I'm trying to connect Sony Blu-Ray BDP-S580.

I've managed to set up the wifi through Airport. However, the player states that the internet connection has failed. When I tried to set up manually, it wants a default gateway number and a secondary DNS number. I can't find these. When I went to Sony's help page, it directed me to choose a router. I can't find this on my mac either. Please help.

AEConfidential wrote:
Shouldn't the wiring in the wall act like a hub with the router plugged into one wall jack?
No.  cat5 wiring doesn't work that way.  Unlike phone wiring where all the wires are connected together, cat5 wiring connects point-to-point between two Ethernet devices.  You need a continuous cat5 path from the blu-ray player to the router.  The patch panel merely provides a termination point for each cable. 
The easiest thing to do to get this working is to take a cat5 patch cord and use it as a jumper from the jack going to the blu-ray player and the jack going to the Actiontec router.  That will give you a continuous connection between the two devices.
Longer term, if you want to add devices in other rooms that have a cat5 cable, you will need to add a switch as viafax999 suggested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_switch
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=30&Tpk=ethernet%20switch&Order=PRICE
You will need to connect the jack going to the Actiontec router as well as the jack going to each room where you want an Ethernet connection to the switch.  The number of rooms you want active will determine how many ports you need on the switch.

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