WIRELESS? So when are these companies going to realize that many of us do not have our homes wired in each room for ethernet?
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One simple and relatively inexpensive way to "wire" your entire house with ethernet capability is to purchase a Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter (I got mine at a Big Box with blue and yellow logo :) ). The plug in adapter is connected to an available port on your router, then plugs into a wall electrical outlet. The "sister" adapter is then placed in the other area of the house where you need ethernet capability. The two adapters "find" each other in a few seconds, and you are up and running. I moved my wireless route from my desktop computer to the movie room so I could have a good connection near my AV equipment. I put the "sister" adapter where the router used to reside (at my main desktop computer). Truly wired throughout the house now. The unit uses the existing electrical wiring in your house to tranmsit. Works flawlessly for me at 100mbps. Netgear is the manufacturer. Good luck
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I think you would be served getting a Wi-Fi ethernet adapter, like from Netgear.
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Yea, this is really a buzz kill that none of the Sony Internet ready TVs seem to either have WiFI N built-in nor does Sony sell a proprietary WiFi USB dongle as an option like Samsung. The Linksys bridge is a lame way to get WiFi given the poor quality of Linksys and having to connect it to a bridge kind of ruins the while reason for having a wall mount TV. The Sony's do seem to have the best picture and the Yahoo Gadgets is very cool if not a real game changer (the App Store for TVs) but Sony seems to have really dropped the ball by not having a better WiFi N option for their TVs.
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No. These have nothing to do with your router or Ethernet. These just happen to be using Ethernet wire, because it is cheap and effective, to run HDMI signals from point a to b. It starts with HDMI and ends with HDMI. There is no internet involved.
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Level 3 Netgear support team (engineer) told me that I cannot use the 2 ethernet ports at the same time !!!
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thanks for clearing that up. I can't believe they'd leave the ethernet port off of the "streamlined" model, though. Very annoying! Hopefully still worth it, though. Should be a great picture, which is the most important part.
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this is an extender. Through ethernet it connects computers at the network speed. Wireless it will connect devices around the house.
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James, That the way I am set up here. Except I go cable modem to wireless router to Switch. I get Ethernet for the desktops and wireless for the laptop._Peter
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I believe I read somewhere that they use a proprietary protocol and so they are NOT routable through standard ethernet equipment. Basically, they're using Cat 6 because it's a standardized cabling method that is designed to carry data and is readily available in various lengths. Hope that helps!
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wifi is built in, but you need to have the signal in your household...from a router
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You have to run power and Ethernet if you do not have a wireless connection.
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No. They require an Ethernet cable connection with POE (Power Over Ethernet)
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Hello Angel! To be honest I'm not sure about that. Mine isn't in the livingroom, it's in my bedroom and needs the Ethernet cord to be able to go online. Sorry I couldn't give you more then that.
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It is not the purpose of these devices to provide POE. Their sole purpose is to provide a power-line Ethernet extension that is more reliable than wireless and reaches locations wireless adapters can't.
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I have a similar setup working, but instead of using the ethernet connection on the modem, which most only have one, I use two ethernet connections on the back of the wireless router. One goes to a swich which drives 3 components and the other goes across to the opposite side of my house to a second switch driving 4 components. I am running computers, PS3, Wii, and 2 internet TV's with improved streaming speed and reliability than wireless.
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I am getting this message and am using a Netgear g/n router. Wired is no problem. But I haven't been successful with the wireless yet.
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Get a better internet connection and use a Ethernet wired connection to go on-line (no WiFi). Had the exact same issues until I discovered that my standard Time Warner standard internet connection was barely able to keep up with the HD bandwidth requirement and my WiFi signal was only average due to the router being on the other end of the house. This resulted in many frequent video breakups and rebuffering episodes, which was annoying to say the least and discouraged watching online content. Broke down and pulled CAT6 cabling throughout the house, and upgraded Time Warner to Turbo level to get close to 20Mbs vs. the standard 10Mbps. A one time pain, but it makes all the difference in the world. Will never go back to using WiFi again except for basic web surfing on the laptop. Also, using the right router can make or break the difference. I got rid of my Time Warner provided WiFi integrated router to a dedicated Cisco small business router. Huge difference, and can now run gigabit, which far exceeds the requirement of what my Samsung TV & BluRay requires.