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joanb
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Random buffering!!

Can anyone shed some light on an issue we're having.  As far as we can tell our current Broadband speed is 38.6mbs (according to Plusnet website).  Our (new) TV downstairs works well and we can happily stream TV/programmes etc from all of the iPlayers.

We have two older TV's upstairs that suffers really bad buffering 99% of the time.  We have just one router and all use the same Wi-Fi.  Because of our set-up at home the three TV's are pretty much the same distance from from the router/WI-Fi.  Just can't work out why one TV works really well the other two are unwatchable.  It's not like we are using all three TV's at the same time.  I'm reasonably tech savvy but just don't understand what is going on here.  Haven't reported anything to Plusnet just yet.  Any advice will be greatly appreciated. 

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Re: Random buffering!!

Signal strength is probably the cause of upstairs.

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Re: Random buffering!!

Had similar with a tv upstairs, i ended up adding a wi fi repeater to boost the coverage area upstairs.

 

I used one of these & set it up in to repeater mode: http://www.tp-link.com/lb/products/details/cat-12_TL-WA801ND.html

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Re: Random buffering!!

The distance might be the same, but what matters with wifi is signal strength, reliability and hence data throughput. Walls and floors can make a big difference.

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Re: Random buffering!!

If you have a smartphone then get a free app such as WiFi Analyser. You can then walk around your house and monitor the signal strength at each location. You may also find that you are swamped by a neighbour at one location that is fine at the router location. If this is the case then manually change the router channel.

At the end of the day for reliable streaming you will never beat an Ethernet cable.

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Re: Random buffering!!

 joanb wrote:  Haven't reported anything to Plusnet just yet. 


 This is a wireless issue. It will be a waste of time reporting this to Plusnet as they are only contracted to supply broadband to your router. Wireless issues inside your property is outside of their responsibility.

 

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Re: Random buffering!!

i had a similar issues with a upstair TV with WIFI , the answer was to buy another Powerline adaptor  and leave the WiFi for Tablet and phones Thumbs_Up

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Re: Random buffering!!

Moderator's note:

Moved to appropriate board.

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