Making a TV with an ethernet port go wireless?

turpentyine

I have a Panasonic plasma tv it has an ethernet port on the back so you could watch youtube on it and stuff.
I was wondering if there is an adaptor that can make it connect to wifi? I dont want to run a long cat5 cable across my house to the my router its too far away.

DeathPrawn

You can buy a (~$40-50, most likely) wireless router, flash it with custom firmware like DD-WRT or Tomato, and then configure it to be a wireless bridge. Basically you would plug the TV into the router, which would in turn connect to your wireless network and forward the connection to the TV.

rfalias

DeathPrawn wrote: »

You can buy a (~$40-50, most likely) wireless router, flash it with custom firmware like DD-WRT or Tomato, and then configure it to be a wireless bridge. Basically you would plug the TV into the router, which would in turn connect to your wireless network and forward the connection to the TV.

:^:
This would be your best bet!

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Bridge

DD-WRT article on it, if you go this route, give it a looksee to make sure you get the right gear.

turpentyine

No cheaper solution? I was hoping for one of those usb wireless connectors only with ethernet instead of usb. Do those exist?

turpentyine

Would it work if i get something like this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10311&cs_id=1031102&p_id=5345&seq=1&format=2

and then get one of those wifi usb dongles?

AtomBomb

No, the usb is going the wrong way.

illig

look into wifi adapters for old consoles... they're designed to do exactly what you want (i.e. be a wireless bridge to a wired network connection)

something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WGA11B-Wireless-B-Game-Adapter/dp/B0000AJVBW/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1250294779&sr=8-22

Just FYI, they'll be pretty expensive ($50-60) if you can even find one.

rfalias

At 50 bucks you might as well get a router.
WRT54G is around 50 on newegg right now.