wireless networks

Posted by: Andy1912 on 19 June 2011

Hi,

 

I was wondering if anyone on here could answer this question for me??

 

I have a main pc in my back room and that forms part of my main system including a DAC; satelite tv; a projector and all my naim gear. The pc connectes to a wireless router and this in turn connects by lan to my satellite tv box. In my front room I have a plasma tv and a wdlive media player with a 1tb hard drive containing lots of movies althouh it connects wirelessly to my pc also. I have just bought a blu ray player (sony) for the front room and this connects potentially to bbc iplayer and lovefilm (and I am a member).

 

So, I'd like to get the blu ray player connected to my network. On the one hand I could by a sony dongle which costs about £60 or so and that would connect to the wireless router no problem. I'm wondering though whether I might just be easier to buy another router exactly the same (linksys 120N) and connect this into the LAN port of the blu ray player. I could probably then hard wire the media player in to the router too. This would cost £30-£40.  Presumably the second router could then connect wirelessly to the main router.....

 

Any advice???

 

Thanks

 

Andy

 

Posted on: 23 June 2011 by GerryMcg

Andy,

 

Are you saying that the sony Bluray player does nt have a wireless or ethernet connection. I have 2 in the house and they have both.

 

Gerry

Posted on: 27 June 2011 by Andy1912

Yes it has both Gerry and I was wondering which to go for. I think I'll go for homeplugs though as that may work out best.

 

Thanks

 

Andy

Posted on: 27 July 2011 by Simon-in-Suffolk
Andy,
Best have one router, and use a liittle switch such as a Netgear in your front room, and hardwired your front room devices to it and the hardwired the switch through to your router.
Wireless is fine, but you don't want to overload it, and if using it for media best use a dedicated wireless network for the media.
Home plugs are a no no if you are into hifi as they riddle your house and equipment with very high levels of RF, also they are a single collision domain medium like wireless, and so not ideally suited for lots of devices sharing them.
For media you can't beat hardwiring, it has the best duplex throughput compared to wireless and does not cause hifi unfriendly RFI pollution as with Homeplugs.
Simon