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WiFi switch/router question
Posted by:
need help
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Date: April 09, 2011 03:19PM
hello
I have a wireless router on the third floor.
My bluray player in the basement only accepts an ethernet connection.
Is there someway I can get a wireless router or switch in the basement and have it tap into the one on the third floor utilizing its internet?
Anybody have any experience with this?
I have a wireless router on the third floor.
My bluray player in the basement only accepts an ethernet connection.
Is there someway I can get a wireless router or switch in the basement and have it tap into the one on the third floor utilizing its internet?
Anybody have any experience with this?
Re: WiFi switch/router question
Posted by:
really..
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Date: April 09, 2011 04:06PM
FFX is your it advice site of choice..
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WET11-Wireless-Ethernet-Bridge/dp/B000066JQU
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WET11-Wireless-Ethernet-Bridge/dp/B000066JQU
Re: WiFi switch/router question
Posted by:
6X
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Date: April 09, 2011 04:29PM
I'd try this first.
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Re: WiFi switch/router question
Posted by:
KeepOnTruckin
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Date: April 09, 2011 04:48PM
go to Micro Center and buy a 100 foot ethernet cable and connect 1 end to the blue ray player and the other end to your existing router on the 3rd floor
Re: WiFi switch/router question
Posted by:
MrMystery
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Date: April 09, 2011 06:38PM
KeepOnTruckin Wrote:
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> go to Micro Center and buy a 100 foot ethernet
> cable and connect 1 end to the blue ray player and
> the other end to your existing router on the 3rd
> floor...............:)
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> go to Micro Center and buy a 100 foot ethernet
> cable and connect 1 end to the blue ray player and
> the other end to your existing router on the 3rd
> floor...............:)
Re: WiFi switch/router question
Posted by:
WestfieldDad
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Date: April 09, 2011 07:11PM
I'm guessing you want to stream video through your blueray player. Depending on your wireless setup/house configuration, you may not get enough reliable bandwidth with wireless.
If that doesn't work, there are 2 wired ways -
1) A long Ethernet cable/adding Ethernet cable in the wall that KeepOnTruckin recommended. Definitely works, but depending on your house, installing it can be a pain.
2) Using home wiring with HomePlug AV adapters.
http://www.homeplug.org/home/
HomePlug has several throughput standards, the newest/fastest is 500. Whether HomePlug AV works/works well depends on the age of your house & its wiring configuration. There are a number of vendors. We use NetGear's 200 adapters & 4 port switches & they work well for us, but we're not streaming a lot of streams. My brother-in-law is in an apartment building & replaced his unreliable wireless & wires running everywhere with them & they work for him too.
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/powerline-and-coax/work-and-play/default.aspx
Their 500 adapters are new. if you want to connect more streams and if you can find them, I would get these instead of the 200s.
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/powerline-and-coax/high-performance/default.aspx
If that doesn't work, there are 2 wired ways -
1) A long Ethernet cable/adding Ethernet cable in the wall that KeepOnTruckin recommended. Definitely works, but depending on your house, installing it can be a pain.
2) Using home wiring with HomePlug AV adapters.
http://www.homeplug.org/home/
HomePlug has several throughput standards, the newest/fastest is 500. Whether HomePlug AV works/works well depends on the age of your house & its wiring configuration. There are a number of vendors. We use NetGear's 200 adapters & 4 port switches & they work well for us, but we're not streaming a lot of streams. My brother-in-law is in an apartment building & replaced his unreliable wireless & wires running everywhere with them & they work for him too.
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/powerline-and-coax/work-and-play/default.aspx
Their 500 adapters are new. if you want to connect more streams and if you can find them, I would get these instead of the 200s.
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/powerline-and-coax/high-performance/default.aspx
Re: WiFi switch/router question
Posted by:
That's all bullshit
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Date: April 09, 2011 11:38PM
Considering you don't have any idea what you're doing, Google would help.
Look up "Ethernet Bridge" to find out how to do what you want :)
Look up "Ethernet Bridge" to find out how to do what you want :)