Connecting a Panasonic TV  to Airport Extreme wifi network

i use a wireless bridge to connect the TV to the wifi at home. Set up worked fine for 8 months. Then I had to tweak the network to connect an ext HDD to Time Capsule + AE. Now I get a message that says that the TV sees the network but network settings are incorrect. Unfortunately, i do not remember the tweaks i made. I have done a airport extreme network reset using Airport utility...but the problem persists.
Any suggestions?

Have a look at Eyehome and their product family.
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyehome
There are other similar products. Works well with Airport express. Although can have some monor buffer issues.
Otherwise buy a mini mac and stick it next to your TV and use that

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