OK, looks like I got it using the ethernet connection. Hardest part was setting the fixed IP address, it was buried pretty deep in one of the menus. Then I set the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0.

Then I had a downlevel version of emplode that wouldn't work with my player. So when I finally got a more recent version installed it finally worked.

I copied a couple tunes to the computer's HD just to verify. Now I'm copying all the rest of the tunes. Looks like it's going to take 5 hours. Lucky I used my wife's computer. I am sure she will not be happy when she gets home shortly!

Thanks to all, especially Tony.