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Problems Streaming Media Files from NAS
At present I can access my NAS from my media player and play media files without any fuss. Unfortunately the movies will all freeze at some random time usually between 2-15 minutes. Once frozen, th...
Thanks for your help. The Orbi is setup in router mode, and the modem is in bridge mode.
I am able to stream media files stored on my Synology NAS to my pc, just not the beyonwiz media player. I have had no problems for over 5 years, until the Orbi was introduced into the network.
I have looked at the settings in the orbi and the NAS, but no changes appear to make any difference.
My calls to netgear have been very unproductive and I'm finding the situation very frustrating. I just don't understand why there is this problem when everything is connected via ethernet.
cmh75 wrote:
I am able to stream media files stored on my Synology NAS to my pc, just not the beyonwiz media player.
I seem to remember that some modems were fussy about the ethernet cables used when connecting to the Orbi (I think it was the Orbi).
Anyway it's not a big cost to get a new (cat6 perhaps) network cable to check.
- Are you running two network cables to your synology with link aggregation enabled? If so you’ll need to disable it and remove one of the connections. The orbi doesn’t work properly with it. When I was running with link aggregation enabled I’d get random freezes when streaming movies from the NAS.