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Recommendations for an extender to work with a Roku Streaming Stick +. Please advise. VAcdr
TVA6 wrote:How big is your home? 1,400 sq. ft.
do you have the modem/router centrally located? NO
What speeds do you pay for? Up to 10Mbps
do you have your roku connected to 2.4ghz or 5ghz? 5ghz has significantly higher bandwidth. 2.4ghz
What are the interior walls of your house? Sheetrock and wood
A single router should easily cover your home if you can centrally locate it. You'll have better performance going this route versus adding an extender. problem with extenders if that they have to recieve and retransmit. this causes a significant reduction in speed and increases the latency. When your speeds are already only 10mbps, you'll be dropping quite low.
One thing to keep in mind is that you put your speeds at "up to 10mbps". If you hardwire into it, what do you get? This is kind of key as if they're saying "up to" but its averaging only 5-7mbps then you're going to struggle with streaming.
netflix recommends a minimum of 5mbps for HD streaming--https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306
Thats the absolute minimum and doesn't allow for much buffering ahead for content.
If you're boarderline on your bandwidth and have other devices connect, that could be whats causing you to drop lower and buffer.Also try to get your roku on the 5ghz if possible. It has quite higher throughput in comparison to 2.4ghz.
A few things you could work on such as router placment, bandwidth optimization (getting the full 10mbps), and placing your streaming devices on the best band. You could also check to see what speed upgrade would cost.
that's where I'd start.
TVA6 wrote:Recommendations for an extender to work with a Roku Streaming Stick +. Please advise. VAcdr
We need more info. many times an extender doesn't help and whats really needed is optimization.
How big is your home?
do you have the modem/router centrally located?
What speeds do you pay for?
do you have your roku connected to 2.4ghz or 5ghz? 5ghz has significantly higher bandwidth.
What are the interior walls of your house?
How big is your home? 1,400 sq. ft.
do you have the modem/router centrally located? NO
What speeds do you pay for? Up to 10Mbps
do you have your roku connected to 2.4ghz or 5ghz? 5ghz has significantly higher bandwidth. 2.4ghz
What are the interior walls of your house? Sheetrock and wood
TVA6 wrote:How big is your home? 1,400 sq. ft.
do you have the modem/router centrally located? NO
What speeds do you pay for? Up to 10Mbps
do you have your roku connected to 2.4ghz or 5ghz? 5ghz has significantly higher bandwidth. 2.4ghz
What are the interior walls of your house? Sheetrock and wood
A single router should easily cover your home if you can centrally locate it. You'll have better performance going this route versus adding an extender. problem with extenders if that they have to recieve and retransmit. this causes a significant reduction in speed and increases the latency. When your speeds are already only 10mbps, you'll be dropping quite low.
One thing to keep in mind is that you put your speeds at "up to 10mbps". If you hardwire into it, what do you get? This is kind of key as if they're saying "up to" but its averaging only 5-7mbps then you're going to struggle with streaming.
netflix recommends a minimum of 5mbps for HD streaming--https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306
Thats the absolute minimum and doesn't allow for much buffering ahead for content.
If you're boarderline on your bandwidth and have other devices connect, that could be whats causing you to drop lower and buffer.Also try to get your roku on the 5ghz if possible. It has quite higher throughput in comparison to 2.4ghz.
A few things you could work on such as router placment, bandwidth optimization (getting the full 10mbps), and placing your streaming devices on the best band. You could also check to see what speed upgrade would cost.
that's where I'd start.
Thank you