Dropouts on ethernet

Hi, I use love film instant on a wired connection. I have been having dropouts, when the speed drops to about 1meg for a while then shoots back up. It interferes with the film playback. My speeds are high 50s and high teens. I don't get this wirelessly. I have read somewhere, perhaps here, there is an issue with the HH. Any help would be much appreciated. Adam
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In that case, you could try a factory reset of the HH3,
also try plugging the cable into another port on the HH3,
also try a different ethernet cable.
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