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.
506090
There is an ethernet port on the back that connects to the router. That should work. Personally, I already have a Roku box so I just needed it for Blu-ray. I am very pleased with the unit.
656136
Yes you connect a cable from your router to any port on the 5 port switch and it acts like a splitter for the internet, then you can connect other devices to the 5 port switch and have internet access.
1092953
No. This cable only works one way. You can send a component input (from a dvd player, etc) to a VGA input (a monitor or projector). I tried it the other way, just to see if it would work, but it doesn't.
1628532
Unless you need more than 2 of the module's that plug into the wall then no. The kit comes with 2 modules that you plug into the wall. The first one by your router, then plug the included Ethernet cable in the unit and an open port on the back of the router. The other one goes where you need it, by your blue ray, your computer what ever. Plug the unit into the wall, the lights will tell you whether they can talk to each other, then plug your Ethernet cable into what you want to reach the internet. Very simple system, yet it works, Good luck
1283661
If you need to attach both the Receiver AND a BluRay DVD player to your wired network, and you only have a single Ethernet cable where your receiver and BluRay are located, you may need to purchase an Ethernet switch. Netgear's GS-105 is a good example (about $30 on Amazon). One Ethernet cable in, then up to 4 Ethernet cables out to various devices. A switch requires its own electric power to function. Everything you need comes in the box with the switch. Wired components find their addresses automatically when you connect them to the switch.
346847
Yes - but not if you only use the splitter on the jack end near your workstation & AppleTV device. You MUST use the other splitter (comes in the set) on the opposite end of the cable that feeds the wall jack in question to patch that one jack to TWO open ports on your router/switch. This is NOT a splitter in the traditional sense you might be used to with a cable-tv (F-type coaxial) splitter where you can just magically make 1 outlet feed 2 devices. It it really a combiner-splitter where it sends two feeds over a single cable and then splits them back out on the other end. Please be sure that you have 2 open ports on your network router/switch equipment to feed these 2 devices BEFORE you order this. If you do - and you install it correctly - everything will work beautifully.
1851885
I'm sure you can and I don't see why not, in the case you were only going to connect a gaming system if a blue ray player. I connected my cable and a player. Either way, just go to the input button and switch input options.
1181671
I would assume so. The description is "switches between 2 video sources" But I don't think you would require anything to switch between TV and DVD you simply have to choose the correct input from your remote control for your TV.
45233
Yes, as long as you have enough input spigots on your TV monitor. We are using an HDMI cable for the Blue Ray player and a three-wire audio/video cable with RCA plugs for the Combo player (our TV monitor has 3 input lines for 3 RCA plugs, each). If your monitor does not have a sufficient number of input lines you can use one cable and connect it to the player you want to use at a given time, a little cumbersome but workable.
1346908
Yes, but because it doesn't have wi fi built in, you will either need to run an ethernet cable to it from where the router is, but if you have a wireless router, use can use a wi fi extender that allows you to plug an ethernet cable into it to the blu ray player or use a powerline ethernet adapter to connect an ethernet cable to the blu ray (that will run the Internet to other areas of your house using the power grid & power outlets in your home). The last is the best method I found, as the wif fi extender would drop signal sometimes, but the powerline adapter doesn't & gives me a better connection.
1204730
Absolutely. You can do it all on one port and add a switch, or use all the of ports. That's the whole benefit of a real switch/router.
1578327
Yes, you need one cable from the switch to the TV, and one cable from each device to the switch.
1823131
No I don't think it works that way. You need two outs from your switch/router to go to the two inputs, then you need 2 coupling for the RJ45 that will run in the middle and connect the two. The only advantage of using this is that you don't have to run two cable just one.
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.
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.
45234
Yes, but your Blue-Ray requires a separate HDMI cable and a separate Input for that cable on your TV. Once this is done, simply use your TV's remote to select this Input and you should be ready to go.