Hi 

I've opted to go for a simple wired (ethernet) network to stream HD movies and hi-res audio from the desktop in my office to two other rooms in the house.

My ethernet-equipped Panasonic BluRay player connects to the internet perfectly well but won't connect with local hard drives in the office. It's quite happy patched directly to a laptop, as it has its own IP address. However, connecting to my desktop machine means going via the router, which is assigning a generic IP from the DHCP pool and basically doesn't work. It would almost certainly work if I bypassed the router (and went wifi for internet) just as it does for the laptop, but of course this defeats the purpose of a wired network.  

So do I need to add another router into the chain? I'm no whizz with networks and can't quite get me head around it, but I'm thinking I should be using the Technicolor just as a modem? If so, how do I set it up?

Thanks in advance