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antsmc21
26th September, 2012, 09:01 PM
Hi I just bought a skybox f3 with a wifi dongle but the dongle does not seem to be read when inserted into the USB I have activated the wifi setting but when inserted It says wifi but device not found please plug in does anyone have an idea to fix this thanks for any advice.
mart2011
26th September, 2012, 09:48 PM
Which type did you buy

Ive found a lot of the cheaper ones with the aerials that aint the official ones are faulty before you even get them out of packet.

Ive sent dozens of em back over last few mths
naytena
14th June, 2013, 05:43 PM
i have the same problem, with a wifi antena and a f3 skybox, my antenna is the little one with a n in grey inside a red squard, and wifi legend, i get into the network setting, when i first plug the antenna my skybox didt get the antenna plug in menssage, y plug out and plug in the antenna several times and i get the messagen plug in, the get the middle menu active, wifi setting or something like that, but when i got to scan for a ap, it dont work, i wait like 10 min and nothing came up. no a single network, i dont know what happend if the box have somenthing wrong or the antenna. i dont understan these box. so cheap and complicate. if someone can help us. to get it work i will be very greceful. thx and sorry for my english.
digicon
14th June, 2013, 06:18 PM
Dont the F3's only take the official wi-fi dongle due to the drivers or can you use any by the sounds of it you cant
naytena
14th June, 2013, 06:26 PM
thx very much, i just dont understand the las part "use any by the sounds of it you cant" heheheheehe. thx
naytena
14th June, 2013, 06:49 PM
204037these the antenna.
deano16
17th June, 2013, 10:45 PM
Yeah you can only use the offical ones with the f3!!
DW190
18th June, 2013, 09:13 AM
Yeah you can only use the offical ones with the f3!!

That's not quite correct. But wired or homeplug is preferred.

I have used many of these:

WIFI 150MBPS WIRELESS ADAPTOR 802.11 B G N LAN NETWORK MINI USB DONGLE ADAPTER | eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WIFI-150MBPS-WIRELESS-ADAPTOR-802-11-B-G-N-LAN-NETWORK-MINI-USB-DONGLE-ADAPTER-/310574944823?pt=UK_Computing_USB_Wi_Fi_Adapters_Do ngles&hash=item484fb59237)