WD TV Live Plus and TP LINK

Hello.

Yesterday I bought a wi-fi adapter TP-LINK WN723N. As I see, it has no plug-and-play (on Windows XP I used its CD-rom to install driver).

Is there any hope for this device to work on WD TV Live Plus?  (it’s in the other city) Are there any solutions? The only TP-LINK modem listed here as tested is another model.

Hello,

Paolos, I really sorry but the adapter that you have is not listed on the List of compatible devices for the WD TV Live HD Media Player and WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player

Currently, threre’s no way for you to add the drivers for that adapter to the media player without a new firmware.

Well. After that I bought an orange-black (old) type of DWA-125. But when I got it delivered, I saw that it is the black one. Has this one to work?

Too bad you are having these problems.  Here is how I solved it for my Live Plus a few months ago.  I saw a wireless adapter on sale at a real good sale price, and bought it – I took a chance and won.  It was not WD-approved, but it worked, and I did nothing to set it up except plug it into the Live’s USB port!  I later figured out why it worked.  It is because it has the same chipset that many of the adapters on the WD approved list have.  In most cases, the chipset is the key to an adapter working in the WD units.

I bought this:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833139023&Tpk=gwu625&IsVirtualParent=1

and here is the info about the GWU625 chipset:  http://wikidevi.com/wiki/IOGear_GWU625  At this site you can find out the chipset of the ones you bought and compare them to the chipsets in adapters on the WD approved list.  Anyway, this is not necessary to do unless you are real curious to know and want/need to compare. 

Another idea is to buy an item similar to the GWU625 called the GWU627:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833139024&Tpk=gwu627&IsVirtualParent=1

Instead of plugging it into the WD USB port, it is (wireless, too,) and has an ethernet output you can plug into the WD ethernet port and now in effect, the WD is “wired” and not wireless.  Compatable with EVERY device because of the way it is set up to work.  It takes a wireless signal and converts it to a wired signal and can be connected to lots of different devices.

I have one of these, too, and have plugged it into the WD ethernet port, and used one of the USB ports on the WD to power it (instead of using the little wall wart power supply.  Slick.  I currently keep the smaller GWU625 in the Live unit – it takes up less space where it is located.

Both units are wireless-N and will work with b/g routers, too.

Thanks!

So, I will try to find adapters with GWU625 chipset.

I’m not sure WD is going to add compatibility with D-LINK N 150 B1. Is this one  http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Networking/D-Link-wireless-N-150-USB-Adaptor-DWA-125/td-p/127490 solution for A1, A3 or B1 - I don’t know.

PaoloS wrote:

Thanks!

So, I will try to find adapters with GWU625 chipset.

 

I’m not sure WD is going to add compatibility with D-LINK N 150 B1. Is this one  http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Networking/D-Link-wireless-N-150-USB-Adaptor-DWA-125/td-p/127490 solution for A1, A3 or B1 - I don’t know.

 

 

I did not suggest you find an adapter with the GWU625 chipset, I suggested you buy a GWU625 and be done with this.  But, if you can’t order this, then yes, note the chipset in it and find one on the WD list with this chipset or any other chipset from other adapters on the list.  All I can really say is the GWU625 works in the Live unit for me.

I haven’t an answer for your second question.

Yes, Mike, I understood. The problem is I live in Armenia, so I have to order something from chinese stores with free shipping. In Moscow I bought these two models from D-LINK and TP-LINK, both are cheap ($9 and $12), and I think there’s no reason to pay much more.

Pavel