bought a skybox f5 and it came with a wifi dongle so tried setting up with the wifi dongle in but it couldn't connect to the router when I put the correct password in for the router it just came up on the screen timeout, only thing I did to the box before putting the wifi dongle in was updated the image from the stock one which came on it whch had a iron man background, I replace it with a spooby snacks image, what is the best image to use a wifi dongle on a skybox f5 box thanks
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try changing modem security to wpa or wpa 2 a quick fix sometimes works when you get the timeout message reboot box usuall connects on restart.Being truthful wifi on skyboxes isn't very dependable I have one f3 thst will connect wirelessly every time the other three? not so good -
It's the router settings mate , go into the wireless settings in the router and there is a security type . Wpa , wpa2 etc . About 3 or 4. Of them .. Here dongles only work with one encryption method ... I know virgin media they work as it is but iv had nightmares trying do couple others for peopleComment
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so isn't not firmware related then, I changed router and box settings still timing outComment
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Could be the firmware, i'm sure the newest firmware sorts WIFI problemsComment
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whats the latest firmware , where can I get it thanksComment
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A friend of mine had exactly the same problem, we solved it by buying a TP-LINK TL-WA850RE Universal WiFi Range Extender (other range extenders are available
) this picks up your wireless network and extends it's range BUT it also has an Ethernet port on the bottom to connect the skybox with a network cable. This then allows you to free up the USB port on your skybox, it took him no more than a few minutes to set up and connect his skybox
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link to that pleaseA friend of mine had exactly the same problem, we solved it by buying a TP-LINK TL-WA850RE Universal WiFi Range Extender (other range extenders are available) this picks up your wireless network and extends it's range BUT it also has an Ethernet port on the bottom to connect the skybox with a network cable. This then allows you to free up the USB port on your skybox, it took him no more than a few minutes to set up and connect his skyboxComment
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