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post #1 of 7
8/4/10 at 12:32pm
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I have a modem in my office which feeds my router. However, my wifi enabled blu-ray players are in the basement and do not get good reception off the router. I am trying to figure out how to hardwire the blue ray in order to stream Netflix. I do have coax input in the basement, could i get another cable modem and plug ethernet directly from cable modem to BR? I could temporarily run ethernet from router down to BR, but its like 100'.
What other options would I have ? Ethernet bridge? Do I need Dlink bridge with DLINK router?
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post #2 of 7
8/4/10 at 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by crabapplemcn View Post

I have a modem in my office which feeds my router. However, my wifi enabled blu-ray players are in the basement and do not get good reception off the router. I am trying to figure out how to hardwire the blue ray in order to stream Netflix. I do have coax input in the basement, could i get another cable modem and plug ethernet directly from cable modem to BR? I could temporarily run ethernet from router down to BR, but its like 100'.
What other options would I have ? Ethernet bridge? Do I need Dlink bridge with DLINK router?
thanks

How far is your office from your basement? You could try a wireless repeater either in the basement (or close to it if the wireless signal is too weak for the repeater in the basement) to see if that helps. I personally would try to figure out a way to hard wire the ethernet cable from your router to your BR.
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post #3 of 7
8/4/10 at 1:33pm
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Well I could change my setup and move my cable modem and router to the basement and then hardwire directly to BR. Only issue may be using my wireless devices throughout the rest of the house if the router is in the basement. But I suppose that's an option.
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post #4 of 7
8/4/10 at 2:17pm
If you have a coax run available, you might look at an Ethernet-over-coax (MoCA) adapter pair...

Jeff
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post #5 of 7
8/5/10 at 11:02am
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What other options would I have ?

Powerline adapters
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post #6 of 7
8/5/10 at 11:42am
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could i get another cable modem and plug ethernet directly from cable modem to BR?

No. Your ISP is very unlikely to provide you more than 1 modem, and you'd have to pay for an entirely separate account for that as well.

You have several options. As mentioned there is ethernet over powerline options which I've had good experience with. Also ethernet over coax which I don't have much experience with, and that would depend on where the coax run down to the basement goes and if you can get that to where the router is.

Another option is to get larger WAP antennas, and perhaps also a standalone bridge and also replace its antennas with more capable ones, and then connect the BD player to the bridge. That may go a long way to improving your reception. There are also many amplified wifi antenna options out there etc, all of which can help you significantly improve your range and signal strength.
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post #7 of 7
8/7/10 at 5:16am
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Originally Posted by crabapplemcn View Post

I have a modem in my office which feeds my router. However, my wifi enabled blu-ray players are in the basement and do not get good reception off the router. I am trying to figure out how to hardwire the blue ray in order to stream Netflix. I do have coax input in the basement, could i get another cable modem and plug ethernet directly from cable modem to BR? I could temporarily run ethernet from router down to BR, but its like 100'.
What other options would I have ? Ethernet bridge? Do I need Dlink bridge with DLINK router?
thanks

What kind of house do you have? Is there a chase running from the floor where the router is located to the basement?

If this is not an amicable option, then the powerline option is probably your best/easiest way. Personally, before I finished the basement I had structured wiring installed throughout the home, but getting the 2nd floor drops (accessed through the attic) to the basement required breaking into an interior wall because no usable chases were available.
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