How to connect LAN only blue ray player wirelesly

KRDmum

Hoping for some help here here guys. I've got a blue ray / DVD player with Internet, Netflix, YouTube etc in our bedroom. However, there is no phone socket to connect Ethernet cable to, so at the moment it's just used as a DVD player. Moving forward, I was hoping to use all of the available options of the player, but would rather not call out a BT man to put in an extra socket.
Surely, in now day and age there are plug in devices that can convert Wireless to LAN, but there is so much information out there that I feel a bit lost now. Can anybody help me and tell me what is it that I am looking for and my best option?
Thanks

Browntoa

powerline adapters


http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Networking/cat/Network-Devices/subcat/Powerline-Adapters?sort=price+ascending


router where it is now , lan to one plug, 2nd plug next to bluray , lan connection between the two


http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/network-wifi/18-best-powerline-adapters-2016-uk-3490638/

KRDmum

Thank you for that Browntoa! Just seen and reserved this one from Currys, so hopefully it'll do the job nicely :-) Better go and look out all the Ethernet cables that I've nearly chucked before Christmas :j

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/networking/powerline/netgear-xavb5221-powerline-adapter-kit-twin-pack-10109254-pdt.html

NiftyDigits

Wireless Bridge example

psychic_teabag

KRDmum wrote: »

Surely, in now day and age there are plug in devices that can convert Wireless to LAN

It's possible to reflash (some) old broadband routers with openwrt and effectively use them as a LAN to wireless converter. But does take a little bit of fiddling about.

KRDmum

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Wireless Bridge example

Well, who knew, but I already have one of them lurking in one of the drawers. Bought it last year, thought it was useless as an extender and put it in the pile amongst other 'might come in handy one day' stuff. Didn't realise that it had LAN connection on it, so all is good now :-)

KRDmum

psychic_teabag wrote: »

It's possible to reflash (some) old broadband routers with openwrt and effectively use them as a LAN to wireless converter. But does take a little bit of fiddling about.

Thank you for that. I knew that it is possible, but I just wouldn't know where to start. I'm also not sure whether an old (and I mean about 5-6 year old) router would work with fibre?

esuhl

KRDmum wrote: »

However, there is no phone socket to connect Ethernet cable to... would rather not call out a BT man to put in an extra socket.

You don't connect an Ethernet cable to a phone socket! You need an Ethernet socket.

KRDmum wrote: »

Surely, in now day and age there are plug in devices that can convert Wireless to LAN...

There's no need to convert wireless to LAN. Wireless devices already operate on the LAN. I guess you mean Ethernet instead of LAN...?

psychic_teabag wrote: »

It's possible to reflash (some) old broadband routers with openwrt and effectively use them as a LAN to wireless converter. But does take a little bit of fiddling about.

Again, there's no such thing as a LAN to wireless converter, but you should be able to use an old router without needing to replace the firmware or doing any major fiddling. Just give the router a suitable IP address, disable DHCP, and you can use it as an Ethernet switch and wireless access point.

esuhl

KRDmum wrote: »

Thank you for that. I knew that it is possible, but I just wouldn't know where to start. I'm also not sure whether an old (and I mean about 5-6 year old) router would work with fibre?

Your actual router (the one doing the routing) routes traffic over the fibre connection. Everything else on your side of the network is the LAN.

So the second router (which won't do any routing) only needs to be able to work with your LAN. It won't know or care about the fibre connection as that's something handled by the real router (the one doing the routing).

Err... hope that makes sense!

KRDmum

esuhl wrote: »

You don't connect an Ethernet cable to a phone socket! You need an Ethernet socket.

We have a master socket downstairs, which covers both.

esuhl wrote: »

There's no need to convert wireless to LAN. Wireless devices already operate on the LAN. I guess you mean Ethernet instead of LAN...?

Maybe I haven't expressed myself correctly, wireless to LAN/Ethernet or wise versa but you get the gist of what I needed help with.

esuhl wrote: »

Again, there's no such thing as a LAN to wireless converter, but you should be able to use an old router without needing to replace the firmware or doing any major fiddling. Just give the router a suitable IP address, disable DHCP, and you can use it as an Ethernet switch and wireless access point.

I migh give it a go one day

KRDmum

esuhl wrote: »

Your actual router (the one doing the routing) routes traffic over the fibre connection. Everything else on your side of the network is the LAN.

So the second router (which won't do any routing) only needs to be able to work with your LAN. It won't know or care about the fibre connection as that's something handled by the real router (the one doing the routing).

Err... hope that makes sense!

It does make sense! Thanks!