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[hgroenewold]

I'm coming to the mountain top for help.  For some reason, my two Sony Blue-Ray players with wi-fi show 0% signal strength. All other devices on my network work fine.  All that's changed is that I added a new Vizio TV with built-in wireless apps to the network, could that somehow be causing problems?

Running Netflix through the new TV works fine. When I go to the Sony players wireless setup screen, my network shows up under available wireless networks and the signal strength bar there is all the way up indicating a strong signal.  Yet on the other network diagnostic screen it show 0% signal strength, makes no sense.

I unplugged the modem and router, let them sit for a while and plugged it all back in with the same result. Are there some settings I can check to make sure the players "see" the router?  I don't get it, I have changed no settings on the router and have only added the new TV.  What say you, wise one?

Thanks,
Hans

[FurryNutz]

Link>Wireless Installation Considerations
What wireless modes are you using? Under Setup/Wireless/Manual.
Try single mode G or N or mixed G and N?
Channel Width set for Auto 20/40Mhz or try 20Mhz only.
Try setting a manual channel to a open or unused channel. 1, 6 or 11. 11 for single mode N if the channel is clear.
What security mode are you using? Preferred security is WPA-Personal. WPA2/AES Only. Some WiFi adapters don't support AES, so you might want to try TPIK only or Auto. Or try disabling security as a test to see if they connect.

Try turning off Short GI, WLAN Partition,and Extra Wireless Protection if you have it. Under Advanced/Advanced Wireless.
Enable WMM Enable Under Advanced/Advanced Wireless.
Turn off all anti virus and firewall programs on PC while testing. 3rd party firewalls are not generally needed when using routers as they are effective on blocking malicious inbound traffic.
Turn off all devices accept for one wired PC while testing.

[hgroenewold]

I feel like a fool; after I posted I started thinking more about what had changed when I hooked up the new TV and had forgotten one small detail.

I had changed the password on the router and I used the new password on the new TV wi-fi setup and it works.

The two DVD players needed the new password. I went to the area that shows available networks, chose mine, it prompted me for the password which I entered and I was good to go.

I'm sorry and thank you for your help.

Best regards,
Hans

[FurryNutz]

Enjoy!

[hgroenewold]

Thanks, you're the best.

Hans

[FurryNutz]

Glad to be of service.