I have one cable running from my router to a tv. Can I connect a blue ray dvd player using this switch
181974
I have connected this to pretty much anything with an Ethernet connection. Blu-ray, Playstation, X-Box, Dish Network Receiver, Wii.
181975
Yes, using this switch will allow you to use another ethernet cable from the switch to the blu-ray player. You will need another cable though to run from your router to the switch, with the other two cables running from the switch to the desired devices. Basically, you will need as many cables as there are ports on the switch, in this case 5.
181976
Yes, I bought the 5 port switch for that. You connect the router to the switch and then plug the TV and the blueray into the switch. Basically it allows you to connect multiple stuff using 1 feed to your router.
181977
Difficult to answer. This is an unmanaged switch which is different from a router in that you can not assign IP or IP Range. With a router you can change parameters with an attached computer then un-attach the computer and it will continue to work as assigned. Check the BluRay Players onwners manual and see if specifies use of a router and not a switch/bridge/extender or if it requires a specific IP Address. If not, this switch will work.
738911
If you are trying to switch a Toslink digital optical cable input, this will work. I use mine to switch between an older DVD player and my Dish network receiver.
903797
I am certain that you can, since the switch is merely directing the connection, but I prefer the other way around. Everything in my home is on the same subnet, and I pre-wired my house for ethernet in every room. I ran the modem to the router, and a port on the router to the switch. From there, every bedroom, living room and kitchen were connected at a central point.
814704
RhymeBoy.G, Thanks for your post. I want to connect our satellite receiver, blu ray disk device, and plasma tv to the internet by cat5 cable. We have the following: dsl modem&gt;D-link wifi router&gt;desktop pc&gt;wifi laptops. I was not certain if I could connect the entertainment devices through a switch connected to the wifi router. Now I know this will work! Thanks.
2184746
That is the wrong kind of switch for what you want to do. You need something like the "Linksys SE2500 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ".
476071
Yes you can. That is exactly what I needed to do. I went from the modem to the switch. And then from the switch to two different routers.
1396222
Dear Customer, Thank you for your question regarding out Toslink Cable. Depending on your Blue Ray player and your receiver, if they both have a Toslink port, then you can use this cable. If you are unsure of what kind of ports your equipment has, please feel free to contact us via email at service@bluerigger.com with the model number of the Blue Ray player and your receiver. Thanks!BlueRigger LLCservice@bluerigger.com
612341
I use this to switch between the TV signal and the wii. You just use the RCA (A/V) cables to connect the audio/video. I use it in conjunction with other equipment. This unit has the A/B switch built in. I'm not sure it will work in your situation.
1360964
I have slit my BluRay and Roku components with this switcher and it is working well. The BluRay is position #1 and the Roku player is #3. It is such a simple connection, I can't offer you any help. Good luck.
1069533
Yes you can. I am currently using one for my receiver, cable box and blue ray. Works great
2202788
You need a source to plug into one of these. You'll need either a router or a switch. Take the cable currently plugged into your computer, plug that into the switch/router, and then from the switch/router, you can plug one cable into your computer and a second cable into one of these units, which is plugged into the wall. The other unit will be plugged into the wall near your blu-ray, with a cable connecting that second unit to the blu-ray.
1388414
That depends on whether your modem has a router built into it. The way I always do it is to connect the router's WAN port to the modem, then connect the switch to the router's LAN port and the other devices.
1460048
No it will not work at all I even bought a HDMI switcher nothing works.Unless u want to change from cable to netflex by taking one out so the other will work for not buy it.
1388416
This switch is designed to add network ports to your router. Run a network cable from the router to this switch. Then network cables can be run from the switch to other devices.
2167389
I had the same situation basically. This switch is a great device to do just what you want. Just remove the Cat5 plug from the DVR and insert it into the UPLINK of the switch (from the Bridge plug into the uplink. Now just use Cat5 to plug your Blue-ray device and your DVR device into the switch, but make sure you don't use the plug immediately next to the uplink port! That last port does not work in the 5 port model of this switch. Now just power up the switch and all should be working!
1691878
No, this is a 'switch' which splits the signal from your router to multiple wired devices...
1134897
You may use crossover cable to connect it to another switch. All the ports in the switch have the capability to determine what kind of cable is connected to it but it is recommended to use at least CAT5 type of Ethernet cable. For more product details, visit this link, http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid;=e062d392db844e80b5cc3287efaf94e3_SE2800_FAQs.xml&pid;=80&respid;=0&snid;=2&d;ispid=0&cpage;=search.