Hi
I need help with a networking issue relating to my broadband, use of a fake IP address, and my mac book and home cinema.
In short, I bought a Panasonic Blu Ray system, entirely legit, on Amazon. However, they sent me a German spec model and have refused to exchange it!
It has a 'live' networking system that should allow me to access the internet and use net flicks app, bbc iPlayer app etc. However, as it's the German spec, I can only access an app that has German or Bollywood movies. I have changed the country setting to the UK, whcih has lost some of the German Apps, but I still cannot download the English language apps as, to complicate things further, I have moved to Spain. I therefore need to trick the Home Cinema into thinking it is in the UK to access the Panasonic UK market, to download the UK apps.
So, I can currently connect the Home Cinema to my wifi router direct no problems.
I subscribe to HotSpot Shield and can use this to mask the laptop's internet.
I have therefore tried to use my laptop to share its internet with the home cinema, and use Hotspot Shield to project a UK IP address to trick the home cinema.
However, when I try to share my mac book's internet using wifi from router to laptop, and ethernet cable from laptop to home cinema, it falls down. The home cinema only recognises the Home Network (DNLA) but cannot connect to the internet. The laptop says that "Ethernet has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the Internet." This is regardless of whether HotSpot Shield is running.
In summary, the router works fine. The Laptop and Home Cinema can connect and access the internet individually, direct to the router. When I set up the Mac Book to share it's internet wifi, using an ethernet connection to the Home Cinema, the ethernet light is orange instead of green in system preferences and it gives the above message about self assigning..
On the Home Cinema setup page I can input the following:
IP Address Auto Asignment (On-Off)
IP Address (manually enter)
Subnet Mask (manually enter)
Gateway Address (manually enter)
DNS-IP Auto-Assignment (On-Off)
Primary DNS (manually enter)
Secondary DNS (manually enter)
Connections Speed Auto Config (on-Off)
Connection Speed Setting -
The mac book is maybe 4 years old. The Home Cinema is a Panasonic BTT350.
I would be very grateful for guidance as to what settings will work...else I'll be forking out for a new system and I can't afford that...
Thanks in advance!!!
I need help with a networking issue relating to my broadband, use of a fake IP address, and my mac book and home cinema.
In short, I bought a Panasonic Blu Ray system, entirely legit, on Amazon. However, they sent me a German spec model and have refused to exchange it!
It has a 'live' networking system that should allow me to access the internet and use net flicks app, bbc iPlayer app etc. However, as it's the German spec, I can only access an app that has German or Bollywood movies. I have changed the country setting to the UK, whcih has lost some of the German Apps, but I still cannot download the English language apps as, to complicate things further, I have moved to Spain. I therefore need to trick the Home Cinema into thinking it is in the UK to access the Panasonic UK market, to download the UK apps.
So, I can currently connect the Home Cinema to my wifi router direct no problems.
I subscribe to HotSpot Shield and can use this to mask the laptop's internet.
I have therefore tried to use my laptop to share its internet with the home cinema, and use Hotspot Shield to project a UK IP address to trick the home cinema.
However, when I try to share my mac book's internet using wifi from router to laptop, and ethernet cable from laptop to home cinema, it falls down. The home cinema only recognises the Home Network (DNLA) but cannot connect to the internet. The laptop says that "Ethernet has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the Internet." This is regardless of whether HotSpot Shield is running.
In summary, the router works fine. The Laptop and Home Cinema can connect and access the internet individually, direct to the router. When I set up the Mac Book to share it's internet wifi, using an ethernet connection to the Home Cinema, the ethernet light is orange instead of green in system preferences and it gives the above message about self assigning..
On the Home Cinema setup page I can input the following:
IP Address Auto Asignment (On-Off)
IP Address (manually enter)
Subnet Mask (manually enter)
Gateway Address (manually enter)
DNS-IP Auto-Assignment (On-Off)
Primary DNS (manually enter)
Secondary DNS (manually enter)
Connections Speed Auto Config (on-Off)
Connection Speed Setting -
The mac book is maybe 4 years old. The Home Cinema is a Panasonic BTT350.
I would be very grateful for guidance as to what settings will work...else I'll be forking out for a new system and I can't afford that...
Thanks in advance!!!