This is a short tutorial on how to setup your WD TV HD to use with a wifi usb adapter. If u want wifi to start on boot, get a wifi usb adapter based on the following chipsets:

• Zydas 1201 (11b)
• Zydas 1211/1211b
• RaLink 2870
• RaLink rt73
• Atheros Otus

1. download brad.cc’s WDLXTV firmware
2. download zorander’s experimental pack (wireless-mod.app.bin) with drivers for these adpters and basic tools (iw*, wpa*)
3. copy to root dir of pen/hdd with firmware.
4. edit net.config in your root dir of firmware pen/hdd

if u have open acces point add

ifconfig $MDEV up
iwconfig $MDEV essid your_ap_name

for wep:

ifconfig $MDEV up
iwconfig $MDEV essid your_ap_name key "s:yourasciipass"

“s:” is used for ascii pass, if u think in hex you don’t have to use it ;>

for wpa we need wpa_supplicant tool.

1) in the root dir of your firmware pen/hdd make a file wpa_supplicant.conf:

ctrl_interface=/tmp/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="your_ap_name"
# uncomment next line if your ap doesn't broadcast ssid
#scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="yourpass"
}

this is just a basic setup, if u want more then wpa-psk, want to force specific encryption algo, etc read very well commented config example here

2) add to net.config

ifconfig $MDEV up
wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dwext -i$MDEV -c/boot/wpa_supplicant.conf

-Dwext should be fine for zydas, for my ralink i use -Dralink, for otus -Dotus should work.

other settings (dhcp, static ip) u can set like for wire usb lan.

after boot and some time u should have working wireless, if your chipset and vid/pid is supported.

Tutorial written by rezmus