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Re: [disklavier] Anyone getting WIFI working via a USB wifi adapter
2013-07-11 by Adrian Thomas
Adrian Thomas
On Jul 9 2013, Kevin Weng wrote:
>Thanks Geoff. However that is not quite I asked. I tried USB midi connected
>to computer before so I understand what you were taking about.
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>Instead, I am asking USB wifi adapter connected to the Internet.
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>Kevin
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>On Jul 8, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Geoff Ward wrote:
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> See my post on June 27 2013 (reproduced below). This might be of interest
>to you.
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>An older DKV doesnt need wireless capability to connect wirelessly to a
>laptop. It just needs a MIDI IN port (USB) to connect an IOGEAR wireless
>USB sharing station to. If it has no USB connectivity, then it will also
>need a USB to MIDI interface.
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>The type of USB midi interface is important. The cheap ones from China
>(the ones with the treble clef symbol not ones with a symbol that looks a
>bit like a bass clef), which I have found to work very well for connecting
>to a MIDI instrument via USB do not seem to work with the wireless device
>from IOGEAR. The IOGEAR device asks for the driver for the USB interface
>(ie, as a piece of software that can be read). The Chinese USB interfaces
>that I have used come with a driver built in which installs on the computer
>when first connected. You will need a device that comes with its driver on
>a disk. An older Roland USB MIDI interface that I have comes with drivers
>on a disk. However, I have not tried it with the IOGEAR device be
>aware. Here is a link to the IOGEAR USB sharing station
>http://www.iogear.com/product/GUWIP204/.
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>*From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] *On
>Behalf Of *kevinweng99
>*Sent:* Tuesday, 9 July 2013 9:22 AM
>*To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>*Subject:* [disklavier] Anyone getting WIFI working via a USB wifi adapter
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>I have connected the my disklaiver to internet successfully by using the
>recommended Ethernet adapter.
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>However I wonder whether the USB port(instead of the Ethernet/LAN port) can
>be used to connect to WIFI? I do have an unused WIFE USB adapter. Will it
>work?
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>BTW, is the USB for connect to a USB external hard drive? Anyone using a
>USB hub to allow multiple device?
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