Using NoN-Samsung USB WiFi dongles with TV - Revision history

Erdem ua at 00:59, 28 September 2014

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‎Alternative Way

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‎Hardware Way

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‎Hardware Way

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‎Hardware Way

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Edimax EW-7718Un

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‎Dongles that we insist working on this TV

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‎Dongles that tested on forum

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‎Written wrong values? Fix driver.

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 Samsung WiFi Dongles uses RaLink rt73, rt2570sta, rt2870sta chips. But their drivers in the TV doesn't include other brands ID's, thats why you cannot use other RaLink chipped USB dongles. Because TV thinks they are incompatible. So you can unload older drivers and install native drivers that we pre-compiled for you. Then your TV works with any WiFi USB dongle that uses RaLink chip compatible with rt73, rt2500, rt2870...
-Now we have another alternative way (hardware way) that you don't needed to change anything on your TV!
+Now we have another hardware way that you don't needed to change anything on your TV!
 =Alternative Way=

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 =Alternative Way=
-Instead of fighting with your TV and firmware, you can use some ultra mini routers to connect your TV to WiFi using TV's Ethernet port. They are cheaper than hard to find old RT dongles. Those routers could be powered from USB port of your TV and doesn't require standalone AC power slot. Also, you can use this devices as a repeater same time.
+Instead of fighting with your TV and firmware, you can use some ultra mini routers to connect your TV to WiFi using TV's Ethernet port. They are cheaper than hard to find old RT dongles. Those routers could be powered from USB port of your TV and doesn't require standalone AC power slot. Also, you can use this devices as a repeater same time. I have one of them, installed OpenWRT and works flawless.
 =Hardware Way=

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	Now we have another alternative way (hardware way) that you don't needed to change anything on your TV!		Now we have another alternative way (hardware way) that you don't needed to change anything on your TV!
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		+	=Alternative Way=
		+	Instead of fighting with your TV and firmware, you can use some ultra mini routers to connect your TV to WiFi using TV's Ethernet port. They are cheaper than hard to find old RT dongles. Those routers could be powered from USB port of your TV and doesn't require standalone AC power slot. Also, you can use this devices as a repeater same time.
		+	[http://www.ebay.com/itm/TP-LINK-TL-WR703N-150Mbit-LAN-WAN-IEEE-802-11b-g-n-3G-WIFI-Nano-Wireless-Router-/181424822062?pt=DE_Computing_Drahtlose_Router&hash=item2a3dc3172e TL-WR703N]
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	=Hardware Way=		=Hardware Way=

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 Those dongles will make same job as price premium Samsung's original dongles!
 Tested dongle models are:
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 !!!Rev B2 flashes ok however wrong chipset will not work!!!
 *Dlink DWA-160   [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=dwa160&_frs=1 UK] - [http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=dwa160&_frs=1 USA] - [http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?_nkw=dwa160&_frs=1 AU] ( [http://www.amazon.com/s?field-keywords=DWA-160 Amazon.com] has sale on this item! )
 '''Before hacking/changing eeprom values, just plug that dongle into your TV. Some revisions might be working without any change.'''

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 !!!Rev B2 flashes ok however wrong chipset will not work!!!
 *Dlink DWA-160   [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=dwa160&_frs=1 UK] - [http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=dwa160&_frs=1 USA] - [http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?_nkw=dwa160&_frs=1 AU] ( [http://www.amazon.com/s?field-keywords=DWA-160 Amazon.com] has sale on this item! )
-*You can still find [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ralink-JR300N-USB-Adapter-replace-Samsung-WIS09ABGN-/261180510093?pt=US_USB_Wi_Fi_Adapters_Dongles&hash=item3ccf924f8d rt2870 based dongles] at ebay.
+*You can still find [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ralink-JR300N-USB-Adapter-replace-Samsung-WIS09ABGN-/261180510093?pt=US_USB_Wi_Fi_Adapters_Dongles&hash=item3ccf924f8d rt2870 based dongles at ebay].
 '''Before hacking/changing eeprom values, just plug that dongle into your TV. Some revisions might be working without any change.'''

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 Tested dongle models are:
-*<span style="background:#FF69B4">It's reported that '''Edimax EW-7718Un''' dongle from [http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3475313/Edimax-EW-7718UN-Wireless-N-USB-WiFi-Card-300mbps-802-11n/Product.html this site] has rt2870 chip inside and working! Just for '''£8.99 with Free delivery!!!''' </span>
+*It's reported that '''Edimax EW-7718Un''' has rt2870 chip.
 *Dlink DWA-125   [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=dwa125&_frs=1 UK] - [http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=dwa125&_frs=1 USA] - [http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?_nkw=dwa125&_frs=1 AU]

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 ===Dongles that we insist working on this TV===
-'''[http://download.samygo.tv/PDF%20Files%20for%20Wiki/Dongle%20Driverlist%20for%20SamyGO%20Project.pdf Informations extracted from our compiled drirvers (this is the preferred version)]'''
+'''[http://download.samygo.tv/Documents/Dongle%20Driverlist%20for%20SamyGO%20Project.pdf Informations extracted from our compiled drirvers (this is the preferred version)]'''
 I search on internet and found this 2 lists:

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   Edimax EW-7318USg
   Edimax EW-7711UAN (rt2870sta)
   <please fill here if your USB dongle that works with ralink driver, need specified model number>

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 . Add a new line (before the #endif // RT2870 // line) with your new values, (replace with yours):
   {USB_DEVICE(0x04E8,0x7718)},
-. Recompile driver. Try change vid&pid according howto again.
+. [http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/Using_NoN-Samsung_USB_WiFi_dongles_with_TV#Compiling_Custom_Kernel_Modules_that_supports_e2p_for_Hardware_Hack Recompile driver]. Try change vid&pid according howto again.
 =Software Way=