Compatible wifi adapters for Sony BDP-S380

[keratosis]

Just wondering if anyone has this Blueray player and
is using a wifi adapter, other than Sony's $80 dongle.

[Morozee]

Originally Posted by keratosis

Just wondering if anyone has this Blueray player and
is using a wifi adapter, other than Sony's $80 dongle.

Hey, great thread! I just bought the same one, they want more for the dongle than what I paid for the player. Unreal.

[TurnedTheCorner]

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[Morozee]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

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Ya, that's the route I'm most likely going to take. Shopping monoprice.com right now as a matter of fact.

[keratosis]

I know it's an option, but I'd like to try the wifi route first.

[Hack&Lube]

Option #1: Figure out what the wifi chipset is inside the official $80 Sony dongle. Usually it will be Realtek or some other generic thing. Find another wifi adapter using the same chipset and firmware.

Option #2: Buy or create a wireless repeater bridge with a common wireless router or access point. That device becomes your WiFi reciever and you plug a short ethernet cable between that and your BluRay player. That's how I hooked up my non-Wifi Asus O'Play in a room without any cables.

[keratosis]

I like option 2

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Find another wifi adapter using the same chipset and firmware.

Sony kinda loves their custom firmware on most things though, don't they? Or do you think they'd just use a commodity part for something so simple?

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by keratosis

I like option 2

That's what I'm using for my AVR until I figure out how to install ends on my ethernet cable.