Samsung BD-P2550 wireless

[Vagenheart]

Hey all,

I know there are several topics all over regarding this but I can not seem to figure this out. I am trying to set my player up to my wireless internet. However, I can not get a connection. I have tried everything including lowering my wireless security to WEP 64. Any help would be appreciated. Here is what I am using.

AT&T 2Wire router and Linksys WAP54G Access Point.

[Sammy]

I haven't actually tried a wireless connection for this as I don't like the issues encountered with dropped signals and connections.

I do have Uverse though. Have you configured the 2wire to see the WAP? You need to set up a wireless network on the two wire first. Once that is done, you need to manually assign an IP address for the WAP in the BD-P2500. Try refreshing the 2wire to see if it recognizes the WAP automatically too.

We need more information about how your home network is configured to diagnose this problem.

[Sammy]

http://support.2wire.com/

Here's the 2wire manual that att won't hand over to you when they do the installation because they love it when you are dependent on their CS.

[Sammy]

You can poke around here too for more information about your 2wire.

There was another forum called www.uverseusers.com that I visited for a while after having it installed. It doesn't appear today when I tried to go there. Either their site is down right now or at&t didn't like some of the cracks and stuff posted on there so they sued 'em and shut them down. Just speculation as I don't really know.

[Sammy]

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/uverse

[Vagenheart]

Here is a little more info.

The wireless is enabled on the 2wire. It has an IP of 192.168.1.254. I was using WPA encryption but changed to 64 bit WEP because I read that some people were having issues.

The router sees the WAP. I have assigned an IP of 192.168.1.245 to the WAP. I have set it up in AP mode and Client mode.

Now here is the confusing part. When I set the WAP up with a gateway of 192.168.1.1, the light on the front goes white like it is working. However, when I change the gateway to the correct IP (254) it goes orange again.

Let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks Sammy

[Sammy]

The *.*.*.254 address is the IP of the 2wire. The WAP should be set to *.*.*.1 assuming no other devices are connected. Now the WAP needs to not be set up as the primary router. I was having issues with this with my ethernet network as I pluged the cable from the 2wire into the "uplink" port on my switch. My son, the network guru (does it for a living) come over, looks at it for about ¼ second, says it is hooked up wrong, and plugs it into one of the other four ports and bam, its a go.

I have my house wired network that he set up at least 10 years ago when he was in middle school. I don't have a need for wireless connections because of this and therefore don't have to deal with connection drop-outs of wireless routers or other people in the neighborhood tapping into my bandwidth for free.

But what I think is happing is that the WAP is trying to uplink directly to a DSL or Cable Modem. Doesn't it have one ethernet connection for this purpose? There are some small access devices for this purpose. I think that Samsung sells them too.

[Vagenheart]

So the access point may not be the best solution? I was thinking of returning it for a gaming adapter anyway because this is what most people are having success with.

[Vagenheart]

So I returned the WAP and picked up a Linksys wireless bridge. Had the thing working in 15 minutes without a single issue.

Thanks again Sammy.

[Sammy]

That is good news. But hang around for the rest of the fun on this site.

[Mr. Joshua]

Wireless is not available for this player you have to use ethernet that might be the problem...

[Sammy]

But he got it working with a wireless bridge.