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[geep]

Hi all,

Trying to setup my friend's wireless network to work with his new 40" Sony Bravia TV with a UWABR-100 USB Wireless adaptor I ran into problems thus:

The router is an old Belkin F5D7632-4 Ver 1000EA. Don't know the firmware release.
Vista laptop can connect to Internet via Ethernet cable fine.

With no wireless encryption can connect OK from Win XP and Win Vista laptops.
When I enable WPA encryption the XP laptop connects fine, but both Vista and the Sony Wireless adaptor report connection refused. The log on the Belkin shows connection attempts, but is otherwise unintelligible to me.

Vista also fails to connect with 128 bit WEP encryption. (Didn't try XP with WEP).

The Belkin's WPA setup shows that the wireless uses TKIP encryption.
I know that there is a more recent and secure encryption called AES, but the Belkin doesn't offer a choice.

I am wondering if the Wireless drivers in Vista and the Sony don't support TKIP, only AES.
Yet the Sony sees the network and correctly identifies it as "WPA (TKIP)".

Any thoughts on the matter?

I did wonder if a newer version of firmware might help; maybe allowing the Belkin to use AES encryption.
Found the firmware OK, but there are no release notes. http://en-uk-support.belkin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/776


Cheers,
Peter

[Zoe]

Hi 


I'm using WPA2 - & - AES with My Bravia  8)

Note: WPA does use TKIP

Have To Admit... Did find it a bit fiddly to get connected!

Think what I was doing wrong...
Kept clicking OK
But found in the end that I needed to click > 

Zoe

[geep]

Hi Zoe,

Firmware update to 1.00.09 did the trick. It still only supports WPA-TKIP, but both Vista and the Sony Bravia now connect OK.

I looked quickly at the Bravia Internet video channels available. The list at this link:
http://www.sonydigital-link.com/TVHC/FAQ/services/services.aspx?site=odw_en_GB&m=KDL-40EX403&ctry=UK
mentions BBC (iPlayer?), but I didn't find it.
I remember that there were Deutsche Welle (in English), YouTube and Channel 5 among others.

Do you get BBC via the Bravia Internet video? Is it iPlayer?

Cheers,
Peter
 

[Zoe]

Hi geep  


Nope!
We haven't got the BBC iPlayer Yet.

Don't Worry!
It should be coming to us in the next few months  
I'm sure the Sony Rep that happened to be in Comet when I bought the TV... Told me October.
Wish I'd been taking more notice of what he was saying about it now  

My son has got BBC iPlayer on his PS3 ( Also made by.. Sony ) and he's always watching stuff on it.

Not sure how much of the following is true - or - How long it will take to come to us  
But I've also heard that we should be getting...
ITV Player
4OD
And a... Browser  8)

Zoe

[Zoe]

Hi geep  

Nope!
We haven't got the BBC iPlayer Yet.

We Have Now!  8)

On TV Remote : Press... Internet Video
You should be able to see something like... " BBC iPlayer Coming Soon "  

However!
Follow the instructions below to get your BBC iPlayer... Now!  

Starting off from watching normal TV....
1) On TV Remote : Press... HOME
2) Move through the menus to... Network Settings
3) Move to and Click...  Refresh Internet Content
4) WAIT .. It may take a few moments before you see anything happen.
5) WAIT .. Until it has told you it's finished.

Next...

Starting off from watching normal TV....
On TV Remote - Press : Internet Video
You should now be able to see... BBC iPlayer  


Zoe

[geep]

Ta. I'll pass the message on to Des, my friend with the Sony.
Cheers,
Peter