Edimax Dongle seen but no network connection ?

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Edimax Dongle seen but no network connection ?

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aec6612

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Hi,
I am a Newbee and so maybe not in the right place so please point me in the appropriate direction if you can. Thanks.

My problem is that I have a FoxT2 Freeview+ with the latest software.

I use a virginmedia hub and all lap tops tvs etc can see the network.

On forum advice, I purchased an Edimax EW-7711UAN 150Mbps Wireless 802.11n High Gain 3dBi USB Adapter. In a sense, it works fine as the wifi setting is not now greyed out. However, no networks show up when it is connected and even when entered manually, the humax will still not connect.

Please advise. Thanks

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 9:59:13 #1 |
Martin Liddle

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aec6612 - 27 minutes ago »
I use a virginmedia hub and all lap tops tvs etc can see the network.
On forum advice, I purchased an Edimax EW-7711UAN 150Mbps Wireless 802.11n High Gain 3dBi USB Adapter. In a sense, it works fine as the wifi setting is not now greyed out. However, no networks show up when it is connected and even when entered manually, the humax will still not connect.

What is the encryption setting on the Virgin Media Hub? Does the passphrase have any non alphanumeric characters in it?

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 10:28:00 #2 |
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Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Whenever I have to connected to the hub with my laptop, smart tv etc, I have just selected it from the available network list and put in the password which is just lower case letters.

I have also tried the dongle in both the front and rear usb port. When I click on wifi, it does a 5 second search, nothing shows up - not even local networks from next door etc - and then it asks me to input manually. This I do, but still nothing.

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 11:27:47 #3 |
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aec6612 - 3 hours ago »
Thanks for your reply. Whenever I have to connected to the hub with my laptop, smart tv etc, I have just selected it from the available network list and put in the password which is just lower case letters.

You need to login to the router and find out what the security type is. I ask this because somebody reported a similar problem and the cause was that the router was offering more than one security type which was confusing the Humax.

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 14:31:39 #4 |
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Thanks, I will have a look at home tonight and post back later. I have a feeling it was something like 'WEP2 AES'

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 14:40:44 #5 |
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aec6612 - 8 minutes ago »
Thanks, I will have a look at home tonight and post back later. I have a feeling it was something like 'WEP2 AES'

OK that is very plausible but worth checking.

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 14:50:11 #6 |
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OK completely wrong. The radio button is set to:

WPA-PSK(TKIP)+WPA2-PSK(AES)

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 18:00:49 #7 |
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aec6612 - 37 minutes ago »
OK completely wrong. The radio button is set to:
WPA-PSK(TKIP)+WPA2-PSK(AES)

Can you change it so that it is just WPA2-PSK(AES) which would be preferable or just WPA-PSK(TKIP) if some other devices on your network don't support WPA2. If a previous poster is to be believed, it is the fact that router is offering two different encryption protocols that is confusing the Humax.

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 18:40:57 #8 |
aec6612

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Done ! I will try the dongle and get back ! Thanks

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 18:51:47 #9 |
aec6612

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Nope - no joy !

| Tue 27 Nov 2012 19:00:05 #10 |