I only have to reset it if there's a power outage, or some kind of surge that causes the computer to reboot, which very rarely occurs. My BCD536HP dongle has never given me any problems, and it stays connected quite reliably. But, if using an RJ45 adapter will work, then why sink $45 into another dongle?

If I could count on either dongle working as well as my BCD536HP dongle does, whether it turns out to be the extra one I already have, or one off of Amazon, then sinking $45 into a new dongle wouldn't be a concern financially. Technically, I always prefer a hardwired connection with respect to performance anyway, but it will be more work. So, I guess I'll just have to try it first before making a hardwired connection to the router with RJ45 cable. I guess nobody really knows whether my idea of using the adapter to adapt the USB connection on the BCD536HP dongle to RJ45 will work. I already have the RJ45 cord, so it's not really a matter of the value of my time, or even the cost, but rather more a matter whether to spend money for a new dongle when I already have a dongle that may work, if adapted, or whether to just go ahead and run a hardwired RJ45 Ethernet cable. Plus, with so many ships stranded in the ports in LA, when might I receive my purchase if it's coming from China?īased on the reviews, the blue model above isn't really considered a good performer, and the other one offered by Amazon is being used by another member of the forum successfully, and it's $45. Prices from China are really no better through Aliexpress (China), for example. I've checked Amazon's price, and the cost is more like $40 to $50 for one of the Ethernet bridge devices. But, I'm not sure whether having two of the same dongles operating at the same time would somehow interfere with the two scanners operating simultaneously, each of which I would have broadcasting different favorites lists off of separate antennas. The dongle works flawlessly with my Proscan Software, and I'm able to receive BCD-536HP transmissions on my cell phone. I could just plug it into the LAN connection on the SDS-200, and try it out, but don't want to screw up either of the scanners in doing so. I don't want to have to run a LAN cable to the SDS-200 because I would have to run the cable between the upstairs and the basement, through the framing, etc., and using a BCD-536HP dongle would make things a lot easier if I could put the SDS-200 online using the extra BCD-536HP dongle I have. Does anybody know for sure if the dongle for the Uniden BCD536HP will work with the Uniden SDS-200, in order to provide wireless Wifi access through the SDS-200's front face LAN connection? I know the dongle is intended for the BCD-536HP, but I theorize that a dongle is a dongle, and that the one for the BCD-536HP may work with the SDS-200 too.

Dongle cord