Sony BDP-S370 to PS3 LAN Connection??

[admin_exported]

Apologies if this has been asked before and if it seems a stupid question.....

Shortly I`m about to purchase a Sony BDP 370 Bluray player and was wondering .... rather than buying the seventy quid Sony dongle to allow a wireless Net connection , would it be possible to connect a LAN cable from a PS3 to the BDP370 player and receive a an internet connection , as at the moment I receive a signal wirelessly from a router upstairs in my sons bedroom to the PS3...

I suppose another alternative is to run a LAN cable from my sons router from his bedroom straight to the BDP370 but I prefer not trail a cable through the house....

Thanks in advance for any advice...

Jotaboy

 

[kjelly]

Hi ...

Sounds unlikley.
The PS3 would either need to administer an IP address so it can be identified on your network...or...it would need to have peer to peer functionality, which I also do not think it has.
Either way, if you want to try then you need to use a crossover CAT5/RJ45 cable instead of a normal network cable. This should be easy to buy, or if you know someone with a crimping tool you can make it yourself with the help of a google search for instructions.
The PS3 can act as a print server on a network, but it does this via the USB port and it isnt the same as what you are trying to acheive.

Happy to be proven wrong, but I don't think your scheme will work ...

Kev