[Merged]20meg, Router and video streaming

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 10:26

I share my 20mb broadband from virgin media with 1 other desktop pc via a belkin G router - both PC's are connected via wires to this router. The problem is whenever watching streaming videos or music the buffering stops halfway through.

Is this beacuse this router (which was Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£39.99) is unsuitable for highspeed internet and if so, what router is best for 20MB broadband?

Richy99 · 31-10-2007, 10:27

any router that has a 10/100 wan port will be suitable

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 10:38

Ok thats fair enough - i checked and my router does indfeed have 4 10/100 ethernet ports

the internet is running fine on both computers at the same time however live streaming of music and video is interrupted and stops halfway through and wont go any further

why would this be?

do i need to buy a faster router?

Richy99 · 31-10-2007, 10:42

those are the LAN ports not the WAN port, the WAH port is where the lead from the modem plugs into the router, thats the internal speeds you will receive, what model router is it?

the streaming stopping could be many factors really

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 10:47

Its a belkin wireles G router model F5D7230-4

here is the spiel from belkin "802.11g technology is the easiest wireless network to implement. The Wireless G Router uses the wireless 54g 2.4GHz standard to offer you 400 feet of wireless coverage. "

Richy99 · 31-10-2007, 11:09

if you arent using wireless then its irrelevant

it appears that it is 10/100 for the wan port, might need to check your network card settings to see what they are on

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 11:20

ok will do that - what should these be set to?

whenever i used the cable modem directly connected to either PC separately there was no streaming problems

however its only when i connected the router has this happened. this is why i thought there was something wrong with the router

is it possible to stream on 2 computers at the same time - maybe that was why me and my housemate were encountering problems?

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 16:48

If i have 20mb broadband directed to 2 pc's via a wired router, is it possible to stream video on both pc's at the same time?

AntiSilence · 31-10-2007, 16:51

Yes

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 16:55

i thought so too but every time i watch for example a video on youtube it will stop buffering suddenly halfway through or even sooner and i cant see the rest of it
what else could be the cause of this?

Richy99 · 31-10-2007, 16:58

you asked this earlier didnt you? was there need to start another thread?

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 16:59

i wasnt happy with your vague reply

MovedGoalPosts · 31-10-2007, 17:00

Thread's merged. If you wern't convinced about a reply given, you can always request some elaboration

liam1978 · 31-10-2007, 17:06

you know when i moved into my new house they only had the 2mb package - it took me and my housemate ages to work out how to split the internet effesctively over 2 computers. ehternet switches did not work from the virgin modem. (yes, we are very computer illiterate!)

however we decided shortly after that (maybe 3 weeks ago) to ring up and upgrade to 20mb - it might be the case this hasnt happened yet??

if we were on 2MB would that make a difference?

MovedGoalPosts · 31-10-2007, 17:09

dual streaming from 2 meg might be a tad more tedious yes. What speed downloads do you get? You may be able to log into your modem to see what it's config is set to.