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Is it possible to use my computers internet when plugged into the USB? At work I don't get very good signal strength and would love tobe able to use the 25mbit fiber on my EVO.
On a Mac you can use internet connection sharing under Sharing in the System Preferences. The connection will be via WiFi though, not USB.
Not sure about on a Windows machine. Doesn't your work have WiFi? If not you could always bring your own router and have it not broadcast its SSID.
Yeah we do have WiFi but I get poor signal down in the "dungeon" where I work, and it's only on a T-1 a select few of us have access to the 25mbit connection, and my boss wouldn't look too kindly on me putting a wifi router on it.
gthing said:
On a Mac you can use internet connection sharing under Sharing in the System Preferences. The connection will be via WiFi though, not USB.
Not sure about on a Windows machine. Doesn't your work have WiFi? If not you could always bring your own router and have it not broadcast its SSID.
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I found lots of other threads with people asking this question all over the internet. I guess it's not possible right now. I ended up buying one of these:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=346
I can see it coming in handy other ways too. Not too bad for $54
mhaner said:
I found lots of other threads with people asking this question all over the internet. I guess it's not possible right now. I ended up buying one of these:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=346
I can see it coming in handy other ways too. Not too bad for $54
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For anyone on the market, any router that supports DD-WRT can be configured to be extremely flexible.
I think I even saw a Wireless-N for like $20-30 on NewEgg.com
Neotelos_com said:
For anyone on the market, any router that supports DD-WRT can be configured to be extremely flexible.
I think I even saw a Wireless-N for like $20-30 on NewEgg.com
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True, but this one is nice and portable. I run 2 DD-WRT routers at home (one works as a wireless bridge for my Xbox360, BluRay Player, DVR and HTPC), but neither of them are nice small and compact like this is.
mhaner said:
I found lots of other threads with people asking this question all over the internet. I guess it's not possible right now. I ended up buying one of these:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=346
I can see it coming in handy other ways too. Not too bad for $54
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If you are plugging this into your work's network and extending it over WiFi, you had better make sure that you have passed this by your IT department first. Pulling a stunt like this at my place of business will get you fired on the spot unless you are really, REALLY lucky...
Neotelos_com said:
For anyone on the market, any router that supports DD-WRT can be configured to be extremely flexible.
I think I even saw a Wireless-N for like $20-30 on NewEgg.com
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A DD-WRT ready N router for $20-$30? Link, please!
Fancy_Lad said:
If you are plugging this into your work's network and extending it over WiFi, you had better make sure that you have passed this by your IT department first. Pulling a stunt like this at my place of business will get you fired on the spot unless you are really, REALLY lucky...
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I AM in the IT department.. heh...
Hi guys,
i am in the need of having a lan port on my S2. i found these
http://www.hitechleague.com/android-tablets-accessories/usb-2-0-ethernet-adapter-rj-45
and
http://www.euogo.com/usb-lan-adapte...to-rj45-adapter-for-android-tablets_p420.html
but i don't know if they are going to work. Anyone have any opinions on this?
Interested too!
Well I've read somewhere that in theory it is possible. The only problem is you'd have to write a driver for the phone which isn't very easy.
Maybe you already know it, but if you have a laptop available you can share the lan connection via wifi with Connectify.
If you have windows 7 (vista I'm not sure of) you don't even have to use a third party program. But your wireless card should support packet injection. Sadly enough mine doesn't.
Nevertheless LAN to USB can be useful. A few weeks ago I was staying in a hotel that said it had wifi. But it didn't only via cable. I only brought my phone. So there I was alone in an alley hogging of somebodies wifi in the rain trying to congratulate my girlfriend on here graduation.
I'm really looking into a travel router now. D-link's dap 1350 for example.
Carnelain said:
If you have windows 7 (vista I'm not sure of) you don't even have to use a third party program. But your wireless card should support packet injection. Sadly enough mine doesn't.
Nevertheless LAN to USB can be useful. A few weeks ago I was staying in a hotel that said it had wifi. But it didn't only via cable. I only brought my phone. So there I was alone in an alley hogging of somebodies wifi in the rain trying to congratulate my girlfriend on here graduation.
I'm really looking into a travel router now. D-link's dap 1350 for example.
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Could explain the process? I have win 7 and an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. Had no idea I could share my connection without using a 3rd party program...
Boura.85 said:
Could explain the process? I have win 7 and an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. Had no idea I could share my connection without using a 3rd party program...
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http://lifehacker.com/5369381/turn-your-windows-7-pc-into-a-wireless-hotspot
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http://lifehacker.com/5369381/turn-your-windows-7-pc-into-a-wireless-hotspot
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How couldn't I see that... Just an ad-hoc network... Thank you very much .
guys, if i had a laptop, i would use a laptop.
My problem is that sometimes i have a switch and a computer with a webserver with no monitor. This is why i want this.
http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/WL330gE/
this maybe the better bet, im using it, it is small like a pack of smoke
Thanks for the tip I might go for the 330N3G
How about a 2nd hand Apple Airport Express?
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http://lifehacker.com/5369381/turn-your-windows-7-pc-into-a-wireless-hotspot
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Wow learnt some new things today! Thx a lot!
rob_h said:
How about a 2nd hand Apple Airport Express?
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I don't have that much experience with apple products. How does it perform?
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I don't have that much experience with apple products. How does it perform?
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I only use it to stream music from my Netbook which is running iTunes but I believe it will act as a wifi hotspot and is not much bigger than a mains adaptor. If you plug it into the network then it should pick up an IP and if you have configured it at home then it will act as a normal wifi router.
Hi guys,
Does anyone know when the allshare cast dongle will be available to order ? The only info I could find is probably somewhere around late June according to this seller http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-allshare-cast-dongle-samsung-galaxy-s3
I really can't wait to surf/play on my big tv screen I know that I can buy the mhl adapter but I'll probably wait for the dongle to be released.
Thanks in advance !
Samsung South Africa
I queried with Samsung South Africa an a local retailer which gave me an ETA of middle JULY.
Real pity since they had these demoed at the UK launch event middle May...
But Polaris Office 4 was also demoed on not yet available ANYWARE. Well the price we pay for being first.
At least the stock S3 is an amazing device. Perhaps they are stagerring the hardware to give them more time to get firmware "extra nice"..
Yep my local retailers think it'll come out mid July as well.. Can't wait. And agreed, this phone in stock configuration is awesome!
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Has anyone bought from this site. http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wir...a=X&ei=Ikj6T83MJ-be2QXhi_z2Bg&ved=0CDcQgwgwAA
They have the WiFi dongle for preorder and $40 that's half the price as clove. If it's legitimate I am definitely getting one.
By the way I posted this in a similar thread. I thought they would benefit from this post as well.
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geargamer said:
Has anyone bought from this site.]
They have the WiFi dongle for preorder and $40 that's half the price as clove. If it's legitimate I am definitely getting one.
By the way I posted this in a similar thread. I thought they would benefit from this post as well.
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Unfortunately, that's not the Allshare Cast dongle. That's the MHL adapter, which allows you to connect your S3 to a HDMI TV using a corded connection. (HDMI cable not included in the box).
korebreach said:
Unfortunately, that's not the Allshare Cast dongle. That's the MHL adapter, which allows you to connect your S3 to a HDMI TV using a corded connection. (HDMI cable not included in the box).
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Wow, I just looked at the link again after your post and your right. The first time I looked at it the information was different and there was a picture of the allshare cast dongle not the mhl adapter. They changed it. I new it was to good to be true.
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Xxlfb firmware has allshare cast feature, at settings/more settings
korebreach said:
Unfortunately, that's not the Allshare Cast dongle. That's the MHL adapter, which allows you to connect your S3 to a HDMI TV using a corded connection. (HDMI cable not included in the box).
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Check this one out. Hurry before it changes to. Jk http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.ph...--official-wi-fi-display-hub--ead-t10udegxeu-
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Anyone know how much this is supposed to cost in UK, Europe, US or whatever? Cos I don't want to spend much on this so trying to decide whether to import if it's cheap enough.
Michael_P said:
Anyone know how much this is supposed to cost in UK, Europe, US or whatever? Cos I don't want to spend much on this so trying to decide whether to import if it's cheap enough.
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I've been looking around and have seen it as low as $80 US dollars to over $100. All with shipping included. I just broke down and bought the mhl adapter tonight for $36.49. That should work for now tell the price comes down.
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Also getting the 11 pin MHL adaptor now (ordered, but waiting for stock) and Just ordered the allshare cast dongle as well (5 week lead time :-() but work is paying, so can afford to wait. Will post review when/if it finally arives.
Paying ZAR 850 so that is about €80.
So whats teh difference between this and:
http://compare.ebay.com/like/130685615828?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y
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So whats teh difference between this and:
http://compare.ebay.com/like/130685615828?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y
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Teh difference is that that is a stick that'll allow the tv to gain wifi capability. It's pretty much a wifi card. So if you link up the tv to your home network you can stream from the phone to tv via the allshare app..
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rootSU said:
So whats teh difference between this and:
http://compare.ebay.com/like/130685615828?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y
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The allshare cast dongle uses wifi direct to stream your phones screen to an hdtv, letting you mirror your phone on the tv. The item you linked to plugs into a tv and lets it connect to your home network and access the internet.
thanks guys but I'm none the wiser. It does allshare and its cheaper than the allshare dongle. I just dont get what its limitations are. Are you SURE it can accept stream?
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So whats teh difference between this and:
http://compare.ebay.com/like/130685615828?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y
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This is a WiFi adaptor for Samsung Smart TV’s, which allows the TV to access the internet and DLNA files via your wireless access point.
The AllShare Cast WiFi dongle connects to an HDMI port on your TV, any TV not just Samsung TV’s, and allows amongst other things, your SIII display to be mirrored on the TV.
MaNIaC
Just to be clear wifi direct is different from normal network sharing technologies like DLNA. Wifi direct lets you connect two devices without using an existing wireless network. So for example if I didn't have a wireless internet network setup I could still wireless stream to an HDTV using Wifi direct. In principle it works similarly to the way bluetooth does but allows for much higher bandwidth
The wifi direct supports all share. So in theory I can plug this into my 2009 samsung to stream movie and game content to my tv
Edit. Or not because it's not smart. Got it
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I hope someone comes up with a trickery/hack/mod so we can use the dongle to stream from a laptop as well if it's even possible.
rootSU said:
thanks guys but I'm none the wiser. It does allshare and its cheaper than the allshare dongle. I just dont get what its limitations are. Are you SURE it can accept stream?
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Basically this in layman terms.
The GS3 has wifi built in which connects with the allsharecast dongle and the dongle displays the image of the GS3 onto the HDTV.
The dongle you posted just gives wifi to devices that do not have wifi built in. Since the GS3 already has wifi built in, that dongle does absolutely nothing for the GS3. but it does make your TV DNLA compatible since not all of the older TVs have DNLA standard but if your TV does have DNLA, then that dongle you posted is useless for BOTH the GS3 and your TV.
You can connect the GS3 with allshare cast enabled TVs but that just lets you display pictures and videos, it doesn't completely mirror your phone, and the entire UI on your phone, to the TV though.
Hi guys,
I've tested a TV DVB-T tuner on the Motorola Moto G and works flawlessly. You can check it on this review - sorry, it´s in Spanish but you can understand easily just watching it
cheers
DaRkToU said:
Hi guys,
I've tested a TV DVB-T tuner on the Motorola Moto G and works flawlessly. You can check it on this review - sorry, it´s in Spanish but you can understand easily just watching it
cheers
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Cool!
can you record on this, i seen something that looked like a record icon ?
tillaz said:
can you record on this, i seen something that looked like a record icon ?
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Yes you can. According to the guy explaining the functions, it is possible.
works in India?
I heard Delhi has the facility of airing DD channels...Anyone can confirm that?
Cheapest i could find here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310802737212?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
the link in the video description on YouTube is cheaper http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...=B00DZR3OKS&linkCode=as2&tag=androidphoria-21
Any US links... the exchange rate from pounds is murder :/
wonder if any old pc tv usb dongle would work if connected via otg cable ?
shootomanUK said:
wonder if any old pc tv usb dongle would work if connected via otg cable ?
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I was thinking the same thing...
I haven't really had time to check, but any dvb-t stick that's been around for some time where the Linux kernel supports it "natively" should do, right?
gosa said:
I was thinking the same thing...
I haven't really had time to check, but any dvb-t stick that's been around for some time where the Linux kernel supports it "natively" should do, right?
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That depends. I have a few and they do vary in how much power they suck out of the usb port. I have a Hauppauge Hybrid 900 (950 in the US) that gets very hot and drinks power like an alchie. I also have an Asus mini 3000 I got for my eeePC 700 that sips very genteelly. Both have native Linux support but since I bought the above dongle, I won't be trying those.
The other problem is that you would need some android TV software that could interact with those sticks. The programs on Google Play seem to be very hardware specific.
hey,
i have a very simple question,
I have a note 3 and use the screen mirroring option to send youtube to my media server so i can see it on the big screen as we dont have a smart TV.
but i want to be able to do that anywhere without a media server, their is all these smart usb sticks that turn TV's into smart ones but i dno where to start, i just wanna be able to send my media to the TV, i have a hdmi for my note 3 but it requires a power source and the cable isn't long enough and i really didn't research it properly before buying...
im sure their is a usb or something that will allow me to do this that doesn't cost a lot,
Because I'm interested in the subject too, what software are you using as media server?
daniel_loft said:
Because I'm interested in the subject too, what software are you using as media server?
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it's not a android media server its just a standard iomega media server got it for £80 from PC world.
anyone got any ideas????
Here you go, read my reviews here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41458688&postcount=12 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41092558&postcount=7 - this will do exactly what you want
vectron said:
Here you go, read my reviews here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41458688&postcount=12 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41092558&postcount=7 - this will do exactly what you want
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hello their, thank you, i will take the mk809 but this will instead turn the television into a smart tv rather then screenmirroring with the TV, correct?
asustf700t said:
hello their, thank you, i will take the mk809 but this will instead turn the television into a smart tv rather then screenmirroring with the TV, correct?
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That is correct. For mirroring and remote control of your phone, you can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2365519
vectron said:
That is correct. For mirroring and remote control of your phone, you can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2365519
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great, i must ask you, this stick you suggested online ive seen so many wifi issues, and i would indeed use it with wifi not ethernet, how do u deal with these issues?
asustf700t said:
great, i must ask you, this stick you suggested online ive seen so many wifi issues, and i would indeed use it with wifi not ethernet, how do u deal with these issues?
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Never had a wifi issue. I'm using it in a setup with our 12 year old 40" Sony CRT tube tv lol!!! which I converted to "smart tv". That tv doesn't even has hdmi port, so I have A/V cable going into that converter box with HDMI output and connect smart stick to it. Controlling it with a small bt keyboard and streaming videos from usb stick connected to my Asus wi-fi router. Mostly used by my kids, and obviously streaming movies over wi-fi, and never an issue. This is an old stick version, they have new ones with a better spec. I think most of the issues were with some of the earlier versions, even prior to mine, where stick used to get overheated and causing various issues included wi-fi.
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Never had a wifi issue. I'm using it in a setup with our 12 year old 40" Sony CRT tube tv lol!!! which I converted to "smart tv". That tv doesn't even has hdmi port, so I have A/V cable going into that converter box with HDMI output and connect smart stick to it. Controlling it with a small bt keyboard and streaming videos from usb stick connected to my Asus wi-fi router. Mostly used by my kids, and obviously streaming movies over wi-fi, and never an issue. This is an old stick version, they have new ones with a better spec. I think most of the issues were with some of the earlier versions, even prior to mine, where stick used to get overheated and causing various issues included wi-fi.
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wow im so supprised you have had no issues, could you suggest me a seller? Im in the UK, seriously i just read reviews and even typed in the name of the stick and wifi and theirs so many bad things lol
asustf700t said:
wow im so supprised you have had no issues, could you suggest me a seller? Im in the UK, seriously i just read reviews and even typed in the name of the stick and wifi and theirs so many bad things lol
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It's in my review link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41092558&postcount=7 - from dx.com, if they still carry that model.
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It's in my review link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41092558&postcount=7 - from dx.com, if they still carry that model.
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thank you