Gen 1 Model WD00AVN upgrade?

I have the oppotunity to purchase a model number: WD00AVN Western Digital WD TV Live Plus Digital HD Media Streamer at a good price.  I check and this is a Gen 1 unit.

 

My question

 

1.   If I update the firmware, will I have all the features of the current Live Plus?

 

2.  I do not think it has wifi built into it.  How do I get it to connect to my Wifi network or will I need to use ethernet?

TenOC wrote:

I have the oppotunity to purchase a model number: WD00AVN Western Digital WD TV Live Plus Digital HD Media Streamer 

The WD00AVN is NOT a Live Plus media player.

The WD00AVN is about the oldest of the old players.  And no firmware updates will ever give it all of the features of the Plus.

For one thing, the WD00AVN doesn’t have network capability at all.