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Now that your player is connected to an Ethernet switch, the next
step is to allow access to your Internet provider from your computer.
You need to activate Internet sharing on Windows XP.
It will default an IP address of 192.168.0.1 to your computer.
Go to the player connection menu by pressing [MENU] and select MY
PLAYER. Then select PREFERENCES -> INTERNET and finally
CONNECTION.
Now select CONFIGURATION on the screen and change AUTOMATIC to
MANUAL.
As shown in the example, the
following parameters were typed
in.
IP Address as 192.168.0.5,
Netmask as 255.255.255.0,
Gateway as 192.168.0.1,
DNS1 as 192.168.0.1
The IP address (change the 5)
must be any number between 2
and 255.
The SMTP server information is provided by your Internet service
provider.
Press [BLUE] to save your options.
Troubleshooting:
If you experinece problems with connection to the Internet, change
the DNS1 value to the address number given by your Internet service
provider.
To check whether your player is connected to your PC, open a
COMMAND window on your computer. (Go to START->RUN and type
CMD -> then Enter). Type PING 192.168.0.5 and press Enter. Reply
message should appear. If not, check everything as per above and
try again. Also try restarting your player by the power switch.
To try your connection, go to the Internet page by typing channel
number 954 and type in a web address.
Connecting to a Router.....
If connecting directly to a router, simply activate DHCP serving on it.
Check the manual for the router on how to do this. Connect the
Ethernet cable to one of the ports and at the CONFIGURATION
option, select AUTOMATIC on the player.
To check whether your player is working on your Ethernet network,
at the Internet browser type the address as about:tcp .