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Does anyone know whether there are compatible Wifi dongles - preferably without external antennas as the distance to the router is <1m - for the following:
- Octagon SX88
- Freesat V7HD
- TM5402 M3
- Vu+ Solo 2

Thanks in advance.
 

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Hm you can get a generic WiFi dongle, which converts WiFi to normal ethernet connection. It requires an external power supply though.
 

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The VU+ Solo 2 depends which image you're using, as some images have more drivers, e.g. I've found all the wireless keyboards, I've tried, on my VU+ Duo2, work using Open Blackhole but didn't work using Blackhole.
 

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Thanks but I'm actually to trying to remove as many wired Ethernet connections from the receiver in our "office" as possible due to the extremely restricted space around them - and, where possible, get adapters without external antennas as they also get in the way.
BTW: did find one for the Openbox V8s and that's on order

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Thanks for the advice - the Solo2 is probably the lowest priority unit as it needs a full image update (last time used, it was on OpenVix version 4."something or other")
 

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It doesn't take long, to change an image, especially as you can use dreambox tools, like dreamboxedit, to back up your channels and Bouquets.
Plus, with the later open images, you get the latest Kodi, which I tend to use more than the satelliute tuners.
 

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It doesn't take long, to change an image, especially as you can use dreambox tools, like dreamboxedit, to back up your channels and Bouquets.
Plus, with the later open images, you get the latest Kodi, which I tend to use more than the satelliute tuners.
Thanks again, but the Vu+ is the lowest priority unit for the moment - especially after my having been laid up with a really bad cold/flu for nearly a week.
 

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SX88 - Just found this link which says that the chipset must be 5370, for example the octagon wl008 or wl028 models - will get the first one because, although slower, it doesn't have the antenna.
£9.99 on ebay
 
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TP-LINK TL-WN722N if you can still get it. Worked great on my VU+ SOLO SE V2 (has a small antenna not too long.
Have tried other dongles and only this one worked. Perhaps it might work on other receivers on your list.
There is (was) the VU+ WiFi dongle without the antenna. Now they have wireless and Bluetooth from hm-sat
 

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You can get Wi-fi adaptors for the freesat v7 on fleabay for around £5 - they work , I used one on a v7 box I borrowed
 

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I can only help regarding VU+
TP-LINK TL-WN722N if you can still get it. Worked great on my VU+ SOLO SE V2 (has a small antenna not too long.
Have tried other dongles and only this one worked. Perhaps it might work on other receivers on your list.
There is (was) the VU+ WiFi dongle without the antenna. Now they have wireless and Bluetooth from hm-sat
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Had a look for that one - now seems obsolete unfortunately.
You can get Wi-fi adaptors for the freesat v7 on fleabay for around £5 - they work , I used one on a v7 box I borrowed
From what I have found , it appears that some work but many don't!
Tried a generic Realtek-based that I have, and that is not recognized by the box

Best list I found is here, but it looks pretty out of date
 

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Think I might have found one for the FreeSat V7HD by the tortuous route of finding this one on Ebay, but it has an external antenna which I don't want. However, that showed up as a version of the Ralink RT5370 series, and so I was finally able to track down the "compact" version of the same thing here, from China. Hopefully arriving in 2-3 weeks??
 

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One possible problem would be too many dongles in one location, if the receivers are located in the same cabinet (or within several meters or so) there could be some problems with RFI and channel inter-mod between the dongles. (seen it happen many times)

This could cause serious hair loss when trying to set everything up.

If the receivers are co-located in one cabinet then a simple multi port LAN switch and short CAT 5/6 cables would be the best setup, then you only need one cable feeding the LAN switch.
 

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As I said, the current problem is the sheer rat's nest of cables behind the receiver stack - a see-it-to-believe it situation, given that I also have a wall-mounted SFF PC. a large Canon MFP, 2x 20-21" wall-mounted monitors and a lot of PSUs in a workspace about 40" by 24"!! (and there's nowhere else in the room that I can realistically move anything much!)

I just need to get rid of some of those cables - and cross-talk interference between the various receivers is not likely to happen as there will probably be only 1-2 (at max) on at any one time, and so fitting each one with a dongle will get rid of quite a few cables (& there is just no room there for another Ethernet switch on that level, and so that's on the bottom shelf with the Cable Modem, Router, & mono-printer, & a 4-bay disk storage unit - and with a desktop PC & 2x NAS boxes on the intermediate shelf above the latter!)
 

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You can use the WIFI channel guide to help find channels as far apart from each other as possible, then set everything to manual channels selection, this way you can pick and choose the channels for the best performance.

As to what dongle will work for each receiver, sorry I can't help you with that.

I had a situation just like this, but got lucky, had a closet on the other-side of the wall, just punched a hole through the wall and mounted things back there on a piece of plywood screwed to the wall.
 

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You can use the WIFI channel guide to help find channels as far apart from each other as possible, then set everything to manual channels selection, this way you can pick and choose the channels for the best performance..
Might just have to do that - we'll see!

I had a situation just like this, but got lucky, had a closet on the other-side of the wall, just punched a hole through the wall and mounted things back there on a piece of plywood screwed to the wall.
An "interesting option" - OTOH, the room behind the wall is 36" (max!) wide, and is the toilet area! Not sure if that would be the "right" place for stuff like this :-rofl2!
 

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A wall mounted box would help, unless the toilet is in the way, just post a sign saying "WARNING....HIGH FREQUENCY RF IN USE...DO NOT PEE ON ME":-lmao
 

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A wall mounted box would help, unless the toilet is in the way, just post a sign saying "WARNING....HIGH FREQUENCY RF IN USE...DO NOT PEE ON ME":-lmao
Let's just say it's "cosy" in there - no room for Anything else!:-lmao
 

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The Vonets network adapter (it is more expensive €13).
The receiver thinks that it is connected by RJ45 cable and you do not have to load any driver, it is configured with your program connecting on a PC.
It can be powered by USB
Also with the feeder of the receiver (12V), in the body has the female and the male to the team.
The blue model has no external antennas and you can put it on top.
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El adaptador de red Vonets (es mas caro 13€).
El receptor cree que esta conectado por cable RJ45 y no tienes que cargar ningun driver, se configura con su programa conectando en un PC.
Se puede alimentar por USB
Tambien con el alimentador del receptor (12V), en el cuepo tiene la hembra y el macho al equipo.
El modelo azul no tiene antenas externas y lo puedes poner encima.

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This morning I posted a question to WoS (from where I bought the Solo2), and they recommend/sell this one.

Probably will buy that, but will wait until the other cheap ones already ordered do turn up and try them first to see if any of them work.
 
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