marcplante
Senior member
I am setting up Blu Ray players to stream videos from different servers around the house. I have a mixed topology including some ethernet and 2 Wifi hubs (long, skinny house).
I have erratic access to different PCs as sources for video.
Topology
All PCs running Win7
Sony Blu Ray player. (will be buying more if I get this reliable)
Verizon FIOS hub with wireless access WIFI 1
Ethernet connections to some PCs
Ethernet connection to second Wifi Hub (Belkin 802.11N Wifi)
Performance
-Wifi streaming of Netflix -OK
-Streaming from PC to BD player across ethernet. OK
-Wifi streaming from wireless source on FIOS hub. Seems OK
-Streaming from source on second wireless router (either plugged in to a port or connected -with Wifi) is problematic.
The router and other PCs can see and stream to each other across the MSFT home group. The Blu Ray player seems at a loss. Is there a configuration adjustment I can make to give the player better visibility?
I'm not familiar enough with subnet addressing to understand if I can forward ports or do something in the FIOS router config to make this work better. I suppose I could also buy a hub instead of using the Belkin WIFI router's hub, but that's another clump of wires to reckon with.
The Sony BR player documentation is a bit thin in this area.
Thanks,
I have erratic access to different PCs as sources for video.
Topology
All PCs running Win7
Sony Blu Ray player. (will be buying more if I get this reliable)
Verizon FIOS hub with wireless access WIFI 1
Ethernet connections to some PCs
Ethernet connection to second Wifi Hub (Belkin 802.11N Wifi)
Performance
-Wifi streaming of Netflix -OK
-Streaming from PC to BD player across ethernet. OK
-Wifi streaming from wireless source on FIOS hub. Seems OK
-Streaming from source on second wireless router (either plugged in to a port or connected -with Wifi) is problematic.
The router and other PCs can see and stream to each other across the MSFT home group. The Blu Ray player seems at a loss. Is there a configuration adjustment I can make to give the player better visibility?
I'm not familiar enough with subnet addressing to understand if I can forward ports or do something in the FIOS router config to make this work better. I suppose I could also buy a hub instead of using the Belkin WIFI router's hub, but that's another clump of wires to reckon with.
The Sony BR player documentation is a bit thin in this area.
Thanks,
