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As soon as you plug your Drifta into a PC (which has the Drifta device driver loaded) the Wifi on the Drifta is disabled to prevent you using the Drifta on the PC and a wireless device at the same time.

I couldn’t find a way in the client software to enable the Wifi (and disable the client), but there is a way. Not convenient but it does work for me.

Here goes :

• Plug in the Drifta
• The Wifi light goes out
• Right click on “My Computer”
• Choose “Manage”
• Click on Device Manager
• Expand the “Network Adaptors” grouping
• Right click on “DStv mobile decoder”
• Select “Disable”
• Now unplug the Drifta
• The Wifi light goes on
• Plug the Drifta back in
• It should now charge and stay WiFi enabled.

However, if you now load the Windows software it won’t detect the device.

To enable again :

• Repeat the above procedure
• In the final step choose “Enable”
• Unplug and plug back in
• Wifi now goes off
• You can now use the Windows software.

 

Posted in: iPad/iPod/iPhone, The Drifta Device (original), Windows Software

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