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monty77

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Mar 4, 2005
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UK, South Coast
Had this problem for a while. Apple TV says it can't find my shared library although network connection is still OK (youtube works). In iTunes the ATV isn't listed on the left and in preferences it's status is shown as 'syncing'.

A reset of ATV or iTunes doesn't fix this, but if I restart the router everything is OK again. I downgraded ATV firmware, still the same. I put in my old Netgear 54g wireless router, and as far as I can make out bar extensive testing the problem goes away so I'm thinking the router - a Linksys WAG160N - is to blame.

What 'n' routers are people using here that they do not experience issues with? Or should I give up with wireless and get the ATV a nice wired connection to solve the problem? My Netgear 54g router works great on wireless, but performance isn't quite good enough for HD streaming - I get loss of sound/video sync and dropped frames, plus takes a few seconds to start playing after skipping chapters etc ...

Cheers!!
Monty
 
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