But noticed that Roku was on and was degrading the computers thruput. It is off now and we are back to usual whizzing speeds.
Sure. Only so much water can go through a pipe. ROKU/any streaming vid chews a huge chunk of bandwidth.
You don't need wi-fi for your Roku or computer internet. Get a Cat 6E ethernet cable and hard-wire that puppy in.
How big is yer pipe?
Roku should only eat about 5Mbs
When you run video devices, the bandwidth is excessive.
FReeping takes almost no bandwidth except when loading a page.
If you need to, select the smaller page load setting. It may speed up your page loads.
I have mine set to 250, but you may want to go to 50 or lower if possible. You’ll load your pages faster and that may help you.
Probably happens with any device downloading megadata at the same time as computer is on the internet - I notice that when wife and daughter are streaming a movie or the latest “Downton Abbey” on the smart DVR at the same time I’m on FR for example, I’m waiting lots longer for threads to pop up for reading - just the way it is apparently....
My Roku is hard wired. I have Road Runner, and have no decrease in speed on either of my computers while watching streaming on my Roku.
Depends on how big your pipe is and what else is running. Do you have other devices streaming at the same time?
We have a solid 8-10Mbps down and can easily run 3 streaming devices (Roku, AppleTV, BlueRay, etc.) at once, plus several browsers and not have any issues.
I use Roku in 4 bedrooms and a living room. When company is here everybody can settle in at night and watch netflex or Amazon prime. Everything is wireless and the router handles it all quite nicely.
you are probably too picky
What is your cable internet level of service?
How many other devices are running at the same time?
My service used to be around 18 Mbps and I could have 2 streaming football games, a baseball game, a hockey game and a Netflix movie going without any degradation.
It can depend on your ISP. Mine is sometimes glitchy, especially when they are working on the equipment or lines.
I believe you can also adjust the picture quality setting on Roku so it isn’t trying to grab the highest-definition signal. You can change from 1080p to 720p and probably not notice the difference but you aren’t making your Roku and router work as hard which can free up more bandwith for other items.
On another note, bought a Sony Model BDP-S2500 Blue-ray player that is supposed to be wireless. I have the manual but am unable to get a screen menu item allowing me to connect to our WIFI. Any suggestions?
But keep everything on the Wi-Fi as I believe anything hard wired in will take signal away from the Wi-Fi router. Think about it this way: If someone on the Ethernet (hard-wired) straw is drinking up some of the bandwidth there's not as much left for the thirsty people using the Wi-Fi straws.
In my rather large home, I can run multiple instances of Netflix on various tablet and computer devices wirelessly throughout the house while the main Roku in the family room is also running wireless. Unless I get to a corner of my house, where reception drops off, I never have any issues.
Get a wifi router that has the ability to do QOS ... you can put a cap on how much bandwidth and or it priority for it getting for the Roku compared to other devices
basically you can put Roku on the fly standby basis he gets bandwidth only one other devices aren’t using it
If you haven't already done so, go in to the Roku network setup, and reset the network connection. If you're using WiFi, you will have to re-enter the SID (name) and password for the WiFi router. If you are using a network cable between the router (or cable box) and the Roku, then you won't need to supply any information.
That might help.
I know someone that has trouble with their Roku. It is hardwired to a newer Comcast gateway box. If they pause a show on Roku it degrades Wi-Fi to the point of barely being usable. Start viewing Roku and Wi-Fi returns to normal. They have plenty of bandwidth. There could be other issues, but the above problem is repeatable. I was hoping a firmware upgrade would eventually take care of the problem, but it looks like the solution is to ditch the comcast gateway box.
All WiFi “CAN” behave differently for each installation.
Some folks will have better results than others.
Excellent results are not to be expected.
You can try playing the antenna adjusting game, moving the router and checking for better overall results.
You are at the mercy of the worst connection, it may pull the other connections down with them.
WiFi routers come in different flavors and so do the client devices. you could possibly have a fast enough (150or300mbs)WiFi router but some device demands slower speed and the whole WiFi system kicks down to accomodate it.
A wired ethernet port on the other hand never has to share.
Excellent results are to be expected without variation.
Often a 10/100 wired ethernet connection easily outperforms a 300 WiFi connection because the signal on the wire is not very succeptable to radio interferance and has no competetion for the limited resources.
An imperfect analogy is 10 people having 5 different conversations. If they are shouting from room to room there could be issues. If they are using old school telephone handsets they can conversate with less chance of interfering with others. (assume polite conversators)
Try moving the roku device antenna or the router antenna.
If the router allows you to select the WiFi channel try a different one.
If that fails try running a wire to the roku.
Only change one thing at a time and retest.
Use it up,
wear it out,
make it do,
or do without.
:)