Connecting a Sony BDP S350 via an Airport Extreme

[vmaxkevin]

I am using an iMac connected to the internet with a Uniserve Zoom ADSL modem and an Apple Airport Extreme. I ran an ethernet cable directly from the Airport to the LAN port on the BD player (Sony BDP S 350). I connected to the internet on the BD player to download the latest firmware update. It did that without a problem. I watched a BD Live enabled disc and used the features. It worked flawlessly.

When I returned to my computer it said that there was an error with the Airport that was successfully fixed. I clicked on OK and moved on. Now my BD player wont connect to the internet! I had selected DHCP on the BD player menu, so all the values are automatically filled in... IP address, subnet mask, etc, etc. Internet connection is set to "allow". Network diagnostic says that the connections are correct. When I selected Network Update before it said that it was already updated (after I updated the firmware, of course). Now it says it can't confirm the connection and "cannot communicate with server. Please try again later" I tried plugging the ethernet cable (at the computer end) directly in to the ADSL modem (bypassing the Airport) and I still get the same message. I tried watching a BD Live enabled disc and could only access 1 feature when previously there were two. I tried another one (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and the BD Live function simply explained how to connect your player to the internet. There were no features I could access. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance.

[DrinkMore]

Might be an ip address conflict? Unsure.

Best thing to do is turn off the player and the computer. Then turn off the airport. Make sure both devices (computer and player) are plugged into the airport (unless they are wireless, if they are leave them wireless).

Turn the airport back on. Give it a few seconds to come back online. Next, turn on your computer. Make sure it is connecting to the internet. Then, turn on the player and make sure it is also connecting.

If it's not, there is something preventing it from inside the Airport. Make sure you are allowing more than one device. Also make sure your players settings are correct again.

Good luck!

[vmaxkevin]

I think you are on the right track with the IP address conflict. When I manually enter the IP address from the Airport utility I get connected. Unfortunately this disconnects my computer from the internet. When the player automatically gets the IP address it is different from what I see on the computer. I will do as you suggested and get back to tomorrow. thanks for your response.

[vmaxkevin]

I toggled back and forth between "auto acquisition" and "manual", after I reconfigured the router to extend network using Ethernet. After 5 or 6 times the player acquired a radically set of numbers for all the fields. No secondary DNS either (?). It has worked perfectly ever since. Thank you for your help. I was close to paying someone to do it for me!

[DrinkMore]

Good to hear