powerline works without a router or not?

[kingfencer]

i'm trying to connect my pc straigt to my media player witout a router, will it work? its a dlink.

[audit13]

Are you using a Windows PC? If you can assign a static ip address to your dlink, you may be able to map the drive in Windows.

[jacky28]

Yes. Just make sure both are on the same subnet.

[arm2000]

Take a look here:
http://www.conniq.com/WinXPNetworking_Ethernet_direct_connection.htm
It applies to Xp and Vista but shd be similar for Win7. Note that you can safely disregard the crossover cable. Nowadays all cards have auto-crossover so you can use any cable

[gman]

Take a look here:
http://www.conniq.com/WinXPNetworking_Ethernet_direct_connection.htm
It applies to Xp and Vista but shd be similar for Win7. Note that you can safely disregard the crossover cable. Nowadays all cards have auto-crossover so you can use any cable

It is pretty obvious that OP can't use a cable to connect two machines.

[lostintransit]

please explain your present setup more clearly
is the computer that you want to connect to your media player currently connected to a modem for internet?is it also connected via ethernet?

You want to buy a powerline connector so you can also connect your media player so you can stream from your pc? because the media player doesnt do wifi?

my advice, do it properly. buy a router, then buy your powerline kit