Using a Vista PC as a network bridge for Blu-ray player?

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In my living room a have a PC running Vista Biz. It's connected wirelessly to a linksys router. It also has a unused network card. I also have Blu-ray player. Instead or running a cable to the router or buying a wireless adapter, I would like to connect a cable from the Blu-ray NIC to the PC NIC. Thus using the PC as a bridge. Can this be done and how do I do it? Does the cable need to be a crossover or will a regular Cat-5 cable work

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Performance won't be great compared to a hardware solution but yes, you could turn on Internet connection sharing and do this. I assume a Blu-Ray player would only use the connection infrequently for updates, anyway?

You'd need a crossover cable since you're bypassing any hub/switch router and going direct between the NiCs of the two devices.

how do i hook up a pc to a blu ray player?

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I want to watch movies from my pc on my tv but i don't have any of the wires. i do however have a blu ray player that is hooked up to the wireless internet. i need instructions on how to connect the pc to the blu ray. please help

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The Blu ray player has limited accessibility and function so you will not be able to do it...You would have to connect the TV to the computer and usually the easiest way is through HDMI cables....if you do not have that it may be more trouble than its worth....

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