Home Theatre addition, Samsung BD-J5700 Blue Ray Player, will not automatically connect to my Airport Extreme based Home Network. Do I need new network addresses to manually input, i.e. IP, DNS, etc.?
Almost all devices will connect to an existing network with their default settings using a process known as DHCP, which automatically assigns the correct information that is required to connect to a network. Although it might be possible to manually enter the network settings to allow a device to connect, this is rarely required.
As for your connection issue, let's start with the basics......since you do not indicate whether you are attempting to connect the Samsung player using a wired Ethernet cable connection or a wireless connection.
Which method are you attempting to use?
Note......A wired Ethernet connection is by far the easiest type of connection to set up.....and is always recommended for best performance in terms of speed.
If you are trying to set up using wireless, is the Blu-Ray player located where other wireless devices can receive a strong wireless signal and connect to the network without difficulty?
Do all of your other wireless devices connect correctly, and it is just the Blu-Ray player that is having issues?
Which operating system.....Mac or PC......are you using to set up the Blu-Ray player? If you have a Mac, we assume that it is running the current El Capitan operating system, or another recent system like Yosemite, Mavericks, or Mountain Lion. Is that correct?
Your Samsung should automatically detect whether it is connected to wired or wireless network. Like Bob has mentioned it uses DHCP to obtain the appropriate IP addresses from your AirPort Extreme.
On your Samsung, what is it displaying on the Setup | Network window? Does it show "Wired" for an Ethernet connection or "Wireless" for a wireless one?
I also addressed this in the other post you participated in: Connecting Samsung Blu Ray Player
Ok, I am back. I am getting a lot of good input to my original post, and I have more questions, but first let me try and answer all the questions put to me.
Firstly, my internet connection, all devices on my AirPort network are wireless, and each device is visible on the AirPort Extreme Utility App device pop up screen. These devices include, Mac Pro laptop, El Capitan, HP laptop, Win.10, 2 iPhones, 2 mini iPads, Directv, HP Printer, and 3 undefined Home Theatre connections. I need to get clarification on the latter 3 connections. All of these devices, absent a power outage, are connected 24/7. We have had several outages over the past year and, in each instance, when the power came back all device connected to the internet with no action on my part, other than, maybe, selecting the network to connect to, being required.
I now understand that my network configuration includes two routers in series, the combined ATT Modem / Net Gear Router and the AirPort Extreme router. I also understand that my Airport setting in this type of configuration is incorrect and should be set at "Bridge." This "serial" set up is attributable to my stupidity.
In previous networks in a Comcast ISP environment. I had a Modem and a router providing wired and wireless connectivity to the internet. The most recent router with Comcast was the Airport. In this new set up with ATT I dismissed, without thought, the Net Gear component and installed the Airport. When each device,as detailed above, joined the network, without so much as a hiccup, I assumed all was well. It was always evident, when a device needed a reconnect, that in addition to the AirPort network and neighborhood networks, there was a ATT network and a Directv.network available. I never attempted to use either of these networks.
Now comes the Samsung BD-J5700 Blue Ray Device which I am attempting to wirelessly connect to my network. There is a internet connection set up function within the overall blue Ray set up procedure that I am using. One of the screens looked for and located my wireless networks and it displayed, among several, the AirPort and ATT networks. I selected AirPort and I kept getting various messages that indicated "unable" to connect to the network and the internet or connected to the network but unable to connect to the internet. I should note here that this was all after I had entered an IP address, gateway etc manually. The auto connect function had failed repeatedly so I tried the manual route. I looked at the settings of several connected devices and used those settings changing only the last box on the IP address to a new number. In most instances the failed message also suggested I contact the ISP provider.
I called Samsung and the best they could do was to advise that I contact my ISP provider. I then contacted ATT and at first they didn't want to talk to me because of the AirPort being between the device and the ATT Modem/Router. It was suggested that I could try to set the device up on the ATT network. We did this and lo and behold it worked. I now have 2 active networks in play and how that plays out over time I don't have a clue. The Blue Ray is connected to the internet but I would prefer having all devices on the same network, hence my post for help.
Given what I have heard so far I have a few questions:
Since I am not using the AirPort as a repeater and the AirPort and the ATT modem/router sit side by side, should I consider moving all the devices to the ATT network and then simply disconnect the AirPort?
Does the AirPort bring any advantages to the table otherwise not inherent in the ATT Net Gear device
If I leave the AirPort in place and change its setting to "Bridge" what will happen to the connected devices? Will there be a transparent shift to ATT addresses and no required action on my part?
Lastly, thanks to all who have responded to my post.
I was not aware that you had posted your question previously, but now notice that Tesserax has provided some information for you. Since he answered first, I'm going to wait and let that thread continue.
Two active threads is very confusing to track, so I'll keep tabs on your other post.
You are in good hands with Tesserax, but if I see something that I can add that might be useful, I'll do so.
Since I am not using the AirPort as a repeater and the AirPort and the ATT modem/router sit side by side, should I consider moving all the devices to the ATT network and then simply disconnect the AirPort?
Yes, on both parts. If you do not need to extend the AT&T wireless network, then you can simply remove the AirPort base station from your current network configuration. As you guessed, just connect all of your network devices to the AT&T gateway. (Note: A gateway is another name for a combination modem & router.)
Does the AirPort bring any advantages to the table otherwise not inherent in the ATT Net Gear device
Not really.
If I leave the AirPort in place and change its setting to "Bridge" what will happen to the connected devices? Will there be a transparent shift to ATT addresses and no required action on my part?
When changing the AirPort to a bridge will allow the AT&T gateway to provide the required IP addressing to network clients connected to either router. However, you would still have, at least, two potential issues with this configuration:
... so, as you can see, just removing the AirPort base station should solve all of your issues with your Blu-ray player.
Ok, I am going to move to the ATT network. I am going to move each device separately and confirm functionality before proceeding to the next. I will let you know how it works out. Thanks for your input and patience.
I am trying to connect a Samsung BD-J5700 Blue Ray Plater to my Home Network, it will not connect automatically, do I need new addresses,IP, DNS, etc. to connect?
