Samsung WIS12ABGNX LinkStick Wireless LAN Adapter

Excellent product I highly recommend. I had never connected the wireless capabilities of my Samsung TV (Plasma 50 inch 550C model) due to the old type wireless adapter Samsung said was required in the owners manual. That other adapter (WIS09ABGN) was/is very expensive compared to this one. I read some reviews online at Amazon that recommended this and said it was a replacement for the older adapter. I ordered it and two days later when it arrived I connected it. It took only a couple of minutes to set-up and worked perfectly with the TV and my network. I then used the adapter to update all the software on the TV. Once the software was updated I was able to connect to the Samsung link on my PC. I can now send DVD files, photos, videos and music to my TV. All of the media is on my PC but the wireless adapter allows me to connect to the PC using the Samsung link (it replaces Allshare). I can have a movie on my PC, place in the Samsung link folder and watch it on the TV. Really cool and the adapter works great. It has never had a problem and price was awesome. I am very glad I bought it. Hope this helps someone out. Thanks.

I moved into a new home where I wanted to stream movies to my TV; one upstairs, one downstairs. My modem and wireless router is in my "office", which means the signal has to go through at least two walls for each location. I haven't had the best luck with wireless in the past, especially when going through walls, so I tried an ethernet over powerline solution. That didn't work so well. The TVs were constantly dropping the network. Tried other devices (such as a Sony Blue-Ray player) and those didn't any better. So it wasn't the TVs. The only other solutions were ethernet over coax, running ethernet cables through the walls, or going wireless. I figured ethernet over coax could have the same issues as ethernet over power lines, so I opted for wireless (bonus points, it was cheaper). The setup involved was as follows: 1) Plugged up the LAN adapters to the TVs. 2) Disabled the wireless access control list on my router. 3) Copied down the router security pass phrase. 4) Went into network settings on each TV and set them to use a wireless connection. 5) Entered the pass phrase. 6) Added the TVs to the list of permitted devices. 7) Re-enabled my device access list. Voila. Secure, functioning TV. No wires. No drilling. I was kind of surprised it worked as well as it did. I watched TV off and on all weekend, and I had zero issues. Netflix worked flawless. I will say from past experience that going wireless may not work for everyone. If you are in an apartment or condo with lots of wireless access points you may get interference from those devices. I cannot see any other networks from within my house. I am a Netgear N900 Dual-Band Gigabit router, for reference.

I purchased this item as a cheaper alternative to the Samsung WIS09ABGN Wireless LAN Adapter. I searched the internet for quite some time trying to find this item for a reasonable price and stumbled over a review that stated that this was a replacement for the WIS09ABGN adapter and would be compatible with my Samsung bd1250 Home Theater system. Keep in mind that the WIS09ABGN adapter sells on the Amazon marketplace for over $100. I found the WIS12ABGNX adapter on Amazon for less than $27 delivered. After speaking to Samsung customer support and being told that it WAS NOT compatible with my unit, I was concerned and disappointed but figured it was only 27 bucks and, if doesn't work, I can always unload it on eBay. The product arrived after about a week in excellent, like-new, condition in its original box with all of its original documentation. I plugged it in to the back of the unit and, much to my surprise, my bd-1250 was able to detect both mine and my neighbor's wireless network. I made a few attempts to connect to my network but they all failed. Keep in mind that I used the default settings and changed nothing. I noticed that signal strength was low so I used the supplied 6 inch usb-to-usb cable to move it closer to the front of my unit. That did the trick. I was able to connect to my home wireless network and am now enjoying Netflix movies in HD. I'm glad I ignored Samsung's advice that this WAS NOT compatible with my Home Theater - doing so saved me about $75. The WIS12ABGNX may not be a suitable replacement for the WIS09ABGN in ALL units but it works perfectly in mine.

As long as you're only interested in the applications (Netflix, Pandora, etc.) that are directly supported by Samsung for this particular device, it works as advertised. Being able to have anything you can do using a web-browser play through your TV is the end-game and this device has severe limitations in achieving that goal. You cannot, for example, stream a video to your PC and watch it on your TV using this device. Of course, you can plug your PC into your TV via an HDMI connection from your PC, but that is inconvenient. You can wirelessly "play" a video that is stored on your PC to the TV using Samsung software and this device. As I have no videos stored on my PC, instead streaming video from Amazon, this feature is useless to me. Amazon streaming is not supported by this device. One last caution regarding the device: the number keys on the remote control must be used to access content. You type a "b" by hitting the "2" key two times, for example, just the way text messages were entered on cell phones that only had a number pad. This makes it very tedious to access material from any of the available applications. All in all, this will get very limited use at our home.

The Wireless LAN Adapter kept locking up my router. Even when it didn't it kept losing connection which prompted it to keep asking for the network SSID and password (took several minutes each time). I then gave up and removed the Wireless LAN Adapter. A couple weeks later I upgraded my internet and replaced my separate router and modem (each over 5 years old) with a new modem/router combo unit from my ISP. Note I also upgraded my internet speed from 15Mbps to 30Mbps. After I reinstalled the Wireless LAN Adapter this time everything went smoothly. It works great now with the YouTube App with no lockups or stutters. To be sure whether this device will work on your particular TV it is best to read the manual. For example in the manual for my Samsung UN55D6000S is the following: "Connecting to a Wireless Network For LED 6000~6450 Series To connect your TV to your network wireless, you need a wireless router or modem and a Samsung Wireless LAN adapter (WIS09ABGN, WIS09ABGN2 or WIS10ABGN - sold separately), which you connect to your TV's back or side panel USB port." Different Samsung TV models have different functionality when used with a network. You have to decide whether buying the optional WIS12ABGNX is worth it for your needs.

I got this adapter to add on to a Samsung BluRay player I bought a few years ago. Until recently I was running an Ethernet cable directly to the player to stream content. After a move I no longer had that option so I had to go wireless. This device just adds wifi to your existing Samsung TV or BluRay player. Setup was overly complicated when it did not need to be. With other wifi devices you go through 3-4 screens max and it starts working. With this the menus are full of information that you can not edit and there is really no need to display. Granted, that is the fault of the Samsung player and not the adapter but they work as a system so I would say it is not too user friendly. Once you do get it working the picture quality is good but if you stream something like a 3+ hour movie the adapter seems to be unable to keep up with the data and stops & reloads where you left off on subscriptions like Netflix. Obviously with a cable you get a better connection and easy flow of data but stopping 15-20 times in 3 hours is excessive. I have other wifi streaming devices for TV (Roku/Apple TV) that are on other TV sets and never have this problem using a signal from the same router that feeds this adapter. As of writing this review I am having major problems with the adapter and can connect to the router but not stream anything in the BluRay player. For what I paid it's not worth the hassle of a return so I have a $35 paper weight now. I decided to buy an Amazon Fire set since they have the best processor on the market these days. Remember in the 1990s how they sold a TV/VCR combo and people would say not to buy it because if one part broke the other would be useless or impaired? The same applies to modern electronics. You are best off having a dedicated streaming device and keeping the TV and disc players separate.

This product is awesome compared to having my 2010 model 46 inch Samsung 3D led 7000 series machine connected to the power line network via ethernet cable and a switch to the power line interface. This unit connects via the 5Ghz band on my dual band router and I can now stream video to the tv via my computer's and Netflix comes up super fast now on the internet part of the Tv. It can connect on the 2Ghz band if you do not have a 5Ghz dual band wireless N router but I am not sure how the streaming would be since it is slower in the old wireless G band than the wireless N band and since the adapter would connect either way, I knew to set it up on the 5ghz band since I had very good signal strength and knew that this connection would provide the fastest connection I could get. It is a lot faster than the bluray player in my bedroom that has wireless built in when connecting to Netflix. I should have bought this thing ages ago instead of hooking up to my very slow power line alternative internet connection. The power line network is for when the wireless signals are kind of marginal in the basement at times but yet I want to get on the internet. Most of the time it worked ok but would ocassionally have to buffer on Netflix. No buffering anymore on this wireless adapter. You can not beat the price or performance and it is a Samsung adapter as well and comes in a Samsung official box, wow what a bargain!!!

Thanks to another review, I went ahead and bought this item to install on a samsung UN46D6000. At a $30 tag, this was less than half the cost of the WIS09 that is suggested for the TV. Although it comes with a 90 degree angle cradle and a USB extension cable, I didn't need it; it plugs right into the back of the wall-mounted TV fr a no-fuss installation. It works perfectly. Adjusted the TV's Network settings and was online in no time. There is one thing. The first couple times I opened the Netflix software on the TV, it didn't work. In fact, it even disconnected me from the WiFi network and I had to re-enter the network settings again. This had nothing to do with the dongle. I just think the TV needed a little time to download and update its software to the proper versions. Has been working great ever since.

I have a Samsung series 7 3D tv that came out right before the smart tv's did. It was a simple set up to just plug in and review the information and click ok. My Tv now has all of the functions as the new smart Tv's. I have bought a second unit for my other tv and it works just as well.

O produto é ótimo e funciona perfeitamente, o problema é realmente a TV Samsung que é muito ruim. Não tem o app do Netflix que é simplesmente o app de streaming do momento, nem o primeiro ou Disney+ que seriam os seguintes na fila do pão…enfim, não serviu ao que eu precisava mas não por culpa do roteador, mas por que a Samsung deixa a desejar, e muito.

Der WLAN Stick funktionierte bei meinem Samsung Smart TV UE50ES5700 sehr gut. Hat sich selbstständig eingerichtet. Wichtig war allerdings, daß vorher eine neue Firmware aufgespielt wurde, da der Fernseher bereits 6 Jahre alt ist. Die bekommt man auf der Samsung Internetseite, dort wir alles gut erklärt.

Excelente 👌

Si collega subito e ha un ottima ricezione. Posso vedere senza interruzione i film su Amazon Video. Ho qualche dubbio che sia un prodotto originale Samsung perché e arrivato in una bustina di plastica trasparente senza nessuna scritta ne manuale. Però la ricomprarei