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Popcorn Hour WN-160 Wi-Fi Dongle The Popcorn Hour WN-160 is an 802.11n USB Wi-Fi dongle that lets you bridge your PC or home network to a Popcorn Hour device connected to your TV. Secure reliable and fast the Popcorn Hour WN-160 has the bandwidth to handle the largest multimedia and hi-def video files and the robust broadcasting capabilities to maintain consistent connections from one end of your house to the other. The WN-160s all new miniature size gives greater flexibility and has a high speed USB 2.0 connector for convenient connectivity. It also has a quick and secure setup which complies with WPS for worry-free wireless security Supporting 64/128 bit strength WEP encryptions as well as WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryptions and mechanisms. Please Note; Wifi performance varies greatly depending on location interference and other factors based on your local environment. The WN-160 is no exception. The ability to stream hi-def video depends on the bit rate of the video and your local Wi-Fi performance. Summary The Popcorn Hour WN-160 is a Wi-Fi adapter which works with the latest range of Popcorn Hour Media Jukeboxes. Designed to work specifically with the new A-300 and C-300 the WN-160 makes the best of your home wireless network allowing you to stream wirelessly directly to your Popcorn Hour Media Jukebox without the need for a LAN cable running from your router! A must for the cable free wireless household. Features All new miniature size for greater flexibility USB 2.0 connector for convenient connectivity Quick secure setup complies with WPS for worry-free wireless security Supports 64/128 bit strength WEP encryptions as well as WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryptions and mechanisms Infrastructure and ad-hoc modes
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I got this item to use with a Popcorn Hour A-300. The WN-150 could also be used with the same device, but this dongle has a Ralink chipset, which is apparently better than the WN-150's Realtek chipset. I toyed with the idea of trying a cheaper non-Popcorn Hour dongle, but decided that the chances of chipset incompatibility weren't worth the hassle.
The dongle comes in a basic white cardboard box along with a USB extension cable. When I plugged it into my A-300 and performed a scan, it only found two networks (in an area that has about a million of them). Either the WN-160 is very good at filtering out weaker networks or it can't pick them up at all. It also failed to pick up the network I wanted, i.e. my network. After much tinkering I discovered the cause: my router's 2.4GHz network was broadcasting on channel 13, which won't work with this dongle. A quick channel change later and the WN-160 was up and running.
The WN-160 works without fuss whenever called upon, but it's much slower than a wired connection. I wouldn't recommend it if you intend to stream your media files rather than storing them locally on your Popcorn Hour box or an attached USB drive, especially if you have any HD videos. If you intend to stream media files, then connect your Popcorn Hour to your router using Powerline adapters instead.
For occasional transfers and all other Internet-/network-related duties, the WN-160 is fine. It's tiny, efficient and relatively inexpensive.
The dongle comes in a basic white cardboard box along with a USB extension cable. When I plugged it into my A-300 and performed a scan, it only found two networks (in an area that has about a million of them). Either the WN-160 is very good at filtering out weaker networks or it can't pick them up at all. It also failed to pick up the network I wanted, i.e. my network. After much tinkering I discovered the cause: my router's 2.4GHz network was broadcasting on channel 13, which won't work with this dongle. A quick channel change later and the WN-160 was up and running.
The WN-160 works without fuss whenever called upon, but it's much slower than a wired connection. I wouldn't recommend it if you intend to stream your media files rather than storing them locally on your Popcorn Hour box or an attached USB drive, especially if you have any HD videos. If you intend to stream media files, then connect your Popcorn Hour to your router using Powerline adapters instead.
For occasional transfers and all other Internet-/network-related duties, the WN-160 is fine. It's tiny, efficient and relatively inexpensive.
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