LG BD390 Wireless only in same room? My Router is in the office at one end of the house and I have the BD390 connected in my living room in the other end. The LG doesnt get a signal there. I connected it wirelessly in the office and it picked up and set up just fine. I decided to buy a new router (Linksys wrt54gl) for more range. Still didnt get a signal.I called LG to see if I could add a wireless USB signal enhancer on the BD390 and they didnt think that would work. Then they told me that the wireless function wont work if theres a wall between the router and the player. Does anyone have their router and BD390 working in seperate rooms?Thanks LG BD390 Wireless only in same room? My Router is in the office at one end of the house and I have the BD390 connected in my living room in the other end. The LG doesnt get a signal there. I... » Read More LG BD390 Wireless only in same room? My Router is in the office at one end of the house and I have the BD390 connected in my living room in the other end. The LG doesnt get a signal there. I connected it wirelessly in the office and it picked up and set up just fine. I decided to buy a new router (Linksys wrt54gl) for more range. Still didnt get a signal.I called LG to see if I could add a wireless USB signal enhancer on the BD390 and they didnt think that would work. Then they told me that the wireless function wont work if theres a wall between the router and the player. Does anyone have their router and BD390 working in seperate rooms?Thanks « Show Less
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Mine is 3 rooms away and works fine. I have a Belkin 802.11g router. Laptop reports 35Mbps
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Mine is located 3 rooms away on the other side of the house and it seems to be working OK. As the Wireless G/N only works in the 2.4ghz range, you might want to check for other interference sources - primarily cordless phones & microwaves that work on the same frequency. Also you might want to check to make sure the player isn't sitting particular close to a speaker and that you have decent, shielded A/V cables and a good surge protector.
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I have BD 390 on the first floor and my $69 Rosewill RNX-N4 N-router on the second floor on the far other side of the house. So it is not only across the whole width of the house, but also across the floors. Perfect reception, even 1080p .MKV files play nicely over wireless network from my PC. There is a well-known issue 'D-Link router not working with BD 390' - e.g. read reviews at neweggcom.Also do not expect any good results from a G-router.
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Working Good with my Airport Extreme, I did have to up the Multicast mode to High on the Airport to stream 1080p mkv files over the wireless. Been working great ever since I did that.
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I just picked up one of these today. I had no problems connecting to the wireless router (2WIRE) in another room. Good luck getting it to work.
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I have somewhat the same set up as you David but I have two walls inbetween my router and BD390 as it sits about 53ft in distance in the lower living room. The w-ifi works good for us as I use the Netgear WNDR3700 model. Once in a great while as we load the HD portion of the Netflix on it will not download all "bars" but then as it begins to play it does stop to reconfigure
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Thanks for the information. Unfortunately I have already returned the DIR 655. Secure Spot....Hmmmm. Not quite sure what that is. Unfortunate that when I contacted D-Link about the problem that they did not mention this. Seems odd that the router would work with all of the computers on the wireless network, but would not work with the BD 390. Oh well, guess I will purchase another router and try again.Thanks again
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With the blue light on, the router is working. You probably don't have your home network set up on your main computer connected to the router. Once your home network is se,t up every computer (laptops will pick up the signal automatically. Make sure you have the yellow cable from your router going to the modem and your main computer cable that (goes to your modem) going to one of the grey slots on your router.
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I have a Cisco PLK300 connected to a NETGEAR router on my windows 7 home premium edtion pc and I am using the PLK300 for my game systems (360/PS3) and other media/netflix streaming devices on the other side of the house where the wireless signal is not as great as it is on the other side of the house and I haven't had any problems for several months now.
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Hi, I bought one of these and also have a linksys G router. It did absolutly nothing. I have the same range as I had beforeAdrian
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I just got a LG BD390 and hooked it up to a D-Link DIR-655. I could access local network content reliably but the Internet connection was intermittent at best. I upgraded DIR-655 firmware from version 1.21 to 1.32A, disabled SecureSpot, and that fixed all my networking issues with the BD390. Beware: When upgrading the DIR-655 firmware you may lose your configuration. I saved the configuration to a file as recommended, but after the upgrade the router reported errors when trying to restore the saved configuration. I had to manually reconfigure all the router settings, which was a pain but at least now everything works.
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Wireless-N can be broadcast at 2 frequencies - 2.4ghz (same as B/G) and 5ghz. Most likely your router is set to broadcast at 5ghz and the adapter on the BD390 can only work at 2.4ghz. I had a similar problem - I have a dual-band router that broadcasts at both 2.4 & 5ghz. The SSID for the 2.4 is "NetG" and "NetN" for the 5ghz. My computer and notebook can both see "NetN" but the BD390 (and other Wireless-G devices) can only see the "NetG" network tellilng me that it only operates on the 2.4ghz mode. Your solution is fairly easy. Go into the router settings and under the "Wireless" tab, where you can specify the broadcast frequency. Set it to 2.4ghz and your BD390 will be able to see it fine.
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I have this unit, and my understanding of this unit is that it will repeat the signal it receives, extending the coverage area of the signal. If the signal from the router is weak, the extended signal will also be weak. If this range extender could be placed on a higher floor, in an area of the building where there is a strong signal, it could then give you a better signal in the basement.
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I have mine located next to my router on the 1st floor of our 2-story house. I have Sirius Wi-Fi radios located both outside in the back yard, about 15 yards from the unit, and upstairs in the Master Bedroom, about the same distance from the unit, and with floors and walls in between. Both get "very good" signal strength. I also have 2 Wi-Fi "smart" Blu Ray players located within that same range (15 yards), and they work perfectly too. I believe I could get a good signal at ranges of up to 75 feet. So far, not a single problem.
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It's been reported that there can be bandwidth degradation due to the way the extender utilizes the network (frequency/channels) between itself and the main WiFi router. In my case, with a 10Mgbps DSL line in a tech shield roofed 2500+ sq. ft home, this unit works just fine. My main router is in the front office and the extender is at the farthest point in the back of the home, so that they overlap in coverage. Online Speed tests from the extender were fine while testing from phones, tablets, and laptops. I am in IT, so I understand the limitations of this type of unit, it's not a Business class AP. Those will autoswitch the device to the strongest AP, where these wont. I think some peoples problems are that they think they are connected to the extender when in fact, they are still connected to the main router. The SSID will show the same for both units, but the MAC addresses are different, so I watch the signal strength indicator on the device I am using. You can test this. Connect to the main WiFi router, then walk to where you have the extender. You should see your signal drop on your device (tablet/phone). Find the "dead" spot, turn off your WiFi (phone/tablet)and then back on. If the extender is working, you will then have a stronger signal than before. I will typically switch to the strongest signal depending on where I am in the home. This unit can still reach the front of the house though. It's not as difficult as it sounds to monitor, you just have to be conscience. For the money, it was well worth it IMO.
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I have the repeater located two rooms and ~40 feet from my router, on the second floor of our house. I can pull in a strong signal from the repeater, from about the same distance (40'). We are mostly using it when we are on the floor below or out back on our deck. I haven't tried it from further away, but imagine I could get some level of signal from about twice the distance if there are not a lot of walls in the way.
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I placed mine 2 floors below my wireless router in my finished basement, and it works fine--my signal strength there was 80%; the distance depends upon the strength of the signal coming from your router; you want to be sure, according to the instructions, that the signal strength at the range extender is at least 70% (it shows you this on the dashboard when you connect to the device). And once you have gone through setup and connected to the extended network, you can unplug the device and try it in different places without having to reconnect. The extender remembers your original settings. Really a freaking nice device, at least for me. Took less than 10 minutes to set up at a leisurely pace.
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That's the exact modem I have and this little range extender works great. I have the modem in my basement office, and put this unit up on our main floor and it boosts the signal all over our house for great reception anywhere in our home now. The wireless signal from the modem would be weak if you weren't on the same floor, but this unit was a great investment for us and I'd definitely buy it again.
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I have a dual-band router... the Asus "Dark Knight" router (a VERY nice router). It has both 5.0 and 2.4 bands on "n" wireless. My BD device only sees the 2.4 band. In fact, I only have a couple of devices which can see my "5.0" channel. In those cases, I always connect them to the 5.0 band, because it's so seldom used otherwise.
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I could be wrong, but if you have any other wi-fi devices running on B or G, you are limited to the fasted device on the router. I just got mine, so I will be setting it up tonight to be sure it works.
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I also had problems with the BD 390 and the Dir 655 N series. Purchased the new router and could connect the 390 to the network, but could not download streaming video. Reinstalled my old DI 524 G series router and was able to stream from Netflix. Connection with the G series is quirky and sometimes it will not connect, but when it does it will stream in HD mode if available for the movie. I had hoped to improve this with the faster N series, but ended up returning the 655 router. I personally think LG has some firmware bugs that need to be worked out.
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I placed mine 2 floors below my wireless router in my finished basement, and it works fine--my signal strength there was 80%; the distance depends upon the strength of the signal coming from your router; you want to be sure, according to the instructions, that the signal strength at the range extender is at least 70% (it shows you this on the dashboard when you connect to the device). And once you have gone through setup and connected to the extended network, you can unplug the device and try it in different places without having to reconnect. The extender remembers your original settings. Really a freaking nice device, at least for me. Took less than 10 minutes to set up at a leisurely pace. I placed mine 2 floors below my wireless router in my finished basement, and it works fine--my signal strength there was 80%; the distance depends upon the strength of the signal coming from your router; you want to be sure, according to the instructions, that the signal strength at the range extender is at least 70% (it shows you this on the dashboard when you connect to the device). And once you have gone through setup and connected to the extended network, you can unplug the device and try it in different places without having to reconnect. The extender remembers your original settings.... » Read More I placed mine 2 floors below my wireless router in my finished basement, and it works fine--my signal strength there was 80%; the distance depends upon the strength of the signal coming from your router; you want to be sure, according to the instructions, that the signal strength at the range extender is at least 70% (it shows you this on the dashboard when you connect to the device). And once you have gone through setup and connected to the extended network, you can unplug the device and try it in different places without having to reconnect. The extender remembers your original settings. Really a freaking nice device, at least for me. Took less than 10 minutes to set up at a leisurely pace. « Show Less