Ethernet Connection to Smart TV?

I just purchased a Samsung 55" LED Smart tv, model #UN55D7000L and a Samsung BluRay DVD player. Both are internet connectible; I would like to connect via cat6 cable. My question is; would I be better off connecting the cat6 cable to the TV directly or through the DVD player 1st and then to the TV?
The reason I am asking is because drywall is coming to my theater room and I want to run the cable to the proper place first. thanks.

Welcome to the forums, my beer drinking friend
If you want the internet features of your TV and Bluray player to be available, they must both be connected to your router independently.
To help us understand your setup, please list your internet service provider, as will as your modem and router model numbers.
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If you bring up Safari browser, and go to www.google.com, does it give you an error?
It is possible that you are not getting DNS. From the OSX terminal can you run the following two commands
1. dig www.google.com
2. ifconfig en0
3. ifconfig en1
4. ping -c 3 www.google.com
1. Example output...
; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> www.google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44161
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.google.com. 92 IN A 173.194.121.18
www.google.com. 92 IN A 173.194.121.20
www.google.com. 92 IN A 173.194.121.16
www.google.com. 92 IN A 173.194.121.17
www.google.com. 92 IN A 173.194.121.19
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Example output for commands 2 and 3
ifconfig en0
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether b8:e8:56:35:bf:e2
inet6 fe80::bae8:56ff:fe35:bfe2%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 192.168.1.9 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
media: autoselect
status: active
ifconfig en1
en1: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
ether 72:00:00:79:ee:b0
media: autoselect <full-duplex>
status: inactive
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64 bytes from 173.194.121.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=250 time=9.049 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.121.18: icmp_seq=1 ttl=250 time=10.568 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.121.18: icmp_seq=2 ttl=250 time=9.393 ms
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Hi,
I have started experiencing a problem this past week (Aug 2012) that I see sometimes reported here. When I run iTunes 10.6.3.25 on a Win7 machine that is connected by ethernet to my router, the airport express speakers would regularly disappear. I can always connect to these airport express via airplay from my iPhone 4. In fact when the airplay speakers disappear from iTunes on the ethernet-connected machine, I can reliably make them reappear by turning on the Music app on the iPhone. But after a while the airplay speakers would disappear again. On a Win7 laptop connected via wifi to the network the same version of iTunes seems so far not to exhibit the same problem.
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Plug in the ethernet.
(Turn on/log in your iBook)
Open browser
Go to a website.
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Open System preferences.
Click Network
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No. Something else is going on.
Your son may be hogging all the bandwidth but your wireless network should never simply disappear. Moreover, if your son isn't doing anything the available bandwidth for other devices should remain unaffected.
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Going through the AirPort Admin Utility and Airport Setup Assistant, and the various pdf manuals, the only way I can seem to create a WDS is for each device to be a wireless bridge.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607414
and
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2785566
Cheers Don

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Suggest that you download and install the much more useful AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion.
I assume that Time Capsule 1 is operating correctly at this time.
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility 5.6
Select Time Capsule 1 and click Manual Setup
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Connect Using = Ethernet
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Power off every device in any order that you wish
Wait a minute
Power up the modem and let it run for minute by itself
Power up Time Capsule 1 the same way
Power up Time Capsule 2 the same way
Continue starting devices one at a time the same way until the entire network is back up

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On a reset i accidentilly hit the SES button, now on my ethernet connection, the "Secure Easy Setup" button is frozen white. i've browsed th web, found other people have encountered same problem.
i've spent probably 100 hours, trying many fixes, including your company's suggestions -- to no avail! (note: multiple reset attempts still won't fix this).
my PC and ethernet card work fine on other products, it's just that wtr54gs has now frozen me out by your proprietary SES-mode. i've tried, via the wireless set-up, assigning fixed ip ( e.g. : 192.168.16.100) to my ethernet + your suggsted 192.168.16.50 to re-flash firmware -- nothing works! can't even get a dhcp ip from wtr54gs,because the frozen SES-mode has my ethernet connectability completely frozen-out.
re-flash firmware won't go on wirelessly either, a "failure" message appears like "not suficient system resources" -- **bleep**! -- on my Windows task manager networking screen i see i'm sending megabits of
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i bought a D-link DWL-G730AP travel router, hoping theirs would be better, but it's very shoddy, very poor reception and difficult interface. i'm returning that. i long for the days when my Linksys product used
to work -- Please Help Me Fix It !!!
i used to use wtr54gs as a client-mode, connected to my PC via the ethernet connection, and the wtr54gs incoming internet connection was set to "wireless" -- all woked great, until this freezing-out problem.
if the SES-mode is internally permanently freezing me out on ethernet connectability, it appears i'm going to have to get a replacement ( as, other people on the web, similarly-situated, have stated).
my original purchase was about $60, but i see Amazon is recently selling the wtr54gs for $180!! -- i'm NOT buying a replacement at that cost!! please, either help me fix my frozen wtr54gs, or, since i'm
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[Oh Thanks to Linksys for sending this to me!]: Thank you for your inquiry! As we strive to provide our customers with the best support experience, we are discontinuing the email support channel for Technical Support Inquiries.
Linksys listened, and created a wide variety of tailored support options designed to get you what you need, when you need it, in a way that works for you!

On a reset i accidentilly hit the SES button, now on my ethernet connection, the "Secure Easy Setup" button is frozen white. i've browsed th web, found other people have encountered same problem.
i've spent probably 100 hours, trying many fixes, including your company's suggestions -- to no avail! (note: multiple reset attempts still won't fix this).
my PC and ethernet card work fine on other products, it's just that wtr54gs has now frozen me out by your proprietary SES-mode. i've tried, via the wireless set-up, assigning fixed ip ( e.g. : 192.168.16.100) to my ethernet + your suggsted 192.168.16.50 to re-flash firmware -- nothing works! can't even get a dhcp ip from wtr54gs,because the frozen SES-mode has my ethernet connectability completely frozen-out.
re-flash firmware won't go on wirelessly either, a "failure" message appears like "not suficient system resources" -- **bleep**! -- on my Windows task manager networking screen i see i'm sending megabits of
firmware data, but the wtr54gs only picks up about 10% of the sent amount -- seems the wtr54gs can't handle the speed my wireless adapter is sending it ( also connection is strong, i'm 4 feet away from it ). i don't know how to force data rate to go slower ( on ethernet card i've reduced rate + to half-duplex, but, of course that a no go, since the wtr completely has my ethernet connection frozen-out in the first place, my original concern!).
i bought a D-link DWL-G730AP travel router, hoping theirs would be better, but it's very shoddy, very poor reception and difficult interface. i'm returning that. i long for the days when my Linksys product used
to work -- Please Help Me Fix It !!!
i used to use wtr54gs as a client-mode, connected to my PC via the ethernet connection, and the wtr54gs incoming internet connection was set to "wireless" -- all woked great, until this freezing-out problem.
if the SES-mode is internally permanently freezing me out on ethernet connectability, it appears i'm going to have to get a replacement ( as, other people on the web, similarly-situated, have stated).
my original purchase was about $60, but i see Amazon is recently selling the wtr54gs for $180!! -- i'm NOT buying a replacement at that cost!! please, either help me fix my frozen wtr54gs, or, since i'm
covered by warranty, tell me the procedure to get a replacement / exchange.
[Oh Thanks to Linksys for sending this to me!]: Thank you for your inquiry! As we strive to provide our customers with the best support experience, we are discontinuing the email support channel for Technical Support Inquiries.
Linksys listened, and created a wide variety of tailored support options designed to get you what you need, when you need it, in a way that works for you!

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