What is the best router for my house?

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Nick

I am looking at Netgear routers and I want to find out which one is the best for my house. I have Comcast internet BTW. I want a 802.11n router. I have 2 laptops, a desktop, 2 Xboxs and a Wi-Fi Blu-Ray player that my dad uses to watch Netflix on. So I want a router that can handle the bandwith. Any suggestions? Thanks ;)

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Personally, I have had many issues with Netgear routers. I had to toss two in the last five years.

I would not go any lower than the WNR3500L. It's an n router with a maximum speed of 300 Mbps. If you have previously setup a wireless network in your home and have concerns about interference, you may want to consider a dual band such as WNDR3700. It operates on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels simultaneously to reduce interference. It also offers Gigabit ethernet speed if your network card supports it.

Is it possible to use a wireless modem with my blue ray player?

Black Dyno

I have a blue ray player that has an ethernet slot. Therefore I am wondering if it would be easier to run a cable to my router which is in another room or use a wireless modem to connect to my router in the other room. So I'm wondering if it is possible to connect a wireless modem to my Blu ray player.

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You may want to look into something like this:
IOGEAR - Universal Wi-Fi N Adapter

Here's a snippet of the description:

Description:
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Get your Ethernet enabled devices such as Gaming Consoles, Blu-ray⢠players, computers or HDTV connected to your wireless home network.

The new IOGEAR Universal Wireless-N Adapter allows you to connect your device such as a Blu-ray player, HDTV, or game console to any Wireless-N network in your home or office. The Wireless-N (IEEE⢠802.11n) Adapter works with any device with an Ethernet port. No need to purchase an USB adapter that only works with a specific brand or device. Simply connect the adapter to your device without worrying about re-wiring your home.

Avoid long stringing cables and enjoy the freedom to place your home entertainment center anywhere and still be connected to the Internet.

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Can a wifi enabled Blu Ray player with applications access them without a smart TV?

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Daniel Sta

I have recently decided to purchase a home theater system/Blu Ray combo that is wifi enabled and has Netflix/Pandora/Youtube applications on it. I am also going to get a new TV but i don't really want a smart TV seeing as how they're a lot more expensive than regular LCD 1080p TV's.

I'm just wondering whether i need a smart TV in order to access the applications online, or if i can just connect to my wifi and the Blu Ray player will be able to use all of the applications by itself.

Also, i don't need full internet access on my TV, i was just hoping to use the applications that were already on the Blu Ray player like Youtube.

Thanks!

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Just connect the blu-ray player to the TV, The blu-ray will do everything. The TV doesn't have to be Internet capable at all.

How do I connect my blu-ray player to the internet?

Beau Brads

I have a Sony BDP-BX18 blu-ray player. I would like to connect it to my home wifi network so that I could watch Netflix through it. The blu-ray player says it needs a wired connection. I bought a wifi bridge that connects through the ethernet port to add to the player so that it could connect to the internet. The player tries to connect to my network but fails every time. My network has a password on it but the option to enter a password on the player never comes up.

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Setup the WiFi bridge on your computer, then move it to the player.

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