Samsung WIS09ABGN LinkStick Wireless LAN Adapter (Old Version)

This product is very easy to use on both my Samsung Blueray Player and Plasma TV. Although you can not share the connection, there is the ability to remove from TV and insert in Blueray and then back again depending on the functions that you want to use. The 90 deg adapter is also quite useful in that it can remain installed on the TV to allow for a verticle connection and only use the stick on the blueray for low clearance. Streaming using this device is fast and without incident. I am able to watch videos or view pictures which are on my Windows 7 laptop. Great product and very useful. 3 thumbs up if you have 3 thumbs.

Have used it for 1.5 years, and for most of that time, it worked OK - the wifi connection was OK, but for some reason, it would disconnect about once per week. Other devices (laptops and tablets) on my wifi did NOT disconnect. For the last few weeks, it's been unusable - disconnects constantly, and doesn't even remember my longish password so that I have to use the remote to type this is almost every day.Why did I ever buy this product rather than using a reliable roku player? And, rokus (even the high-end roku models) are cheaper ! I'd strongly suggest that you save yourself problems and not buy this product.

I purchased this for my Samsung LN40D630 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV and it worked immediately, bringing all of my network content to the TV through the Media Play feature. Although the TV says that it only supports certain video file types (i.e. supports .mp4 but not .mkv files), as long as you offer this content via a computer with a media server (I use PS3 Media Server), then the computer will do the work and send a signal to the TV that it can play. If, however, you have your content stored in a way that it is directly attached to your network through your router, then the TV will have trouble with that, I've found. So, for this product, the key is streaming your media through a media server on a computer with Windows Vista/7 or a Mac with one of the later versions of OSX. I also want to note that if you have the ability to directly plug your TV into your network via an ethernet cable, then that is always a better option. Otherwise, this product works perfectly and will bring you your content over wifi. Enjoy.

Worked right after I plugged it into my TV. It recognized by my old Samsung (2011) immediately and went through setup with no issues. However I did have a lot of problems getting the stick out of the package.

My wife and I were hesitant in ordering this but our daughter recommended it. It wasn't difficult to hook up and worked as expected. The major hurdle was figuring out what it allowed: linking the LED flat screen and Samsung Blu-Ray to our secured WiFi network. With our daughter, we had it going in just a few minutes and had far more options available that we would have thought.There isn't much that we can add about this wireless unit except that it is fairly transparent to the system and opens up a much large media network.

This stick plugs right into my Samsung TV and I was so impressed it worked right away with no set-up. It has no problems with operation. However, Samsung only lets you use the apps THEY provide, of which most are "international" products to be used in countries other than the US. There are about 2 or 3 apps a US person might use, like Netflix, Youtube, and HULU Plus; the rest of the apps cost money and are of no use(like pictures from National Geographic you can view for $1.99). I have Amazon Prime, so unfortunately I can't stream the movies direct to my TV because Samsung doesn't have an app for that--and I'm not switching to those other movie services. One cannot even surf the internet on your TV using this link device so I can't steam in video that way either. It's as though Samsung did not develop the apps before launching this product. I have an sneaking suspicion that some other TV manufacturer will take this to the next level and include it built-in on a new generation of TV's. This product is already obsolete because it was a good idea not fully brought to fruition by Samsung.

I recently bought it after knowing that my BD player C5500 does not have a built in one. I was able to connect to wireless router but it would fail pinging the router. I tries both auto and manual options for the IP address. I called Samsung. They tried few things and gave up and finally said the standard answer that I need to contact the router guys - I have a linksys wireless N router. Any computer can connect to it except the BD player!!! I think I will give a call to CISCO and if it doesn't work I'll return thisSubsequently after I wrote the above review I was able to get to a tier 2 support personnel and finally I was able to coonect. Once I got through this hurdle connection speed, streaming etc. are great. Enjoying the online connection, apps etc.So after going thru multiple people I have myself synthesized the following procedure to connect:1. Access your wireless router (through a browser from computer) and disable the firewall settings. Computers can connect with firewall settings enables but BD players couldn't2. Turn wirelss router off (power off)3. Remove the LIN stick from BD player4. Push and hold stop in BD player for 8-10 sec to reset to factory defaults5. Plug in LIN stick to BD player6. Turn wireless router on7. Turn on BD player8. Go to network connections and make sure you are using wireless connection9. Choose auto and then press A button to choose access point10. Within 60 seconds go to the wireless router and push a button (in my cico linksys wireless 120 N router it was the center button with 2 circular arrows). The light should start flshing11. This should establish network connection to your BD player12. Do a network test to make sure everything is OK and enjoy!!