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re: My streaming quality sucks
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:14 am to t00f
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:14 am to t00f
I have no idea what any of this means. I guess I should get someone to come take a look at it. All I did was pick up the modem/router combo thing from Cox, plug it in, and it doesn't work too well. I'm tech stupid 
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Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:15 am to lesgeaux
modem/router combos are not very good. you should keep them separated.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:16 am to lesgeaux
It's the newest way to connect your wifi and a lot faster but you need to make sure whatever you are using to stream will support it. As an example the Xbox One does not support 802.11ac.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:18 am to lesgeaux
Get rid of the modem/router combo. Get a Motorola Surfboard sb6141 or a newer one if you want and a good router. That should solve your issues. When I had the modem/router from Cox my speeds were half of the 50mbps tier I was on. After getting a separate modem and router my speeds were regularly between 50-60mbps.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:21 am to lesgeaux
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All I did was pick up the modem/router combo thing from Cox
Found your problem.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:25 am to lesgeaux
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lesgeaux
Have you tried connecting the device you want to stream to via Ethernet to your router? Can you try that first?
At a minimum plug the laptop in via Ethernet and run speed test to establish a baseline on how fast your broadband actually is coming into your house.
The next step is to look into wifi signal issues. If you have a baby monitor unplug that.
Do you use apple or android? Download wifi analyzer and walk around your house seeing how string the signal is in different locations.
How close are your neighbors?
How many wifi networks other than yours can you detect in the house?
Remember others can hide the SSID so other radio interference could be going on even if you don't see other wifi networks.
Try connecting to both 2.4 and 5ghz if it supportsd both.
Change the channel on your router to the one wifi analyzer identified as having less interference.
All these things I mention are super easy even for tech challenged people.
This post was edited on 12/9/16 at 8:35 am
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