Wireless adapter for Panasonic telly?

Silk wrote:
On 17/06/2011 09:21, Norman Wells wrote:
John Weston wrote:
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Hi all,

My Dad's got a late 2009 model Panasonic 32" full HD set with both
freeview & freesat built in. At the back of the set there's a
standard network socket to take a normal RJ45 UTP network lead.

His ADSL router is upstairs and his carpets are fixed down, so
unfortunately there's no way that I can run a network lead to the
set and he can't access the iPlayer feature as a result.

So... does anyone know if I can get hold of some kind of adapter
that I can plug into the socket and run it wirelessly instead?

How about a simple solution using a couple of Powerline Ethernet
adaptors? e.g. see www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm You can get
feed-through types that don't make the mains socket unavailable as a
power source to feed the TV, if necessary.

You'll need to power a wireless solution anyway, since the RJ45
socket on the TV has no power-supply capability and I doubt a
wireless extender would be cheaper or as reliable, depending on
your house construction. The Wireless to ethernet converter for the
TV end, plus its power lead will be harder to hide than the
powerlinne solution. Some later model TVs have a USB type A socket that
can take a USB
wireless adapter powered from the USB socket - even one sold as an
option by the manufacturer. Would this be a solution?

Am I missing something here? Why not move the ADSL router downstairs,
wire the TV directly to it and set the computer up with a little
wireless dongle to communicate with the router?

Then, one assumes, you still have to run a cable. It's already been
stated that this is not an option.

Not from upstairs to downstairs, which was the problem. That would be done
wirelessly via the dongle.

On 17/06/2011 11:18, Norman Wells wrote:

Not from upstairs to downstairs, which was the problem. That would be
done wirelessly via the dongle.

No, I still don't get it. If he can't run an ethernet cable from the
router to the TV he can't extend the telephone cable to the TV either.

The easiest, and cheapest solution would be a wireless bridge/gaming
adapter of some description.

On 17 June, 13:00, Silk wrote:
On 17/06/2011 11:18, Norman Wells wrote:

Not from upstairs to downstairs, which was the problem. That would be
done wirelessly via the dongle.

No, I still don't get it. If he can't run an ethernet cable from the
router to the TV he can't extend the telephone cable to the TV either.

The easiest, and cheapest solution would be a wireless bridge/gaming
adapter of some description.

I use this one for the same TV purpose
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-W...cp_computers_1

under £18 so cheaper than Homeplugs (and less power hungry). Streams
HD Video nicely.

There is even a review on there with the setting to use.

John

On 17/06/2011 13:11, JohnW wrote:
On 17 June, 13:00, wrote:
On 17/06/2011 11:18, Norman Wells wrote:

Not from upstairs to downstairs, which was the problem. That would be
done wirelessly via the dongle.

No, I still don't get it. If he can't run an ethernet cable from the
router to the TV he can't extend the telephone cable to the TV either.

The easiest, and cheapest solution would be a wireless bridge/gaming
adapter of some description.

I use this one for the same TV purpose
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-W...cp_computers_1

under £18 so cheaper than Homeplugs (and less power hungry). Streams
HD Video nicely.

There is even a review on there with the setting to use.

I've got one similar to that myself. I had to upgrade it though as I
needed more than one network point, so got a wireless router from the
same manufacturer and flashed the firmware to allow it to work as a
wireless bridge. As long as the signal is good enough, it'll be ok.

Silk wrote:
On 17/06/2011 11:18, Norman Wells wrote:

Not from upstairs to downstairs, which was the problem. That would be
done wirelessly via the dongle.

No, I still don't get it. If he can't run an ethernet cable from the
router to the TV he can't extend the telephone cable to the TV either.

That only depends on where the telephone point(s) are. In most normal
houses, there is a telephone point is on the ground floor. If it's anywhere
near the TV, the router can be moved and plugged directly into both with no
problem. If it's not so close, it's very simple to run a telephone
extension lead round the skirting board.

The problem as I understood it was that a cable couldn't be run from
downstairs to upstairs because of the carpets. That problem is overcome by
moving the router downstairs and making the upstairs to downstairs
connection wireless.

On 17/06/2011 14:04, Norman Wells wrote:
Silk wrote:
On 17/06/2011 11:18, Norman Wells wrote:

Not from upstairs to downstairs, which was the problem. That would be
done wirelessly via the dongle.

No, I still don't get it. If he can't run an ethernet cable from the
router to the TV he can't extend the telephone cable to the TV either.

That only depends on where the telephone point(s) are. In most normal
houses, there is a telephone point is on the ground floor. If it's
anywhere near the TV, the router can be moved and plugged directly into
both with no problem. If it's not so close, it's very simple to run a
telephone extension lead round the skirting board.

Around the skirting board? That's a hanging offence in this house. Plus
it looks a bloody mess.

The problem as I understood it was that a cable couldn't be run from
downstairs to upstairs because of the carpets. That problem is overcome
by moving the router downstairs and making the upstairs to downstairs
connection wireless.

The wireless option is much neater and a lot cheaper when you factor in
the need to fit Cat5 boxes at each end (terminating the cable directly
is messy and you'll need a crimping tool) and actually buy the cables
and bits and pieces. Running a phone cable also expensive if done
properly with all the cables hidden.

A cable would be the most reliable though.

On Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 01:07:28h +0100, Lighthouse asked:

So... does anyone know if I can get hold of some kind of adapter that I
can plug into the socket and run it wirelessly instead?

There are lots of ethernet to wireless bridges that can be purchased,
almost all with a single ethernet socket.

If you think that in some point in the future, you may have more ethernet
devices located near to the TV (eg Internet ready satellite receiver or
media player) then consider getting a model with more than one ethernet
socket, the only one I know of, being the DLINK DAP 1522(B) with four
ethernet ports.

So the arrangment schematically is

[TV](port)--ethernet cable--(port)[bridge unit](antenna) ))))))-((((( (antenna)[router upstairs]

"Lighthouse" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

My Dad's got a late 2009 model Panasonic 32" full HD set with both
freeview & freesat built in. At the back of the set there's a standard
network socket to take a normal RJ45 UTP network lead.

His ADSL router is upstairs and his carpets are fixed down, so
unfortunately there's no way that I can run a network lead to the set
and he can't access the iPlayer feature as a result.

So... does anyone know if I can get hold of some kind of adapter that
I can plug into the socket and run it wirelessly instead?

Have you looked in the instruction book as a Panasonic I bought in early
2010, model Tx-L37D25b does have an option for a USB WiFi dongle which just
plugs in the USB socket on the back of the TV and the TV controls it.
I did check the price at the time and it was expensive (about £80 I think)
but a search on Google did find another model which people said worked fine.
In my case I already had a CAT5 cable nearby so did not pursue the option.

Iain

On Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 15:31:58 +0100, Guess wrote:

I did check the price at the time and it was expensive
(about £80 I think)

That is not just expensive but a total ripoff price.

Since it was two years ago, I would guess it was not even
draft 802.11n mode, but the slower 801.11g, which is probably
borderline or below for streaming HD content.

On 17/06/2011 16:55, J G Miller wrote:
On Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 15:31:58 +0100, Guess wrote:

I did check the price at the time and it was expensive
(about £80 I think)

That is not just expensive but a total ripoff price.

Since it was two years ago, I would guess it was not even
draft 802.11n mode, but the slower 801.11g, which is probably
borderline or below for streaming HD content.

G is plenty fast enough for HD. Iplayer HD only needs around 6 megs or
something on the PC and there's no Iplayer HD on Freesat at the moment.

I think G will provide a real speed of at least 30 megs in good
conditions. I could be wrong with that though.