An antenna because of the distance to the router.

 

[Lone Gunman]

I went with this . An antenna because of the distance to the router.

Any chance one of those would work with my AZBox Elite?

 

[FaT Air]

I dunno. Don't have an Az. Only recently got the Amiko mini HD SE. All I can add is one of my laptops running Linux Mint detect them and work without installing drivers.

 

[fred555]

A small wireless bridge such as a netgear wnce2001 (model N300) or wnce3001 (model N600) will work. They plug into the ethernet port. You can stick them on the back of your tv to hide them. They are about $50 on Amazon. I have the wnce4004 (4 port) I got on Amazon a while back. They sure beat running cat5 around the house for wired for only devices.