derekoharrow
Standard Member
I am having intermittent problems with my home WiFi network which is badly affecting my video playback.
Firstly, here's my setup.
My "server" is my old HTPC - a dual core with 4GB of RAM running Windows 7 Pro. This uses a D-Link DWA-140 USB 802.11n WiFi adapter, with latest drivers. It is sharing media to my HTPC just as a network share (i.e. not streaming).
My "htpc" is a Revo R3600L, 2GB RAM, running Windows 7 Home Premium. This also has a D-Link DWA-140 USB WiFi adapter, with latest drivers. I use ZoomPlayer to access and play the files from my server.
My router is a D-Link DIR-615 with firmware v4.11. Both PC's connect fine and are, normally, connecting at 270mbps (I've set both PC's to use AES to ensure this happens).
The problem is that sometimes, for no known reason, the speed of the wireless network drops - sometimes to as low as 13mbps - at which point video playback becomes at best stuttered, but generally stops or hangs altogether.
I've tried everything I can think of to work around this, including setting the Wireless Channel to one that doesn't seem to be used by any of the neighbours.
Anyone got any ideas how I can fix this?
As an aside I also have a WD TV Live + D-Link DWA-140 and this never seems to stutter or hang - perhaps it's more resilient to network problems?
Thanks
Firstly, here's my setup.
My "server" is my old HTPC - a dual core with 4GB of RAM running Windows 7 Pro. This uses a D-Link DWA-140 USB 802.11n WiFi adapter, with latest drivers. It is sharing media to my HTPC just as a network share (i.e. not streaming).
My "htpc" is a Revo R3600L, 2GB RAM, running Windows 7 Home Premium. This also has a D-Link DWA-140 USB WiFi adapter, with latest drivers. I use ZoomPlayer to access and play the files from my server.
My router is a D-Link DIR-615 with firmware v4.11. Both PC's connect fine and are, normally, connecting at 270mbps (I've set both PC's to use AES to ensure this happens).
The problem is that sometimes, for no known reason, the speed of the wireless network drops - sometimes to as low as 13mbps - at which point video playback becomes at best stuttered, but generally stops or hangs altogether.
I've tried everything I can think of to work around this, including setting the Wireless Channel to one that doesn't seem to be used by any of the neighbours.
Anyone got any ideas how I can fix this?
As an aside I also have a WD TV Live + D-Link DWA-140 and this never seems to stutter or hang - perhaps it's more resilient to network problems?
Thanks