Possible to connect a blu-ray and a televsion to the same wireless adapter?

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    [h=1]I have Cisco-Linksys WET610N Dual-Band Wireless-N Gaming and Video Adapter connected to my television and would like to connect my blu-ray dvd player to it as well. Is it possible to split the ethernet cable output to both devices? [/h]
     
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    Yes you can do that easily, what you need is a device called a switch.

    If you connect the switch to your Linksys WET610N, you can then connect both devices to the switch.

    So your end result would be:

    Wireless Router < Linksys WET610N < Switch < TV
    Wireless Router < Linksys WET610N < Switch < Blu-ray player

    Something like this will do fine: Amazon.com: NETGEAR GS605NA Giga Switch 5Port: Electronics
     
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    Yes that will work perfectly fine, thats a 100mbps switch, the one i linked to is 1000mbps (gigabit).

    For what you want it for it will be more than fast enough.

    Ive got a couple of Netgear switches, they have been powered on for years and just worked.
     
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    OK, thank you the very helpful info, I appreciate it.
     

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