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Mateos Weinzapfel
Hi - I am having serious issues downloading and streaming content on my Deco x60. In particular, streaming or downloading content on Netflix is a problem (on my ipad, iphone, and tvs). I frequently get an error. I have also tried changing my IPv4 DNS, turned off (and on) beamforming and fast roarming.
In addition to the netflix issues, other streaming services sometimes do not work. Finally, when I try to download large files for work, it only downloads 3-5MB of the total and then stops and says download failed.
On all of the devices, other services, such as google, youtube, etc. work and have no issues. And when I test the internet speed, it says I have no problems, with over 100 Mbps down and 40 mbps up. Thank you for your help.
I was testing it again, and it seems like it isnt as much of an issue when I am connected to the main deco, only to the mesh ones. Not sure if it matters, but I am using ethernet cables to backlink with the main deco. The problem is that I am mainly connected the mesh / endpoint decos, not the main one. Also, it appears that if I connect to the main deco (over wifi), download something on netflix, and then go to a different area and use the mesh, streaming sometimes works for a short period of time, then fails again.
I have a Blu-Ray player ... I have been using this for over a year ... I will often completely lose connection ... I thought this might be a wireless issue so last week I hard-wired the blu-ray player to the Actiontec ... This has not helped ... Should I be requesting an updated set top box?
Your Blu-Ray player is not affected by your STB, although when you connect wirelessly the Actiontec is obviously a possible culprit. The same is true when you connect wired to the Actiontec, and that's certainly a possible offender. Both the Blu-Ray and the STB are network clients on your home network and act independently (within certain limits such as IP assignments, etc.).
You need to investigate where the bandwidth issue arises, and one of the first issues to address (after the router) is your Internet connection speed. What is your subscription? It's possible (if somewhat unlikely) that your speed is too low and results in the buffering issue.
Not to be a pest, but your Blu-Ray is NOT connected to the STB. It's connected to the display device and usually by HDMI. OTOH, if you are using the Blu-Ray to stream content, it is connected to the Internet via the Actiontec router, either by Ethernet or via wireless. In any case, keep us posted and we'll keep trying on this end.
If you haven't already, try streaming Amazon onto your notebook. Wireless. If that works, the problem will be the Blu-Ray. I'm ignoring the cable to the TV because that would not cause the connectivity problem you are having.
I am having tha same problem, but the problem occurred when we switched to Fios from Comcast. Ever since then we have been unable to stream Netflix without it crashing, or failing to connect. It is either one of two problems. It could be a compatibility problem with the wireless range extender, or Verizon is chopping the signal when the bandwidth reaches a certain level, whether it is mine, or based on a majority signal. We went with Fios because we wanted a stronger signal, but we ended up getting a weaker signal. One problem, is not just internet it is also when there are a combination of TV and internet signals going on at once. You might have two TV's on and one of them is streaming Netflix on a player, and another person is surfing the web. Fios should be able to handle this because Comcast with a lower mbps can. Maybe Netflix runs less efficient on Fios and uses up more bandwidth? Who knows? But the problem for me started the day we switched over to Fios.
Same problem here, just switched over from Comcast 50/10 package to Verizon 75/35. Speeds are better than whats rated on speedtest.net. But I get cut outs on the connection using Spotify, Netflix and Vudu. Now heres the big problem, its not wifi since my house is wired for ethernet. All PCs and TVs are wired and drop outs happen regardless of wired or wireless. Also this seems to happen more during the hours of 4-10pm. I'm debating just going back to Comcast and getting rid of this headache.
Why oh why isn't someone from Verizon (tech support AND management) monitoring this thread and posting their thoughts/advise so all can read? I have stuck with Verizon thru all my problems because I have a work-around but I csn understand why there are a lot of upset people out there, some of whom are switching back to other suppliers. Verizon seems to have gotten too big to bother dealing with individual subscribers and their phillosophy seems to be to ignore a problem (or re-direct a user to their useless web-support) and it will go away.
I'm very interested in this thread as I'm having the exact same issues. I've got an internet ready LG TV with a direct ethernet connection to the Actiontec router. In the past few weeks I've suddenly been getting awful buffering and dropping out many times during Amazon streaming shows. And it is happening during 'prime time' (6-9pm)
Amazon told me the same thing--that my records show excellent bandwidth streaming with sudden complete drops. The tech said it looked like the provider was using some sort of Speed Burst that was dumping a ton of data and then 'resting' before sending the next packet--obviously not what one wants for Streaming unless a huge amount is pre-buffered.
I assume it is Verizon but they are impossible to get hold of and when you do, it is rare to get a tech who understands and can diagnose the issue, so any input you all have would be great. I don't know of any way to adjust the HD streaming of Amazon to either increase the buffering or lower the transfer rate (which Hulu does let you do), and I hate to have to switch to SD after bothering to pay for all the HD stuff.
At about 7pm I log into Amazon streaming via Sony S790 bluray player. I have 35mps Fios and the system is hardwired. Connection speed at log in is 15mps. I choose the program I want to stream. Initial speed is still 15mps. After about 1 minute you can watch the speed drop from 15mps to 0.5mps in about 30 seconds. I then get a message to contact my ISP because of the low speed. After about 2 minutes the streaming resumes for about 30 seconds and the whole cycle repeats.
Started watching Amazon at 5:30pm (PST), 15mps. Worked fine until 6:58 when speed went downt to 2mps, streaming paused, message to contact ISP. Streaming resumed after about 1 minute. This happened three times in row. Then speed went to 25mps and I had no further problems.
That doesn't make sense to me. With my prior cable provider my best connection speed was around 1.5mps. At that speed I never had a problem streaming content from Amazon. I didn't encounter problems until it dropped below 1mps. Depending on the content I was ok at under 500kps.
I don't doubt the problems being related in this thread are real. But I suspect the connection speed is not the real culprit. Something else is going on and the speed issue is just a symptom of the real problem.
Latest input from a Verizon tech was that I examine the spitters I have and maybe reduce the number. I did and I only have the one 5-way 7.5db splitter that Verizon installed and a 2-way unmarked splitter that I installed between the Verizon splitter and the Actiontek router. It's possible but I don't think this is the problem.
Hi everybody. Just wondering if anyone has figured out a solution to the Netflix vs Apple tv streaming/buffering issue. This is stupid, since Apple is usually on the cutting edge of things. I recently upgraded my internet to a faster provider, and this seems to have only increased the problem. I can stream Netflix just fine on my MacBook, iPhone, and an old Blueray player, but on my Apple TV, can watch a max of 15-17 min., before it freezes. I have an older (gen 1?) Apple TV, thought that was maybe the problem, got a 2 or 3 (how can you tell the dif?), anyway, no go, same problem. I know about turning off the 'send data to Apple', since that causes a lot of freezes, did that, also downgraded my playback settings on the Netflix account page to 'low', but at this point, the only way to watch an entire program all the way thru is to watch on this 5yo Blueray player, which has a very archaic menu, not good for choosing shows. This is so silly. I searched the net and came across this thread telling you how to access the streaming menu to slow it down on "most streaming devices", to do something like up, up, down, down, left, left, right, right, thing with the remote, and a hidden menu was supposed to pop up permitting you to slow the streaming settings, but no go, this must have been for a ps3 or something idk. Btw, no problems with any of the other channels on the Apple TV, HuLu, Smithsonian, Ted Talks etc., all work just fine, actually better with the new faster provider, but now Netflix (which actually worked not too badly with the other old slower internet provider, minimal tolerable freezes), gets caught in this buffering/streaming logjam no matter what I do. And yes, I also tried running an ethernet cable directly to the router, which I never had to do before, but this actually slowed down my service, WiFi is better, also went onto the router config page, tried alternate channels #1, 6, 9, 11, ended up coming back to default channel #6, which gave me both the fastest download and upload speeds according to SpeedTest.com. So I have been sitting here with my MacBook logged into the Linksys config page, will change to a different channel, run SpeedTest Ap on my iPhone, try another channel, run SpeedTest again, etc., etc., and this is how I arrived at where I am now, have been fighting this whole thing for a couple weeks now. Does anybody have any additional ideas or insight? If an old Blueray player can have streaming that works, then I can't believe an Apple TV cannot permit me to config its settings to the same, so I can get this whole thing ironed out. Thx, any feedback is much appreciated.
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