Rod Bishop
Member
My sister has been having normal internet service that her son had connected a few years back with a Cable Modem and a Netgear RangeMaxx router.
The router was installed at the time of installation but only her PC was connected in the bedroom where the Modem and router was installed.
She called me to help connect a a new Sharp HDTV with internet option so her husband could watch Netflix.
I set up the TV for Netflix and everything went great except when you try to access the internet the signal strenth says 5%. Her son picked up a Belkin ranger extender and plugged it in the kitchen on the TV side of the house 18 feet away from the router.
The signal on the internet jumped to 80%, sounds great but Netflix keeps streaming to 25% then 55% then 75% then the movie begins to play for 30 seconds and starts the download cycle stream again.
The Router is 18 feet from the Rangeextender thru 1 wall to the kitchen and oped line of site 20 more feet to the TV.
The distance from the router to the TV is less than 50' and has a problem withthe streaming.
So, she ran to Bestbuy and picked up a better Netgear router that has 900-1300 speed which the salesman said would be better.
The problem is the same results as the old router and extender.
Neither Netgear router has external antennas, Any ideas?
The router was installed at the time of installation but only her PC was connected in the bedroom where the Modem and router was installed.
She called me to help connect a a new Sharp HDTV with internet option so her husband could watch Netflix.
I set up the TV for Netflix and everything went great except when you try to access the internet the signal strenth says 5%. Her son picked up a Belkin ranger extender and plugged it in the kitchen on the TV side of the house 18 feet away from the router.
The signal on the internet jumped to 80%, sounds great but Netflix keeps streaming to 25% then 55% then 75% then the movie begins to play for 30 seconds and starts the download cycle stream again.
The Router is 18 feet from the Rangeextender thru 1 wall to the kitchen and oped line of site 20 more feet to the TV.
The distance from the router to the TV is less than 50' and has a problem withthe streaming.
So, she ran to Bestbuy and picked up a better Netgear router that has 900-1300 speed which the salesman said would be better.
The problem is the same results as the old router and extender.
Neither Netgear router has external antennas, Any ideas?