My problem is I bought a smart Sony Blu-ray player and I stream Netflix and Amazon prime and it's located in the living room downstairs and the router is upstairs in the closet about 65 feet away. When streaming my TV shows I'll get a bandwidth warning and sometime the show will just stop streaming altogether. In the internet status section of the device signal quality is around 34% but fluctuating a lot anywhere from 10% to 44% this is with my Linksys E1000.
So I upgraded to a TP-LINK Archer C5 AC1200 which is a good mid-range product, but now the signal hovers around 70% but it still fluctuates a lot like all way down to 5% often like every 15 to 20 seconds for a couple of seconds then goes back to 50% then back to %70. Netflix TV shows do stream somewhat faster but I don't like the fluctuating after spending money on a upgrade. I spent like $80 on this router but I'd rather return it and spend more if I have to get a signal that doesn't fluctuate. The only thing in the entertainment center is the TV and a HD-DVR from Time Warner. I updated the firmware on the router by the way to latest version. I don't think there anything wrong with the router. By the way I shut off the 5GHz band in the router settings cause I don't have any thing dual band and I'm pretty sure the Blu-ray player don't have dual band capability. My smart phone when placed by the Blu-ray player it has low bars too.
So why is the signal fluctuating so much why can't it not stay steady, is it normal for WiFi to fluctuate so much cause my phone thorough out the rest of the home has max bars and stays that way.
I could move my router up one shelf or down one shelf but were just talking like 12 inches up or down so I doubt it will make a diff and it would be a hassle.
The question is I don't want to waste time and money getting another router and getting the same results, do you think if I upgrade to something even better will my signal stop fluctuating ? If you don't think upgrading will help then I'll keep the C5 cause it is better then what I had before.
The blu-ray I got is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TYFCJ8S/?tag=snbforums-20
I'm thinking about returning the C5 and getting either a NETGEAR AC1750 R6400 or maybe the TP-LINK Archer C8 AC1750 which is well ranked, there is the C9 but for some reason it's not ranked very high among the AC1900 routers. My budget is around $130.
Thanks
What should I do ?
So I upgraded to a TP-LINK Archer C5 AC1200 which is a good mid-range product, but now the signal hovers around 70% but it still fluctuates a lot like all way down to 5% often like every 15 to 20 seconds for a couple of seconds then goes back to 50% then back to %70. Netflix TV shows do stream somewhat faster but I don't like the fluctuating after spending money on a upgrade. I spent like $80 on this router but I'd rather return it and spend more if I have to get a signal that doesn't fluctuate. The only thing in the entertainment center is the TV and a HD-DVR from Time Warner. I updated the firmware on the router by the way to latest version. I don't think there anything wrong with the router. By the way I shut off the 5GHz band in the router settings cause I don't have any thing dual band and I'm pretty sure the Blu-ray player don't have dual band capability. My smart phone when placed by the Blu-ray player it has low bars too.
So why is the signal fluctuating so much why can't it not stay steady, is it normal for WiFi to fluctuate so much cause my phone thorough out the rest of the home has max bars and stays that way.
I could move my router up one shelf or down one shelf but were just talking like 12 inches up or down so I doubt it will make a diff and it would be a hassle.
The question is I don't want to waste time and money getting another router and getting the same results, do you think if I upgrade to something even better will my signal stop fluctuating ? If you don't think upgrading will help then I'll keep the C5 cause it is better then what I had before.
The blu-ray I got is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TYFCJ8S/?tag=snbforums-20
I'm thinking about returning the C5 and getting either a NETGEAR AC1750 R6400 or maybe the TP-LINK Archer C8 AC1750 which is well ranked, there is the C9 but for some reason it's not ranked very high among the AC1900 routers. My budget is around $130.
Thanks
What should I do ?
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