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Streaming on the TV has started to get very annoying....
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prowla said:B0bbyEwing said:prowla said:An Ethernet cable can be had on eBay or Amazon for not a lot.Sometimes they even come up on Freegle.B0bbyEwing said:...prowla said:Are you able to run a cable to your TV box and see if the issue still occurs with that?If you're running over WiFi then connecting via a cable instead would eliminate or suggest wireless as the issue.The network cable which you would use to connect the router to the streaming box is called "Ethernet".I assumed, based on your comment, that you'd returned the cable to BT, so was letting you know that they're not particularly expensive or you might even be able to get one for free (Freegle and Freecycle are websites where you can occasionally get such things for free).
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prowla said:B0bbyEwing said:prowla said:An Ethernet cable can be had on eBay or Amazon for not a lot.Sometimes they even come up on Freegle.B0bbyEwing said:...prowla said:Are you able to run a cable to your TV box and see if the issue still occurs with that?If you're running over WiFi then connecting via a cable instead would eliminate or suggest wireless as the issue.The network cable which you would use to connect the router to the streaming box is called "Ethernet".I assumed, based on your comment, that you'd returned the cable to BT, so was letting you know that they're not particularly expensive or you might even be able to get one for free (Freegle and Freecycle are websites where you can occasionally get such things for free).
I meant I wasn't quite sure why you were posting about ethernet cables when I've already said basically anything that has the option of cable IS cable.0 -
B0bbyEwing said:prowla said:B0bbyEwing said:prowla said:An Ethernet cable can be had on eBay or Amazon for not a lot.Sometimes they even come up on Freegle.B0bbyEwing said:...prowla said:Are you able to run a cable to your TV box and see if the issue still occurs with that?If you're running over WiFi then connecting via a cable instead would eliminate or suggest wireless as the issue.The network cable which you would use to connect the router to the streaming box is called "Ethernet".I assumed, based on your comment, that you'd returned the cable to BT, so was letting you know that they're not particularly expensive or you might even be able to get one for free (Freegle and Freecycle are websites where you can occasionally get such things for free).
I meant I wasn't quite sure why you were posting about ethernet cables when I've already said basically anything that has the option of cable IS cable.Ah - I saw "No extra devices have been connected to the WiFi, everything that was cabled before still is", but must've missed the finer detail; my bad.But it seems like you've got that angle covered
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