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Trying to set up WN2500RP with blu-ray, to Home WiFi.
A few years ago, I switched our home wifi from 2.4 GHz over to 5 GHz, as the neighborhood was getting crowded here in the west Denver area, with low band home wifi's. So we had two PC's hooked up...
The first thing you need to do is to join the WN2500RP to your existing Wi-Fi network. You can't do that from the Blu-Ray player's setup menus. Either use the WPS method or a laptop/smartphone.
After you have completed the join, connect the Blu-Ray player to one of the WN2500RP's Ethernet ports and set the Blu-Ray player to wired mode.
I've been trying all afternoon, to connect via the blu ray's internet setup menus. The blu ray sees the netgear unit, but it gives options of connecting wire or wireless and both have failed. I put in the password etc, using the stupid tedious on screen keyboard, and it fails.
The problem is that if it tries to connect with wireless, it may be using the blu ray radio at 2.4 GHz but that takes a different password AND I have the 2.4 GHz radio turned off. Only the 5 GHz is on.
But I'm trying to use the wireless connection of the netgear, which is plugged into the ethernet port of the blu ray, so it's confusing.
I've been at this all afternoon and am frustrated with it, especially putting the password in over & over and having it fail.
Also something about IPV 6.
I saw something about the netgear Genie for PC and downloaded it on my PC here, and it says everything is fine, but I think it's just looking at the complete picture from my PC, which is connected to the wifi fine. It's the blu ray I'm going crazy with. Genie also sees the Netgear box but I'm not sure if I can configure it and get it working from Genie, here on my PC.
The first thing you need to do is to join the WN2500RP to your existing Wi-Fi network. You can't do that from the Blu-Ray player's setup menus. Either use the WPS method or a laptop/smartphone.
After you have completed the join, connect the Blu-Ray player to one of the WN2500RP's Ethernet ports and set the Blu-Ray player to wired mode.
TheEther wrote:The first thing you need to do is to join the WN2500RP to your existing Wi-Fi network. You can't do that from the Blu-Ray player's setup menus. Either use the WPS method or a laptop/smartphone.
After you have completed the join, connect the Blu-Ray player to one of the WN2500RP's Ethernet ports and set the Blu-Ray player to wired mode.
I just tried that from my laptop, by plugging the WN2500RP into the ethernet port on my laptop, then configuring the laptop with the password. It's saying that it's connecting but not able to use the internet.
I'm frustrated. Cant seem to get the WN2500RP to work with my home wifi.
Since you have chosen to use a laptop to set up the WN2500RP, follow the instructions starting on page 13. Here is a direct link.
Ok, I went and switched it over to my PC and clicked the link in the manual, THEN I remembered how it had to be set up on the other one. I set it up with password etc though my PC, then it worked perfectly.
I took it back to the blu ray, plugged it in and set it for wired, and it worked! Yay! I configured Netflix, then the whole menu of other services popped up in the screen. Yay!
Thanks guys!
Sorry to bother you, it was just a few years ago when I did this in my room, and I didn't remember.
DO you want to delete the thread here?