Amazon Alexa App on W10?

VanguardLH wrote:
Jonathan N. Little wrote:

Wayne wrote:

My W10 PC has no wireless.

Here $9 for Christ sake

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C{creative}% 2C{keyword}&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI34v4x4GS2AIVFrXACh3T MQdiEAQYASABEgK-hvD_BwE&is=REG&m=Y&sku=884836

Eligible for free shipping on orders of over $49.

Buy it, plug it in, turn on and hold the button on your Echo per
instructions, look for the Echo's SSID to show up in the WiFi networks
in Windows, connect to it and configure away....

Under $4 at Newegg.com and with *free shipping*.

But does the OP really want to sacrifice 1 Gbps wired Ethernet that's
solid and more secure than 150 Mbps wireless?


He only needs it temporarily for the *initial* setup before the Echo has
his LAN's WiFi settings. Once the Echo is on the same network as his LAN
he can dispense with the thing.

--
Take care,

Jonathan
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Jonathan N. Little wrote:

Wayne wrote:

My W10 PC has no wireless.

Here $9 for Christ sake

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C{creative}% 2C{keyword}&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI34v4x4GS2AIVFrXACh3T MQdiEAQYASABEgK-hvD_BwE&is=REG&m=Y&sku=884836

Eligible for free shipping on orders of over $49.

Buy it, plug it in, turn on and hold the button on your Echo per
instructions, look for the Echo's SSID to show up in the WiFi networks
in Windows, connect to it and configure away....

Under $4 at Newegg.com and with *free shipping*.

But does the OP really want to sacrifice 1 Gbps wired Ethernet that's
solid and more secure than 150 Mbps wireless?


He only needs it temporarily for the *initial* setup before the Echo has
his LAN's WiFi settings. Once the Echo is on the same network as his LAN
he can dispense with the thing.

I would've thought he connect from his Windows 10 PC to his wireless
router and wireless from router to the internal web server on the Alexa
to get at the internal config pages. No? Alexa requires a direct
connect between endpoints and won't tolerate an intermediate wifi node?

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 16:33:22 -0500, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 13:03:07 -0500, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

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The problem is to do the initial setup of the device to link it to your
WiFi you must first connect to the WiFi network the device creates in
order to change the settings. A bit of a 'Catch 22' here.

If you do not have a suitable Android device the simplest solution is
just get one of those cheap USB WiFi adapters...you only need it to link
to the Echo's initial WiFi network. Once you set set it up and get it to
link to the wireless of your LAN you can manage it via a web browser on
your desktop at the alexia.amazon.com URL.

What web browser? My Edge and IE won't seem to work. I tried them.
JW


Any. Just setup for a guy Windows 10 with Firefox. His Note Tab2 was too
old, but his HP desktop has a WiFi adapter. You need to have a WiFi
card/device in your PC to *start* the process...

When you first turn on the device it will broadcaster an SSID. You then
connect directly to the device via that connection. Then you can
configure it to your LAN's SSID and password. Once it is configured to
be on your local LAN you can then manage it be managed by signing into
your Amazon account (I got the URL wrong) alexa.amazon.com


https://www.windowscentral.com/using-amazon-echo-windows-10

In fact I ma pretty sure you would not have have Windows at all, could
have done it in Ubuntu... You just have to have WiFi on your machine to
start the process. I don't have|nor would have an Alexa. But I do have a
Chromecast and can set it up in the same manner with my laptop running
Ubuntu 16.04.
Thank U for the URL. It looks to be clear and concise.
I had a surprise this AM.
I booted up my W10PC, the one with no wireless adapter, turned on
Echo, and no surprise, Echo tried to activate Alexa, but did not.
Then, 10 minutes later, Alexa suddenly said hiya.
Now then, I figger my daughter activated my Alexa with her wireless
smart phone. But, since my PC has no wireless, shud my Alexa be
working? Of course, the fact that my Verizon router is part wireless,
that may ge a factor? God, I wish my daughter wud answer her phone
and talk to me.

Confusing to me.
JW

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 16:40:24 -0500, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 13:12:49 -0500, Paul
wrote:

wrote:
My daughter gave me a full-size Echo (not the Dot) for Xmas, and she
activated Alexa on it, using my Samsung Galaxy Tab4 Android tablet.
I thought to try to link it to my W10 PC. The latter is not wireless
as it is Cat5-connected to my router, which is otherwise wireless. I
cannot find a W10-compatible download to do the job.

Has anyone done this and can tell me what to do? I read a post that
said Amazon Alexa won't talk to W10. Hmmm.
Thanks
JW

If you're on Windows 10, why not go to the Store and do
a search on Alexa ?

That's what you're supposed to do, fill Microsofts pockets with money.
If a Store application is purchased, Microsoft gets 30% of the
purchase price to keep. The developer gets the remaining 70%.
If a Store application is free, Microsoft gets nothing.

Paul

Hi Paul.

I have not been able to reach my daughter today to ask her, but she
might've set up my Alexa Echo using her smart phone? She had to use
something. I wasn't here when she did what she did. Alexa is now
talking to me on my gift Echo, so she did something.

This much seems the case:
1) My in-home Verizon router is wired/wireless of course.
2) My W10 PC is connected to that router via cat5.
3) My W10 PC has no wireless adapter, just its on-board cat5
connector.

This is where you problem is. As I said you FIRST need something with a
wifi adapter to START the process because the Echo doe not have an
Ethernet jack. You have to configure it first on its "startup SSID" to
give it the settings for your LAN's (Verizon router) WiFi. Once done you
can talk to it via alexa.amazon.com with any modern browser. But you
MUST to that initial setup first. That is why I said a cheap $30 WiFi
USB adapter would work.

Clearly, my daughter must have activated the Echo, using my tablet,
which of course was and stll is wirelessly-connected to my Verizon
router. Now then, should I be able to communicate from the Echo to my
hard-wired W10 PC? As of right now, I have not been able to do that.
I really thought to communicate my shopping needs to Alexa, and have
her send same to the PC, where I could print the list to take
shopping. An alternate could be to get the list on my tablet and take
that to the store.
JW

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:44:49 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

Wayne wrote:

Nil wrote:

Wayne wrote:

My daughter gave me a full-size Echo (not the Dot) for Xmas, and
she activated Alexa on it, using my Samsung Galaxy Tab4 Android
tablet. I thought to try to link it to my W10 PC. The latter is
not wireless as it is Cat5-connected to my router, which is
otherwise wireless. I cannot find a W10-compatible download to do
the job.

Has anyone done this and can tell me what to do? I read a post
that said Amazon Alexa won't talk to W10. Hmmm.

Amazon says, "The Alexa app is available on mobile devices with:

Fire OS 3.0 or higher
Android 5.0 or higher
iOS 9.0 or higher

"You can also go to https://alexa.amazon.com from Safari, Chrome,
Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Internet Explorer (10 or higher) on your
Wi-Fi enabled computer."

My tablet has Android 5.1.1. My W10 PC has no wireless.
So I guess I willl have to forget getting the Echo and its Alexa to
work wiith my W10.

As I said, I thought to create a shopping list using Alexa, which I
tried with only a few items, But I wud want it to show on the tablet
which I could hand-carry into the store, So far, I don't see same.
I'll try further.

You can run Android apps on Windows.

https://www.extremetech.com/computin...r-windows-pc-2

Google's Android emulator
BlueStacks
or Remix OS (or other Android image) ran inside a virtual machine (VM)

http://www.osboxes.org/android-x86/

You could use VirtualBox or VMWare Player as the VMM (virtual machine
manager) and run Android as a guest OS. Everything runs slower in a VM
but doesn't sound like you want to play video games or do video editing.
Thanks - don'r think I do.
JW

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 16:45:25 -0500, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

wrote:
My tablet has Android 5.1.1. My W10 PC has no wireless.
So I guess I willl have to forget getting the Echo and its Alexa to
work wiith my W10.


Here $9 for Christ sake

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C{creative}% 2C{keyword}&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI34v4x4GS2AIVFrXACh3T MQdiEAQYASABEgK-hvD_BwE&is=REG&m=Y&sku=884836

Buy it, plug it in, turn on and hold the button on your Echo per
instructions, look for the Echo's SSID to show up in the WiFi networks
in Windows, connect to it and configure away....

Thanks
Just might get one,
JW

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 16:20:28 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

Wayne wrote:

My W10 PC has no wireless.

Here $9 for Christ sake

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C{creative}% 2C{keyword}&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI34v4x4GS2AIVFrXACh3T MQdiEAQYASABEgK-hvD_BwE&is=REG&m=Y&sku=884836

Eligible for free shipping on orders of over $49.

Buy it, plug it in, turn on and hold the button on your Echo per
instructions, look for the Echo's SSID to show up in the WiFi networks
in Windows, connect to it and configure away....

Under $4 at Newegg.com and with *free shipping*.

But does the OP really want to sacrifice 1 Gbps wired Ethernet that's
solid and more secure than 150 Mbps wireless?

No he does not.
:)
JW

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 17:39:58 -0500, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Jonathan N. Little wrote:

Wayne wrote:

My W10 PC has no wireless.

Here $9 for Christ sake

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C{creative}% 2C{keyword}&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI34v4x4GS2AIVFrXACh3T MQdiEAQYASABEgK-hvD_BwE&is=REG&m=Y&sku=884836

Eligible for free shipping on orders of over $49.

Buy it, plug it in, turn on and hold the button on your Echo per
instructions, look for the Echo's SSID to show up in the WiFi networks
in Windows, connect to it and configure away....

Under $4 at Newegg.com and with *free shipping*.

But does the OP really want to sacrifice 1 Gbps wired Ethernet that's
solid and more secure than 150 Mbps wireless?


He only needs it temporarily for the *initial* setup before the Echo has
his LAN's WiFi settings. Once the Echo is on the same network as his LAN
he can dispense with the thing.

From what I see this AM, my echo indeed already on my network, thanks
to my daughter.
JW

wrote:
On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 16:33:22 -0500, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

snip


Any. Just setup for a guy Windows 10 with Firefox. His Note Tab2 was too
old, but his HP desktop has a WiFi adapter. You need to have a WiFi
card/device in your PC to *start* the process...

When you first turn on the device it will broadcaster an SSID. You then
connect directly to the device via that connection. Then you can
configure it to your LAN's SSID and password. Once it is configured to
be on your local LAN you can then manage it be managed by signing into
your Amazon account (I got the URL wrong) alexa.amazon.com


https://www.windowscentral.com/using-amazon-echo-windows-10

In fact I ma pretty sure you would not have have Windows at all, could
have done it in Ubuntu... You just have to have WiFi on your machine to
start the process. I don't have|nor would have an Alexa. But I do have a
Chromecast and can set it up in the same manner with my laptop running
Ubuntu 16.04.
Thank U for the URL. It looks to be clear and concise.
I had a surprise this AM.
I booted up my W10PC, the one with no wireless adapter, turned on
Echo, and no surprise, Echo tried to activate Alexa, but did not.
Then, 10 minutes later, Alexa suddenly said hiya.
Now then, I figger my daughter activated my Alexa with her wireless
smart phone. But, since my PC has no wireless, shud my Alexa be
working? Of course, the fact that my Verizon router is part wireless,
that may ge a factor? God, I wish my daughter wud answer her phone
and talk to me.

Confusing to me.

I will try to "deconfuse" you.

1) Yes, IF your daughter initialized your Echo with configuration of
your WiFi, (i.e, the SSID and password for your Verizon router) then it
is now connected to the same network as your Windows 10 computer. You do
not need WiFi on your computer you can connect to it on your LAN via
your Ethernet port through the router's WiFi to the Echo.

2) While #1 is true then you do not need to have a WiFi adapter on your
Windows 10 computer. Just log into alexa.amazon.com while Echo is on to
manage your Echo.

3) The only reasons you would need to have a wireless device either
newer Android smartphone|tablet or WiFi adapter on your computer would be:

A) Somehow your Echo "loses" your Verizon router's SSID and password.

B) You change your Verizon router's SSID and password.

C) Your Echo dies and you buy a new one.

That is why simply getting one of those cheap USB WiFi adapters might be
a good idea as a CYA, or I hope your daughter does not live too far away.



--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com