will it work?

[08op]

my wife got me a lg 370 for x-mas,not supposed to know. my modem will be 1 floor down and other side of house, i have wireless router for my laptop. question is can i run a cat6 cable from laptop to 370 for internet access?, or do i have to find a way to run the cable through the walls upstairs???

 

[Adam]

I believe that you can. Do an internet search such as "how to use laptop as wireless bridge" for details. I use my MacBook for that exact same thing.

 

[jnl67]

If i understand your question correctly, you want to use a Cat6 cable direct from your laptop to the LG BD370 to gain connectivity for your LG?

I don't think that will work.

A few questions:

Do you have connectivity from that room with your laptop via wi-fi? If so, an internet bridge will work to get access for the LG.

If not, a hardwired solution direct to your modem or router would work.

 

[08op]

If i understand your question correctly, you want to use a Cat6 cable direct from your laptop to the LG BD370 to gain connectivity for your LG?

I don't think that will work.

A few questions:

Do you have connectivity from that room with your laptop via wi-fi? If so, an internet bridge will work to get access for the LG.

If not, a hardwired solution direct to your modem or router would work.

yes i want to know if i can get internet signal from laptop to bd370. so it would be modem-wireless router-laptop- bd370. what is a wireless bridge? a hardwire solution would be diffucult given and old house and very long run of cable.

 

[jnl67]

Check out this link...as an example.
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WET11-Wireless-Ethernet-Bridge/dp/B000066JQU

It basically is a wireless router type device that plugs into hardwired devices that enables them to connect to wireless networks. My only caution is that some of them don't play well with secured networks so research the devices first.

As for using a laptop to do that, upon further reading, it can be done that way, however it is beyond my scope.

 

[Adam]

Trust me - do the search that I suggested. You'll find instructions on how to do it. It can be a bit tricky the first time, but I think it's worth it. If you don't mind spending $100 or running cables, then don't worry about it.

 

[08op]

thanks for the link, gonna do some research on this since i have another week to wait. stereos i'm good with hooking things up, computers on the other hand, we dont like each other.

 

[jnl67]

Trust me - do the search that I suggested. You'll find instructions on how to do it. It can be a bit tricky the first time, but I think it's worth it. If you don't mind spending $100 or running cables, then don't worry about it.

Hey Adam,
I have to admit that's a great work around if you are stuck. I may try it myself. Would the laptop keep the connection open all the time? I ask as my laptop goes to sleep often.

I understand your point of not having to spend any extra $$$, but wouldn't a bridge serve better as you can just set it up and then forget about it?

 

[Adam]

Hey Adam,
I have to admit that's a great work around if you are stuck. I may try it myself. Would the laptop keep the connection open all the time? I ask as my laptop goes to sleep often.

Hey. I'm not sure if it works when the laptop goes to sleep. I don't think that I've ever had my MacBook go to sleep when doing it. Sorry that I can't say.

I understand your point of not having to spend any extra $$$, but wouldn't a bridge serve better as you can just set it up and then forget about it?

Oh, definitely! If I wasn't so cheap, I'd have gotten another AirPort Express and called it a day. However, I only rarely use internet on my TV and blu-ray, and it's almost always just to do a firmware/software update, so I chose to go the inexpensive route.

 

[ChunkyDark]

This is very doable. I'm currently doing the same with my oppo.
You will need a cross over cable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=crossover+cable&x=0&y=0
You'll probably spend ~10$ shipped.
All you have to do is enable network sharing. This will differ slightly if you on XP or vista. If you go this route and have issues there are plenty of folks who post on the HTPC section here that could help you out. Though you should be able to find many articles already out there.

As others mentioned you could go the wireless bridge. That would run you ~$40-50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=335&N=2010410335

Happy Holidays,
Chunkydark

 

[Adam]

Maybe PCs are different, but I just use a regular ethernet cable between my MacBook and blu-ray player.

 

[sholling]

Getting a PC type laptop do connection sharing is doable with some versions of Windows but tricky to setup and not something that I recommend and I'm a tech.

I use a wireless bridge for a solution this situation. I think I paid $80 for mine. The one in my family room gives me 4 ports for my TV, my receiver, my PS3, and my HTPC. I have another in my master bedroom to feed my LG BD-370 and a planned media tank. It works great.

I have a DLink DIR-825 802.11N router and the two bridges that I bought for the two rooms were DLink DAP1522. I find them easiest to configure manually than the one touch setup (which never worked for me). But they are tricky to configure. There is a definite trick to it that takes too long to detail unless someone really wants to know.

FWIW I like the combination router and bridge that chose because they are both dual band. I set the bridges to run on the 5ghz band and my laptop on the 2.4ghz band which means that both have access to the full 802.11N bandwidth. Overkill but I like overkill.

 

[ChunkyDark]

Maybe PCs are different, but I just use a regular ethernet cable between my MacBook and blu-ray player.

You got me thinking if my fancy cable was just snake oil or it really did something
Apparently Macs and PCs are different for sharing connections. I swapped the crossover for a regular cat5 and the oppo could no longer access the internet.

 

[sharptailhunter]

OP,

If you still haven't used the 370, you could think about taking it back and getting the 390. It has wireless capability, thus no cables or laptops.