I have one cable running from my router to a tv. Can I connect a blue ray dvd player using this switch
181974
I have connected this to pretty much anything with an Ethernet connection. Blu-ray, Playstation, X-Box, Dish Network Receiver, Wii.
181975
Yes, using this switch will allow you to use another ethernet cable from the switch to the blu-ray player. You will need another cable though to run from your router to the switch, with the other two cables running from the switch to the desired devices. Basically, you will need as many cables as there are ports on the switch, in this case 5.
181976
Yes, I bought the 5 port switch for that. You connect the router to the switch and then plug the TV and the blueray into the switch. Basically it allows you to connect multiple stuff using 1 feed to your router.
181977
Difficult to answer. This is an unmanaged switch which is different from a router in that you can not assign IP or IP Range. With a router you can change parameters with an attached computer then un-attach the computer and it will continue to work as assigned. Check the BluRay Players onwners manual and see if specifies use of a router and not a switch/bridge/extender or if it requires a specific IP Address. If not, this switch will work.
1705841
It's a switch not a router. You would have the line coming from your cable/dsl modem go to a router then it would go to the switch. The router handles the natting and the dhcp. If you cable/dsl modem is also a router then you can connect it directly to this for more wired connections.
1181671
I would assume so. The description is "switches between 2 video sources" But I don't think you would require anything to switch between TV and DVD you simply have to choose the correct input from your remote control for your TV.
1851885
I'm sure you can and I don't see why not, in the case you were only going to connect a gaming system if a blue ray player. I connected my cable and a player. Either way, just go to the input button and switch input options.
682661
Yes this will work fine but you need to make sure your switch has PoE ports or it won't matter what cable you use.
1346906
Yes, but because it doesn't have wi fi built in, you will either need to run an ethernet cable to it from where the router is, but if you have a wireless router, use can use a wi fi extender that allows you to plug an ethernet cable into it to the blu ray player or use a powerline ethernet adapter to connect an ethernet cable to the blu ray (that will run the Internet to other areas of your house using the power grid & power outlets in your home). The last is the best method I found, as the wif fi extender would drop signal sometimes, but the powerline adapter doesn't & gives me a better connection. Yes, but because it doesn't have wi fi built in, you will either need to run an ethernet cable to it from where the router is, but if you have a wireless router, use can use a wi fi extender that allows you to plug an ethernet cable into it to the blu ray player or use a powerline ethernet adapter to connect an ethernet cable to the blu ray (that will run the Internet to other areas of your house using the power grid & power outlets in your home). The last is the best method I found, as the wif fi extender would drop signal sometimes, but the powerline adapter doesn't & gives me a better... » Read More Yes, but because it doesn't have wi fi built in, you will either need to run an ethernet cable to it from where the router is, but if you have a wireless router, use can use a wi fi extender that allows you to plug an ethernet cable into it to the blu ray player or use a powerline ethernet adapter to connect an ethernet cable to the blu ray (that will run the Internet to other areas of your house using the power grid & power outlets in your home). The last is the best method I found, as the wif fi extender would drop signal sometimes, but the powerline adapter doesn't & gives me a better connection. « Show Less
2184746
That is the wrong kind of switch for what you want to do. You need something like the "Linksys SE2500 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ".
738911
If you are trying to switch a Toslink digital optical cable input, this will work. I use mine to switch between an older DVD player and my Dish network receiver.
1388416
This switch is designed to add network ports to your router. Run a network cable from the router to this switch. Then network cables can be run from the switch to other devices.
134230
If it is an ethernet connection on the blue ray, then this cable should work
656136
Yes you connect a cable from your router to any port on the 5 port switch and it acts like a splitter for the internet, then you can connect other devices to the 5 port switch and have internet access.
1283661
If you need to attach both the Receiver AND a BluRay DVD player to your wired network, and you only have a single Ethernet cable where your receiver and BluRay are located, you may need to purchase an Ethernet switch. Netgear's GS-105 is a good example (about $30 on Amazon). One Ethernet cable in, then up to 4 Ethernet cables out to various devices. A switch requires its own electric power to function. Everything you need comes in the box with the switch. Wired components find their addresses automatically when you connect them to the switch.
1181670
I am sure you can use the Radio Shack A/ B switch to go from dvd player to tv or tv to dvd player, however my radio shack A/B switch did not work out of the box.
40144
Hi James, I would connect the cable modem to the wireless router and then connect the switch to one of the outputs on the router, I think you will get better response for your wireless devices doing it this way.
1818231
Yes. But why not connect your router to your modem, and the switch to the router?
45233
Yes, as long as you have enough input spigots on your TV monitor. We are using an HDMI cable for the Blue Ray player and a three-wire audio/video cable with RCA plugs for the Combo player (our TV monitor has 3 input lines for 3 RCA plugs, each). If your monitor does not have a sufficient number of input lines you can use one cable and connect it to the player you want to use at a given time, a little cumbersome but workable.
874769
I use my blue ray player but there are hdmi cables on the back (2) so I don't know why not unless you fill those connections up.