The best network for an ATV is an ethernet cable.
Failing that, I recommend a QOS-enable WIFI router.
With a 2006 iMac serving via gigabit to an Airport Extreme then wirelessly to 2 ATV3's on different floors in an old granite, thick walled house I never, ever get stutter problems. I strongly disagree it's bad wireless setup.
With a 2006 iMac serving via gigabit to an Airport Extreme then wirelessly to 2 ATV3's on different floors in an old granite, thick walled house I never, ever get stutter problems. I strongly disagree it's bad wireless setup.
Then how can it be that Airplaying videos from my iPad3 to ATV3 always drops the connection! Even if the file is just 45secs long?! It's really annoying and I suspect the WIFI connection. Anything else wouldn't make sense to me.
The AirportExtreme is in the same room btw. Both bought last month.
Does the same happen if you use a cable between the router and the ATV3?
...So I tend to think your issues might have more to do with your WIFI modem.
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... I don't think the wireless unit in the ATV is bad, it might depend on the router. We use a Time Capsule.
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My router is a new Airport Extreme. I don't know how it's configured since my brother set it up. Is 5GHz the default nowadays? Anyway, we'll see how a wired connection works out.
But still, it is peculiar that noone seems to have the same kind of problem. Everyone always reports "stuttering". But my issue is the dropped connection.
Configure your Airport Extreme to make a separate 5GHz network and connect your ATV to it. You might have some interference on the 2.4GHz network.
Also: I recommend to everybody with wifi problems the free app "NetSpot". Install it, turn it on and check the wifi coverage in your home. Maybe you can discover some problems with it.
Hi,
Since its has 100mbit, is it better to use 5ghz wireless network? Its a little bit choppy whem streaming form the macbook air. Thanks
I can try. But I think I will run an ethernet cable first. I've always preferred wire to air connections anyway. There's just more drilling involved
That's where powerline adapters come to the rescue. Also if you have a bunch of devices in your AV cabinet that need wireless or wired network like I do, you can hide a multiport switch behind it which is fed from the powerline adapter. Then you can cable everything in there, which frees up the wireless for other things.Sure, if you have the possibility to use a wired connection, go for it. I just don't want to lay out a 15 meter long cable through 2 walls
Depending on the quality of your router, distance and obstacles, generally the ATV3 should be fine in playing most files wirelessly. However, if you plan to stream blu-ray rips, you pretty much have no choice but to hard-wire. Still, it beats the WDTV where even hard-wiring isn't suffice (only USB will work).
My wireless router in real world performance is faster than 100mbit (I usually get around 150mbit on Netgear WNDR3800), yet on the ATV it syncs about 35-40mbit. Great device, but wireless capabilities aren't it's strongpoint.
Wired will always be better than wireless. Wireless will never beat wired when it comes to latency. Period! There is so much overhead and interference with wireless that you will never get a good solid connection. Just run the wire and you will be happy.
Hi,
Since its has 100mbit, is it better to use 5ghz wireless network? Its a little bit choppy whem streaming form the macbook air. Thanks