conecting directv to internet

Omardeth · November 2nd, 2009, 12:45 AM

direct tv has on demand now and to use it you have to connect your dvr to the internet . well my dvr is to far from my router to have a wired connect so i can't just simply connect it to the router . they do have an adapter that you can connect with a wireless connection . but the adapter they have on there website is 80$ .

well i found this Newegg.com - D-Link DGL-3420 IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11a/b/g Ethernet Port Wireless Adapter Up to 108Mbps Wireless Data Rates 64-, 128-bit WEP
WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA - TKIP PSK) - Wireless Adapters for 50$ and i was wondering . will this work for what i want to do ? has anybody else out there done what i would like to do without using the expensive directv equipment ?

**GroundZero3** · November 2nd, 2009, 08:05 AM

What wireless router do you have?

That is pretty much all you need, what kind of distance are we talking about between the two devices? If you have a laptop I would sit it where this device will be just to see how your signal will be.

Omardeth · November 2nd, 2009, 03:11 PM

its about 60 feet from the router as the crow flys ,but the atic is an elbow crawl so i don't wanna do it that way . the router is airlink AR525W . but there is a laptop about 15ft from the dvr . maybe 30 ft of cable to wrap around the room behind the couch .

**GroundZero3** · November 2nd, 2009, 04:59 PM

That device should work perfectly fine for what you want to do

Omardeth · November 4th, 2009, 04:28 PM

just to finish this off so others searching will get a fix for my problem

I had a laptop in the same room , so i got a patch cable and connected it to the laptop , and connected it to the drv.

went into the network setting and hightlighted the wireless connection for the laptop and the local area connection , right clicked on it and clicked on bridge .

went into the drv and set it up . boom it was done