CG's Moans and Groans - But Wireless N solves ever...
Hallo All,
You know me on these forums to have a ruddy good moan, well this time I'm gunna have a ruddy good discussion.
The other night I was trying to stream a 750MB video file of Stevie Nicks singing live in Chicago from my lappy (which is a tad slow now, bless her) via my PS3, however it was pee farting around, stopping and starting and though hang on, is my laptop playing silly **bleep**'s or is is something else!
Anyhow, I have that new BT Home Hub 3 - so I cant say if these settings are on the BT Home Hub 2 but what I have done is selected within the Wireless Options for just Wireless N - no slow B & G but just wireless N - sounds groovey doesn't it, well it is!
I have found that nearly all my devices including my little laptop, iphone and iplods run pretty well, plus I was able to watch Stevie Nicks video flawlessly - I was thinking of watching The Only Way Is Essex but thought I don't want to depress myself!
Also, I have found my Internet to be just that snappier, which means CG is a happy happy bunny (see the fluffy ears).
Anyhow, slight moan, still waiting for BBC iPlayer on Vision but understand its all down to that Client ID etc so can hang on for a while, if you are finding things slow and you have enjoyed my comical post (print it go on, laminate if you want, I will sign it for a small donation) but I also hope it helps!
Tra La
CG Over An Out
Just thought I would update that any type of media that I play back on any of my 3 systems, there is interference, not just with MP3's..
Ive also found that if I disable the router in setup my media files play back just fine..Also if I just simply disable the N adpater on any particular system the media files will play back just fine on that system..
Also, if I use my wireless G connection internally from my laptop my media files play back fine..So this is definately a wirelss N issue..Im suprised that I cant find any information about this anywhere.
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I will do this when I get back to the townhouse this evening.
Just so that I am prepared for tonight - I want to confirm and ask a few questions on the "options" and note a couple things I noticed that may help with answers...
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