Sony BDP-S370 Wi-Fi Dongle

[John]

Hello.

I have just bought my first ever Blu-Ray player a Sony BDP-S370 and it
arrived today.

A question. The official Sony Wi-Fi dongle for this player is quite
expensive here in the UK at around £60 GBP ($94 USD). Can anyone
confirm to me will any type of Wireless USB dongle still work with
this player or do I need to get a specific type?

Also my Wi-Fi link is an ad-hoc one without a router which I set up
just for the few times the laptop needs to access the internet (we
have wired). I believe it is a WEP encryption with this ad-hoc network
I set up so with the S370 does it give you a menu to punch in this
long code?

Cheers,

John

[Arny Krueger]

Post by John
Hello.
I have just bought my first ever Blu-Ray player a Sony
BDP-S370 and it arrived today.
A question. The official Sony Wi-Fi dongle for this
player is quite expensive here in the UK at around £60
GBP ($94 USD). Can anyone confirm to me will any type of
Wireless USB dongle still work with this player or do I
need to get a specific type?

USB WiFi interfaces require specific device drivers so they are not
plug-compatible.

[John]

The official Sony Wi-Fi dongle for this player is quite expensive here
in the UK at around £60 GBP ($95 USD).

Will other lower cost third party makes besides the official Sony one
work? E.g. Edimax, Airlink, Belkin, Iomega, Linksys?

And which type would you get b, g, n?


Thanks.

[Oldish Git]

Post by John
The official Sony Wi-Fi dongle for this player is quite expensive here
in the UK at around £60 GBP ($95 USD).
Will other lower cost third party makes besides the official Sony one
work? E.g. Edimax, Airlink, Belkin, Iomega, Linksys?
And which type would you get b, g, n?

Only the Sony one will work. Any other makes will require
specific drivers and there is no way to load those drivers
into your blu-ray player, like you would have to do if adding
a wi-fi dongle to a PC or laptop.

[Arny Krueger]

Post by John
The official Sony Wi-Fi dongle for this player is quite
expensive here in the UK at around £60 GBP ($95 USD).

True for some competitive players, as well.

Post by John
Will other lower cost third party makes besides the
official Sony one work? E.g. Edimax, Airlink, Belkin,
Iomega, Linksys?

USB WiFi interfaces require specific device drivers so they are not
plug-compatible.

IOW, no.

Post by John
And which type would you get b, g, n?

b, g, and n equipment is almost always if not always cross-compatible. I
mix and match them all the time. I know of no g or n equipment that won't
work with b equipment, and vice versa.