“network type - wired” please can someone explain
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| 1 | Hi - bought an 8 yrs old Samsung tv - has ‘smart’ tv capability but I cannot connect. When on Network Settings it says “network type - wired“, also “plug a network cable into back of tv”. barrie2 - 2021-09-14 13:30:00 |
| 2 | You'lll have to plug it into the router with a network cable. If it's too far to run the cable you could but a PowerLine extender and plug the TV into that using a network cable nice_lady - 2021-09-14 13:46:00 |
| 3 | have a look in the tv network settings to see if it is wifi capable - being that old may or may not be... Edited by king1 at 1:51 pm, Tue 14 Sep king1 - 2021-09-14 13:51:00 |
| 4 | That too. nice_lady - 2021-09-14 14:02:00 |
| 5 | Shame that plugging in a USB wifi dongle won't work. I bought a Vodafone TV box, $179, which is wireless and presents TV channels, ondemand etc, use just one remote. Edited by gyrogearloose at 2:55 pm, Tue 14 Sep gyrogearloose - 2021-09-14 14:54:00 |
| 6 | Or connect a wireless device in infrastructure station (client) mode to Ethernet interface of TV. Note: I love wires and don't endorse my above suggestion. Edited by spyware at 3:04 pm, Tue 14 Sep spyware - 2021-09-14 15:03:00 |
| 7 | spyware wrote:
The PowerLine extender does that only better. Wires. nice_lady - 2021-09-14 15:11:00 |
| 8 | Apple TV or similar box can connect to your Wi-Fi then hdmi cable to the tv. pcle - 2021-09-14 17:21:00 |
| 9 | Thanks for all replies. As TV was only for rumpus room, costing little over $100 I will be satisfied with that. Just wondered when I noticed the barrie2 - 2021-09-14 19:44:00 |
| 10 | It'll work anywhere that it gets a connection. Did you look thru the network settings to see if it HAS got WIFI connection capability? nice_lady - 2021-09-14 20:15:00 |
| 11 | What model telly please? tygertung - 2021-09-15 07:58:00 |
| 12 | Wired means exactly that...using a network cable which is far more reliable than wifi anyway. lythande1 - 2021-09-15 08:20:00 |
| 13 | lythande1 wrote: My observation at myprevious house was that reserving a DHCP range on the router and assigning a fixed IP address on the television gave a very reliable result. There was something about the television not being able to negotiate a new address over wifi when the IP lease expired. gyrogearloose - 2021-09-15 08:26:00 |
| 14 | Frankly any smart functionality on an 8 year old TV is likely to be disappointing. Take the TV to the router, and plug it in with a short network cable, and see if the functionally is useful, before investing in putting in a network cable, or getting powerline gear. (your router likely came with one, but if not a 2m one is $5 from pbtech). Suggest you might be better getting some kind of modern streaming box / stick that plugs in via HDMI and has built in wifi. s_nz - 2021-09-15 09:29:00 |
| 15 | OP here…. again thanks for replies to which I can answer here:- barrie2 - 2021-09-16 22:26:00 |
| 16 | OP again. s_nz I tried your suggestion complete with Wan/Lan cable. [“ It looks like you are offline <br/> Please check your internet connection and try again “] With taking tv upstairs to router there was no aerial connection. barrie2 - 2021-09-17 11:58:00 |
| 17 | Read the manual: pcle - 2021-09-17 12:04:00 |
| 18 | Page 58 of that manual shows how to do the automatic network setup. Did you do that? OnDemand requires an aerial connection as well as the network connection, see: https://freeviewnz.tv/faq-library/freeview-on-demand/antenna gyrogearloose - 2021-09-17 12:16:00 |
| 19 | barrie2 wrote: You could try to reset the network settings in tv - may have had a static ip set or some such. or factory reset the tv. king1 - 2021-09-17 12:17:00 |
