![]() When watching Netflix via my Apple TV the movie just stops and freezes. I noticed in the settings for Apple TV the signal strength will go to nothing then back to 3 or 4 out of 5. It doesn't do this all the time. Would purchasing a Wi-Fi booster/extender correct this issue and if so any type better than others. My router in behind a plastic door in a storage closest that also has a door, and to add to that the room where my Apple TV is has a door. The router cannot be moved the way it is setup and wired in the newly built apart. See link for some extenders that I could get at a local store. How easy is it to set them up? Is it just a matter of plugging it in and it links to my system? Thanks for any info or suggestions with this. Here is my current equipment setup: (1) ARRIS Touchstone TG2472 Modem provided by Cocego Cable - this is of course for our cable tv and also provides phone and internet. (2) Airport Express is plugged into the Modem above. My macbook works fine but it seems to be a signal issue in the other room when watching Apple TV. It might, wifi problems are hard to diagnose remotely. A booster can only boost what it gets, so if you put the booster where it has poor signal, then it can only repeat poor signal. In your head, imagine a straight line from the aTV to your router, what all does it pass through? (walls, furniture, anything) (what are the walls made of, is there plumbing in the wall) are you able to reduce the number of things it hits somehow? Move the aTV out from behind the TV. Move the router to the other side or outside of the cabinet it's in. A User manual and quick installation guide CD are available with this wireless WiFi adapter for Windows 10; With the advantages like support to the dual bands i.e. 5MHz and 2.4GHz, and the working range of as low as 2.4GHz, the N-USB wireless adapter from Panda is. If you have a lot of close neighbors, you could try changing the channel on the wifi. Hardwiring is the best option, but if that doesn't work for your layout, take a look at 'power line networking' you can even get a box that has wi-fi built in to boost for your other devices. You would put one box by your router, and run ethernet to it from your router. You would put another box in the TV room, the aTV would connect to that box via wifi or ethernet. The 2 boxes would connect using the power lines between the 2 outlets they are plugged into (obviously, they need to go straight into the wall, no battery backups) if you're using the router supplied by your provider. Those can be not so good. Disable the wifi in that router, and get one of the new mesh routers (orbi, eero to name a couple) that will be a few hundred $$, and depending on how your house is, it may not be perfect, but it will be better than the provider router. You are running quite old and wifi access point. But as it is the n-model already, it supports 5GHz as well, just not simultaneously with 2.4 (as soon as you have a 2.4GHz client connected, everyone is downgraded to 2.4 WLAN). First thing I'd do - to move to 5GHz WLAN, the ether is still much less crowded there. Second - a better wireless router/access point with more MIMO antennae and perhaps 802.11ac WLAN would be a wise upgrade. That old Express can still be used as AirPlay Audio device and a USB print server. This is an issue that plagued me for 5 years with 2.4ghz WiFi. ![]() IMO 2.4 should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER be used. It's just damn terrible. It's so prone to interference. An example is that I have 400mbps fibre. On 5ghz setting is shows 429mbps. Now if I try the 2.4ghz it fluctuates - sometimes 400mbps and THEN other days it is 0.5mbps due to interference. I have a scanner on my router and it shows PLENTY of neighbours using channels 2, 3, 7, 9 even though only 1, 6 and 11 should be used. The person using ch3 is wiping out all channels 1 to 7. Sadly only 13 was useable on the 2.4. Also once a month or 6 weeks some eternal interference seems to wipe out the entire streets 2.4. A guy was mentioning this at the gym the other week who lives a 15 minute walk from me!!!!!!! Try using 5ghz as it's less prone to inference AND have 16+ channels as opposed to 3. I have switched off my 2.4 signal on my router so that nothing uses it. I regard 2.4 as very pre 2012! Bluetooth, neighbours, baby monitors, microwave ovens, cordless phones all interfere with it. Not good when streaming a continuous film. If you still have problems then do as the majority of people that i've spoken to regarding WiFi and hard wire it using the Ethernet port. WiFi is great for web browsing etc BUT when streaming a 2 hour film without interruptions, it can be a totally difference experience!
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