Connecting Smart TVs to Internet

[atrociousity]

Greetings Earthlings...!

Has anyone used a direct connection to the TV, ie without a router. My 51E550 does not bring up the browser for me to log in to Beam's http interface.

Here's another little issue which, if resolved, can help me connect. If you guys can shed light on any of the issues, it will be a great help.

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I was using an ADSL broadband connection till now. I switched to a Plug N Play cable internet now. It doesn't require any router. I need to enter a user name and password in the ISP's browser interface to connect. Is there anyway I can use the now useless WAG120N as a wireless router?

 

[baijuxavior]

Did you try connecting the LAN port of the cable modem to router?. If it doesn't work then you can share the internet connection from PC, but it will require the PC to be ON.

 

[atrociousity]

There is no cable 'modem'. It's just a cable that comes into the living room with a RJ45 jack. How do you make ICS work?

 

[ranjeetrain]

You must use a router between your smart TV and your Internet cable. Look at this post: http://www.hifivision.com/television/29653-how-use-wi-fi.html#post415087

Most of what I wrote there will apply to your case. You need to setup your router to connect to your provider on the WAN port and provide the connection to your TV on the LAN port.

 

[ontherocks]

Greetings Earthlings...!

Has anyone used a direct connection to the TV, ie without a router. My 51E550 does not bring up the browser for me to log in to Beam's http interface.

You can log into Beam using a PC/Laptop, then pull out the ethernet cable from the PC/Laptop and connect it to TV.

Here's another little issue which, if resolved, can help me connect. If you guys can shed light on any of the issues, it will be a great help.

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I was using an ADSL broadband connection till now. I switched to a Plug N Play cable internet now. It doesn't require any router. I need to enter a user name and password in the ISP's browser interface to connect. Is there anyway I can use the now useless WAG120N as a wireless router?

Connect WAG120N using a RJ45 cable to one of the ethernet ports in WAG120N. Configure a static IP, then from router's web configuration page, disable DHCP. That should do it.