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ryanpc
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Jan 15, 2019
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Are there any ideal Netgear Orbi settings for streaming 4K content over Wifi?

Plex and the like seem to be choking on any 4K/HDR content I throw at it. Assuming it's not the system (new Mac mini with fastest cpu) or the client (4K AppleTV), I'm wondering if something about my ...
  • ekhalil's avatar
    Jan 15, 2019

    The following Orbi settings can affect you maximum throughput:

    - WMM, a QoS setting which gives priority to media packets.

    - MU-MiMO: allowing multi spatial stream sending/receiving for devices that support MU-MIMO

    - Implicit Beamforming, which allows much better data transmissions boost in the mid-long range device setups.

    - If you can wire devices to Orbi then this will for sure give you better bandwidth.