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Connecting speaker to wifi
I have tried several times to connect a Medion X61002 speaker, md43259, with both wifi and bluetooth to my router/modem to play Sirius XM from my computer.
I have my tvs, computer and phone connected to wifi, so I know I am getting a good signal, and I can get it to connect to bluetooth, but not wifi. I put it in the pairing mode, and it always says, "Unable to connect."
The speaker is 802.11b/g/h, and my router/modem is 802.11.ac, but I don't believe that should make any difference.
Can anyone help me, or is it not possible to connect a wireless speaker to a computer?
> Model: C7000|Nighthawk - AC1900 WiFi Cable Modem Router
Is that accurate? Not "C7000v2"? Look for "Model" on the product
label.> I have tried several times to connect a Medion X61002 speaker,
> md43259, with both wifi and bluetooth to my router/modem [...]What led you to believe that a C7000[vX] does anything with
Bluetooth?> [...] I can get it to connect to bluetooth, but not wifi. [...]
You might be able to "get it to connect to" something using
Bluetooth", but I doubt that the C7000[vX] is involved.
Regarding a "wifi" connection, "can [...] not" is not a useful
problem description. It does not say what you did. It does not say
what happened when you did it. As usual, showing actual actions
(commands) with their actual results (error messages, LED indicators,
...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations.> [...] put it in the pairing mode, [...]
Actual "pairing" is a Bluetooth concept, not a Wi-Fi concept.
> [...] is it not possible to connect a wireless speaker to a computer?
You should be able to connect a Wi-Fi-capable device to your wireless
router. If your (unspecified) "my computer" is also connected to that
router, then, with appropriate software, your computer and that device
should be able to communicate with each other. But Bluetooth would not
be involved in that connection.
Bluetooth might be useful to connect the speaker to some program
source like a smart phone, but that connection ("pairing") would not
involve the C7000[vX].
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> Model: C7000|Nighthawk - AC1900 WiFi Cable Modem Router
Is that accurate? Not "C7000v2"? Look for "Model" on the product
label.> I have tried several times to connect a Medion X61002 speaker,
> md43259, with both wifi and bluetooth to my router/modem [...]What led you to believe that a C7000[vX] does anything with
Bluetooth?> [...] I can get it to connect to bluetooth, but not wifi. [...]
You might be able to "get it to connect to" something using
Bluetooth", but I doubt that the C7000[vX] is involved.
Regarding a "wifi" connection, "can [...] not" is not a useful
problem description. It does not say what you did. It does not say
what happened when you did it. As usual, showing actual actions
(commands) with their actual results (error messages, LED indicators,
...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations.> [...] put it in the pairing mode, [...]
Actual "pairing" is a Bluetooth concept, not a Wi-Fi concept.
> [...] is it not possible to connect a wireless speaker to a computer?
You should be able to connect a Wi-Fi-capable device to your wireless
router. If your (unspecified) "my computer" is also connected to that
router, then, with appropriate software, your computer and that device
should be able to communicate with each other. But Bluetooth would not
be involved in that connection.
Bluetooth might be useful to connect the speaker to some program
source like a smart phone, but that connection ("pairing") would not
involve the C7000[vX].