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Hi, not too sure if the dongle is still causing problems, however I’d try…
plug the dongle into a pc, mac, laptop, netbook or whatever and get it working there with your router first. If this works then it should be fairly easy to get it working on the Humax.
The mac address of the dongle will probably need to be added to the router configuration to allow it to connect to and through the router.
Decide whether you want a fixed ip address or whether the router assigns one. It’s often easier to let the router assign the DNS and ip address automatically, this can be changed to fixed entries later on if necessary. Don’t put the isp’s ip address and DNS into the Humax, this just won’t work. Either let the dongle pick up this information automatically, which is easiest to start off with, or assign an unused fixed ip address. e.g. if my router were 192.168.0.1, I’d choose an ip address of 192.168.0.60 or any other free number to assign to the Humax and a DNS/gateway entry of 192.168.0.1 which is the router address.
My advice again, if there are connection problems, would be to plug the dongle into another piece of equipment first and get it working there. Bear in mind though that a pc is likely to change some of its orignal network settings, so keep a note of these before plugging the dongle in.
If the dongle doesn’t work with a pc, laptop etc. then I can’t see it ever working with the Humax
Quote:You then buy a new router – with its own (different) address – and your ISP doesn’t recognise it. Hopefully the router has the ability to spoof another MAC address.You could just contact your ISP and get them to accept your new MAC address, Why spoof the old one
ezra pound – 20 hours ago »
Quote:You then buy a new router – with its own (different) address – and your ISP doesn’t recognise it. Hopefully the router has the ability to spoof another MAC address.You could just contact your ISP and get them to accept your new MAC address, Why spoof the old one
I don’t think it’s a common problem. Most ISPs – incuding mine – don’t care, so spoofing a MAC address isn’t necessary. I was simply explaining why some routers have to ability to spoof MAC addresses in order to cope with those cases where it does matter.
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OK enough about MAC addresses now. (I’m resisting the urge to challenge the fixed nature of them
). Unless your using an access list by MAC address it’s not relevant. The HDR isn’t connecting direct, it’s through the router.I suggest LokiUK may be better off with homeplugs if his router has incompatibilities.
damian – 1 week ago »
Hi, not too sure if the dongle is still causing problems, however I’d try…
plug the dongle into a pc, mac, laptop, netbook or whatever and get it working there with your router first. If this works then it should be fairly easy to get it working on the Humax.
The mac address of the dongle will probably need to be added to the router configuration to allow it to connect to and through the router.
Decide whether you want a fixed ip address or whether the router assigns one. It’s often easier to let the router assign the DNS and ip address automatically, this can be changed to fixed entries later on if necessary. Don’t put the isp’s ip address and DNS into the Humax, this just won’t work. Either let the dongle pick up this information automatically, which is easiest to start off with, or assign an unused fixed ip address. e.g. if my router were 192.168.0.1, I’d choose an ip address of 192.168.0.60 or any other free number to assign to the Humax and a DNS/gateway entry of 192.168.0.1 which is the router address.
My advice again, if there are connection problems, would be to plug the dongle into another piece of equipment first and get it working there. Bear in mind though that a pc is likely to change some of its orignal network settings, so keep a note of these before plugging the dongle in.
If the dongle doesn’t work with a pc, laptop etc. then I can’t see it ever working with the Humax
Thank you Damian. I followed your instructions and managed (eventually) to find a driver that was compatible with OS 7. I then was able to configure the dongle and get it working with my wireless network.
Plugged it back into the Humax – disaster! The Hummy now no longer even recognises that it’s plugged in. So two steps back.
Humax Support have said they don’t plan on investigating this any time soon, essentially.
Hi LokiUK,
I’m glad to see you got the dongle working securely in another piece of equipment. With it working elsewhere you may want to see if there are any firmware updates for the router and/or dongle.
Years ago I tried to get a network card to work, tried everything, drivers, different machines etc. pulled my hair out for a few hours, nothing would get it to work and it made no sense. Left it disconnected overnight, went back to it the next day and it worked first time, I hadn’t done anything different to the previous day. The card was just retaining a messed up configuration even between machine swaps and it just took longer than I expected for the circuits to discharge. Sometimes these things happen.
My advice, remove the dongle, delete all of the network settings in the Humax, switch it off at the back, plug the dongle back in, switch the Humax back on again and power it up, wait a few minutes and try again with the network configuration.
If this doesn’t work and you have to have wireless then I guess the only option is what you previously mentioned which would be the powerline/homeplug system.
good luck with it and let us know how you get on.
Quote:Plugged it back into the Humax – disaster! The Hummy now no longer even recognises that it’s plugged in. So two steps back.
Humax Support have said they don’t plan on investigating this any time soon, essentially.
Exactly the same thing happened to me recently. I can tell you that the Mac driver is defective and has corrupted the data stored in the dongle’s EEPROM. Instead of advertising itself as a wireless dongle, the dongle now appears as a still camera to the Hummy. You can confirm this for yourself if you plug the dongle into a linux box and run the ‘lsusb -v’ command. You will find that the dongle now has a bDeviceClass of 6 which is the device class for a still camera.
It can be fixed but I am afraid it is far from simple. If you are technically minded or has access to someone who is, the bottom line is that you need to download the RT3070 linux driver source from ralinktech.com (the version from the edimax website is too old and will not compile) and compile the driver against your linux kernel. After installing and loading the driver, execute the command:
Code:iwpriv ra0 e2p 204=0000Verify that the new value has been written using
Code:iwpriv ra0 e2p 204Once the device class is reset, the Humax will recognise the dongle again.
PM me if you want a more detailed description of the process.
Hi there,
Thanks to the posters above – I’ve only just read this unfortunately. In the end, I bought some Powerline plugs, and they work tremendously.
In this case, I think the attempt to save money by not buying either the official dongle was a misguided one. The Edimax EW-&&11UsN dongle is now corrupted, and will probably end up in the bin. Incidentally, installing its Mac driver software did some BAD things to my Mac which I’m still trying to remove, so I would absolutely not install that software. I’m a fairly tech savvy chap but that Edimax was a nightmare. There’s nothing wrong with the Billion router, incidentally, that’s an awesome piece of kit.
My advice to anyone finding this thread via searches, as I did – buy Powerline plugs, or if you really want wifi shell out the extra money for the official dongle.
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
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