So what are my options?

Without buying a proprietary $40-50 dongle to connect, my tv would need to be wired. I had an old router that I "thought" I could turn into a repeater using dd-wrt, but I think it's actually dead. I've also heard about powerline adapters, though those don't seem financially like a good decision.

Note: I do not want to run 100 feet of wire along my carpet and I cannot go through the walls/floor.

1/13/2012 10:47:08 AM

power line adapters, wireless bridge, or dongle. dongle is likely a bridge. you can buy a cheap router that supports dd-wrt, like a tp-link and turn it into a bridge.

1/13/2012 10:51:34 AM

As you mentioned, ethernet over power could be a viable solution and if you decide it is, here's a pretty cheap option:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10501&cs_id=1050106&p_id=6999&seq=1&format=2

$65 for a pair and it's gotten some good reviews. I've never actually used one, I ended up going with a wired solution, but thought I'd share this from my research, maybe it'd help you out.

[Edited on January 13, 2012 at 11:26 AM. Reason : .]

1/13/2012 11:17:13 AM

wireless bridge is usually the easiest solution to this problem.

http://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Universal-Adapter-Office-GWU627/dp/B004UAKCS6/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1326472919&sr=8-9

One of those is powered by a usb port on the back of your TV so it doesn't need a power line ran.

1/13/2012 11:43:03 AM

^can this be linked to a router if I wanted to have multiple connections instead of just the one?

not a big deal if it cant, but would be an awesome deal if it could.

1/13/2012 12:39:00 PM

^if you were doing that, the best would be to put ddwrt on a cheap router and use it as a bridge/switch. just put all the ports on the switch side in the same vlan as the bridge port

1/13/2012 1:12:36 PM

^thing with that..i have 2 spare routers at home...one dd-wrt eligible (but i think something is fried on the inside...i cant ever access the router when I try to log in to it)

the other doesnt have the internal memory required

1/13/2012 1:14:54 PM

You're going to have to spend at least $40 on whatever solution anyways, so why not just buy the dongle for your TV?

1/13/2012 1:34:59 PM

^if he goes with a generic solution, he could use it in the future for other products.

1/13/2012 1:48:41 PM

I have the opposite problem: the router is in the living room next to the TV, and the computer and everything else is in other rooms.

The receiver and blu-ray connect directly to the router. For the other rooms, I use a WET610N bridge and a WRT320N router configured as a bridge with with dd-wrt.

I agree with spydyrwyr on generic solutions: I had originally purchased the WET610N as a point solution, but within a year I needed more than the single wired connection it offers. Luckily I still had an old switch in the back of the closet.

1/13/2012 3:22:54 PM

cheap and easy ethernet over powerline

1/14/2012 1:05:50 PM