Silly Question?

[admin_exported]

Am i right in thinking that to use BD-Live on your Blu-ray player you need to have the pc turned on, or can the player connect itself as long as the wireless router is turned on?

 

[Andrew Everard]

You don't need a computer, but you do need a connection to the router. Standalone BD players have an Ethernet port, not wireless, so you need to add an Etrhernet bridge to connect wirelessly to a router.

 

[Anonymous]

So if i hard wire it into the router and turn it on the blu-ray player will connect to the internet?

 

[John Duncan]

Pretty much, provided there's nothing weird going on at your router like having DHCP turned off or MAC Address filtering or blah blah. Try it first and if it works, there you go, if not, come back.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks will try it tomorrow need a cable. Do i want a straight network cable or a crossover network cable?

 

[fatboyslimfast]

Straight - x/o are only if you want to connect two computers and don't have a switch/hub/router in the middle.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks will give it a go.

 

[The_Lhc]

Oh to answer your original query: yes it was!

 

[Andrew Everard]

the_lhc:Oh to answer your original query: yes it was!

So not needed, the_lhc...