Help! I have to enter WEP passphrase every time I start WDTV Live!

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Hi
I’ve been using to my WDTV Live for a while to play video locally and have only recently explored the Wifi/Internet side.

I have connected the player to my Linksys WAG54GS router through a Netgear WN111v2 USB adaptor. I am using the latest 1.04.17 firmware.

When I connect to my Wifi everything works fine. I can access shared folders and also access Youtube/Mediafly etc.

The problem is that every time I start the player I need to go through the network settings. 
The player sees the SSID and I then have to enter the WEP passphrase…every time. I can then go on to connect and it works fine.

I have made this connection my default connection in favorites.

Shouldn’t the player connect automatically when I start it? Or at least let me connect from Wireless favorites.

Any help appreciated. Thanks
Max

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Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this. You can do so either by phone or email.

To Contact WD for Technical Support
http://support.wdc.com/contact/index.asp?lang=en

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Try setting your SSID to BROADCAST mode on your WiFi access point.

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Thanks for replies.

I have contacted WD support and have found them very UN-helpful.

They didn’t seem particulary interested as my router is not on their compatible list of devices.

My SSID is broadcasting from the access point.

Thanks again.

Max

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…they’d be even less interested if it WERE in the list.  :(

Is WEP the only option available to you?   I’m using WPA2 on mine and it’s working fine  (Cisco/Linksys WUSB600N adapter and Linksys E3000 Access Points.)

Also, if there is more than one “favorite” stored, delete all of them and start over.