LG AN-WF100 Wi-Fi USB Adaptor

This USB Adapter is amazingly simple to install and has been operating flawlessly on my 2010 LG 42" LED HDTV (42LE5400) ever since I installed it 6 weeks ago. It simply plugs in like any other USB Adapter on the back of the TV. Please note that it is not supported by older LG HDTV models (I suggest to check the LG website for specifics).To get it operational:Once plugged into the USB port of the HDTV, I needed to first setup the wireless access point on the HDTV (LG's owner's manual says exactly what to do, following on-screen menu selections), then unlock my network via the router and follow the router's software instructions for adding a new network device (I run a 802.11n wireless network using Cisco's "WRT160N" router with WPA2 encryption and manage the network using Cisco's "Network Magic Pro" software). Once the router recognized the USB Adapter as a new device, simply using the remote control of the HDTV to select the correct Network SSID and enter the Network Passphrase (a.k.a. "Security Key") was all that it took to get it running (after locking the network again on the router side).All in all, it took less than 15 min to get this working on the first try. I have been streaming Netflix videos flawlessly with this wireless connection using the LG HDTV "NETCAST" connection to Netflix.One thing I didn't realize at the time of the purchase is that this adapter will NOT give you full internet access as one might easily assume or expect. I believe this is really a limitation of the HDTV's, not this USB Adapter, as the HDTV's don't come with full internet browser capabilities yet. It 'only' allows for wireless use of LG's select (and few) "NETCAST" features, such as Netflix, Vudu, etc. (which it does excellently). Instead, I use a wirelessly connected laptop to get on the internet and then route it from my laptop to the HDTV (by way of a regular VGA cable for the video portion and a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable for audio), but again, this is not using this LG USB Adapter.Apart from the shipping cost of $12.95 (which I found a bit steep for an adapter that weighs almost nothing), I'm very happy with the choice and can absolutely recommend it highly. It shipped quickly and arrived in perfect condition. I would buy it again in a heartbeat!

This is a good buy for anyone using a recent LG big screen TV. i am currently using it with the LG INFINIA 50PK750 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV and it works perfectly.To be honest at first i was worried. My fears we compounded by the fact that this is the only model that works with LG TV's, so basically if this was not a good product i had not place to go. You know how gadgets are, super cool yet super hard to set up. I was worried i'd get it and then feel like a dork not able to get it to work and then spends hours of time on hold to some tech support dude in India! But this was so incredibly easy a child could set it up. All you really need to know to set it up is your internet wireless password. Just plug it in the USB port on the TV and activate the net widgets on your remote and it will set up prompting to select your Wifi signal and enter your password. It is really that simple!You may, depending on the model, need a software update. If it does it will prompt you to allow it to do so. Agree to the update and then just leave it alone and don't mess with it while it is downloading the updates. This may take awhile, so just go chill (go make a sandwich). If the updates mess up because you got impatient and touched a button just simply unplugged the devise from the USB port and start again. You will be fine!I am super impressed at how flawless this works. Mind you i do have top notch internet at my house, and your internet speed will be a major factor but all that being said i have streamed several HD 1080pi movies from internet services and it is as crystal clear as Blue Ray. This is an incredible little device and you could not imagine my TV without it now.

We ordered the LG AN-WF100 Wi-Fi USB Adaptor at the time we ordered the TV. It arrived one day after the TV, but took us two days to get connected. With security disabled on our wireless router, the dongle connected quickly, but with WPA2 with a 38 character security key, I couldn't get the TV throught the adapter to connect to our access point, no matter if we were using WPA2 TKIP, WPA2 AES, 802.11g or 802.11b. Finally I changed the password on our router to 18 characters and the dongle was able to connect. (But then we had to reset the passwords on all our other wireless devices in our home.) This is a shortcoming of the wifi device -- since WPA2 should support keys of 8 to 63 characters. (Entering a string of more than 20 characters through the remote is also a pain, but the TV will remember a successful connection for next time.)After getting connected to the wi-fi, and launching Netcast, the our LG 32le5400 TV tries to update the software, which to my annoyance, cannot be done through wi-fi (and Netcast wouldn't even open without the update)! (This is not a firmware update, but a Netcast software update.) You have to be plugged in to the router directly via Ethernet cable to do the update, but our network access point is across the house and not reasonable to wire (hence our decision to connect the TV via wi-fi. I wasn't about to drag the TV around the house, so I connected the TV to a laptop sub-sharing it's wi-fi connection via an Ethernet cable, and was able to perform the update.