Connecting blu-ray player to internet i have a netgear WNR2000 wireless-N router hooked up to my iMac, and i'm trying to hook up my blu-ray player to the internet via a wireless connection. a support rep from netgear said that i could do that with the WNHDE111 hooked up to the blu-ray, but i can't figure out how to get the connection working by reading the instructions or from online netgear support. can anyone help? do i need 2 of the WNHDE111, with the 2nd hooked up to the wireless router? Connecting blu-ray player to internet i have a netgear WNR2000 wireless-N router hooked up to my iMac, and i'm trying to hook up my blu-ray player to the internet via a wireless connection. a... » Read More Connecting blu-ray player to internet i have a netgear WNR2000 wireless-N router hooked up to my iMac, and i'm trying to hook up my blu-ray player to the internet via a wireless connection. a support rep from netgear said that i could do that with the WNHDE111 hooked up to the blu-ray, but i can't figure out how to get the connection working by reading the instructions or from online netgear support. can anyone help? do i need 2 of the WNHDE111, with the 2nd hooked up to the wireless router? « Show Less
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Not possible with my router (WNR3500 which is 2.4Ghz) . Needs to be 5Ghz. I'm returning the bridge and getting the bundle which is two of them.
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Once you set up the adapter through the steps in the instructions just connect it to the Blu-ray player. You don't have to setup the Blu-ray player first.
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We never set the network up to be protected. Is this something that would be set by default? We've never entered the MAC address for any of the other computers, playstations, etc and they all work fine.For the 2nd one - add the code for your DNS server - are you suggesting to add the code to the player and if so how?One other problem I have gotten 3 Blu Ray disc from Netflix and none of them have worked but the ones that I have purchased work fine!! I updated the player via an iso image from a disc. Any ideas??Thanks!
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My router was also in a different room so I purchased the belkin wireless gaming adapter (wireless bridge) which plugs into your bluray player and hops on the wireless network. Works like a charm w/ HD quality (if your network is fast enough)
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Help this is a old post, but you mention you are using a powerline adapter to run internet from router to tv area. I have a powerline adapter connected to my blue ray player and now I realize that I need to connect my direct tv reciever to the internet as well to get the on demand features and I do not know how to share the powerline adapter so that they both can get the internet, what hub are you using and does this mena that the powerline adapter is connected to the hub and the ethernet cable from the direct tv reciever and blue ray player are plugged into the hub thanks for the help
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I tried a netgear adapter first and never could get it to connect. I don't know if it was me or the device. When I tried to use the yamaha adapter I couldn't get it to connect either. I wound up using my free visit from the geeks to get mine working. It works well now.
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Kent and Janean: sorry I did not understand the question. I do not have an answer since my bluray player has always been hardwired ethernet cable. Quick search does not identify a wifi connection that will work with Sony other than what Sony sells. Amazon shows it at $64.95.
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Yes usually WPA2 does the trick over WEP. But not for me, not this time because I did have it set up WPA. HEre is what I finally did to fix the problem. I went in and disabled all security, and made it an open network. It hooked up right away, no problem at all. Then, I went in and enabled MAC filtering, and added the mac address of the blu ray to my list of authorized users. Then I went back in and turned on the WPA. At first I had tried WPA and WPA2. So hopefully this will help anyone who has problems hooking up. It is VERY frustrating to have network problems, especially when you read in the reviews which state "within 10 minutes after opening the box I was hooked up to NetFlix and watching movies." LOL. So my first instict was correct, something in the router settings need to be tweaked. I use a Belkin N router.
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Not natively. I suppose you could hook it up to a wireless bridge but that's just a pain.If you want a wireless Blu-ray player then I would suggest finding a different one.
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gojo Well, I can tell you that I talked to Panasonic and you will have to hard player to something in order for it to go online. You will need an ethernet adapter with LAN cable. This is what you would use to play games, so they are called internet wireless bridge, or adapter bridge. Just make sure you can use a LAN cable with it since there are no other options on player. Check out other threads concerning this too. They mention types of adapters to use. Val
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I have and do; in fact, it's been the best Blu Ray player I've used for a computer. I have a Mac and use a downloadable player. Try Different software; if that doesn't work, it might be a faulty unit.
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I bought a sony blu ray player with netflix capability, but apparently I need to buy a usb wireless LAN adapter to be able to connect the player to the net and pick up netflix. Will this adapter work for that?
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Yes, that is what it is for. However, you have to download the driver from a computer with internet connectivity FIRST for it to work. You can find the driver on Netgears website. Download the driver onto a SD card or USB stick. The simply install it on the computer you need wifi on, then hook up the netgear unit. Driver can be found here. http://support.netgear.com/product/WNA3100. Its easy breezy.
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I'm sorry I can not help you. I had the same problem with wifi. I would get it to connect for a short time and then it wouldn't. I ended up putting it in a bedroom near router and not bothering with it. Bought a LG bluray player that has no problems connecting. I also put an wifi extender in the living room
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Can you enter the required info and then use the router? I have not encountered this issue yet. The directions supplied with the device are of no help on this. Netgear Support should be able to answer this.
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Actually I never had a "physical connection" from my Wii-capable router to the WN2500RP when I set it up. And because the router I have came from our cable company, it wouldn't "automatically" (push button) configure such as a Netgear router to this extender will. I set it up as per the enclosed instructions manually (easily), and everything worked fine. Once connected, I could move the extender away further and further from the router to see what my maximum range from it was. Hope this helps.
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I agree with Kevin. I don't believe the one for this Panasonic player is. I'm not sure if that's always the case, but if you have this specific blue ray disc player by Panasonic, I think you can only purchase the wireless Panasonic LAN adapter made for the player. Hope this helps and things work out for you...