launton – 10 hours ago  » 

Gixer – 2 hours ago  » 

Would this Vodafone dongle work? Chipset 7105? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=291353659671&alt=web

I don’t think so. This is mine but they’re hard to find http://www.ariic.net/vodafone-usb-rt3070-80211n-150m-wireless-wifi-card-adapter-pc-p-3293.html

Cheers. Ordered a Ralink RT3070 off eBay.

JamesB – 46 minutes ago  » 

According to post at

https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/software-update-june-15th-2015/page/6#post-38295

RT3070 is among those affected by the June 15th update.

But presumably okay while using the previous version. It seems a little uncertain what’s going to work in the future, once Freesat/Humax have got it together to issue a new, debugged release.

Does this model support anything other than RT3070 dongles? The drivers are preinstalled and have to be loaded into the kernel, so support is limited to certain chipsets. The standard Humax dongle (150 Mbps) is RT3070 based and is supported on any Humax unit that can use a USB dongle. The latest official Humax dongle (300 Mbps) uses the Ralink RT5572 chipset and is now supported additionally on the HDR-1800T and HDR-2000T freeview models. I don’t know if the current freesat models support the new dongle yet.

As I indicated in post #249, I think the problem is with the vendor and product IDs. If anyone has the affected freesat model, and is in possession of a Tenda 311U+ dongle, could they test the combination? I don’t have a freesat box so I can’t try this myself. The Tenda has the same VID and PID values (148f/ 3070) and chipset as the Humax (150 Mbps, RT3070) dongle and if I am right, it will work.

JamesB – 35 minutes ago  » 

A review on Amazon says:

Quote:

Works great but not compatible with HUMAX 1000S FREESAT box as it worked fine at first then the box started freezing on startup, had to pull the cord out a few times so box would work. But it kept freezing when turning on, then eventually after some googling worked out the box does not like usbs attached. Removed this and the box has not frozen since.

So great item does what it says on the tin but don’t try to use with HUMAX 1000S FREESAT box.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JTTVBSS/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001BBURAA&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=02N35CNTPXHGY5TZSYMV

Dated 29 June 2015. Sounds like it worked until the update, then not.

The review doesn’t mention whether or not the dongle works, just that the box kept freezing. Those symptoms sound common with the new update. It would be good to have firm information as to whether this dongle does or doesn’t work with the latest software.

JamesB – 39 minutes ago  » 

You may be right. I took it that the user had (wrongly) attributed effects of the update to the dongle, and had stopped using it.

Post #331(see above) confirms that a Vodafone badged RT3070 dongle still works, though the poster, launton, did have to reset and reboot the unit with the dongle disconnected: see here. Other generic dongles have also been reported as working: see here.

On digging through this thread further, the Tenda 311U+ has already been confirmed as working after the update: see here. It seems to be mainly the Edimax EW-7711 dongles that are affected.

JamesB – 8 hours ago  » 

According to post at

https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/software-update-june-15th-2015/page/6#post-38295

RT3070 is among those affected by the June 15th update.

But presumably okay while using the previous version. It seems a little uncertain what’s going to work in the future, once Freesat/Humax have got it together to issue a new, debugged release.

The one i linked to worked after the update as well as before but I did need to hotplug it once for it to be recognised

It is looking increasing like the dongle issue is related to the vendor and product ID codes (see post #249). Some unbranded dongles and others, such as the Tenda 311U+, share the same VID and PID codes as the Humax branded model so they still work.The change required to the driver to make the Edimax dongles work again is trvial, it in just depends whether they want to fix it or not.

spark001uk – 2 hours ago  » 

Is it strange that the reboots seem to have disappeared (touchwood) for the last 2 or 3 weeks? Still on 2.02.34, had numerous reboots the first week or so, then as far as I have noticed there’s been nothing since?

Consistent with Freesat’s statement that server-side changes had helped the problem.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/help/got-freesat/fix-a-problem/freetime-boxes-rebooting