Aplogies if this has already been covered elsewhere. I have been considering connecting my Humax freesat HD+ box to my router so i can use iplayer.

I originally though that I would be able to download content to the hard drive, but having done some reading it appears that all you can do is stream from the internet. Is this correct? If this is the case, is it worth buying a cable to connect to my router or should I just continue to use iplayer on my wii console which connects via Wifi. This is very "stop start" despite having a 2Mb connection normally.

Thanks!

Just connected my Humax and I have a 2Mb connection and up to now it has been ok, no you cant download content to hard drive, streaming only, so I think it is worth getting a cable (10metre, £1.69 off Ebay).

Found it was slow loading Iplayer but ok when up and running, worth a try

If it's poor on the wii it's likely to be poor on a Freesat box as well - if you've only got a 2MB connections, that's really very slow (but still faster than mine )

Obviously connecting via an Ethernet lead will remove any potential wireless problems, but I don't think it's going to be that.

Assuming your wii can stream from a PC?, then download the iplayer programmes to your PC HDD, and stream from there - it's what I do with my XBOX, which then works perfectly, even via wireless.

re the WiFi connection : don't overlook that some people suffer from worse WiFi performance because their broadband box does NOT automatically choose the best WiFi channel (there are 13 available) to avoid interference from the every growing number of WiFi'd neighbours.

If you have a Windows PC with WiFi circuitry (eg laptop/netbook) you can sometimes use its WiFi driver software to show you what channels are least congested/overlaid by neighbours usage - otherwise there's an excellent piece of freeware called InSSIDer from metageeks
http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider

It generates a live graph of all the WiFi networks received at your location so you can either confirm your current WiFi Channel # is good, or else spot another channel to try instead - eg I use #13, furthest away from my direct neighbour's #1, and with least overlap from the other neighbours - in that I'm helped by most software being constrained by their UScentric channel usage #1-#11 whereas in Europe we get #1-#13 allowed!

Worth a try anyway - as might help your Wii anyway, even if you go for the wired with Freesat iPlayer.

MKD