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Discussion topic: Sky stream

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This message was authored by: kjmulholland

Sky stream

I am constantly having issues with Sky Stream. I’ve not had uninterrupted viewing since moving over to Sky. It's atrocious. I've checked the Wifi connection and it's 912 Mbs. …just Stream fails to work. 

 

 

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This message was authored by: lettice

Re: Sky stream

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Having a good local network is a key factor for having a reliable experience with Sky Stream.
Not just broadband speed to your house and router, but for your local network supply via wifi or ethernet, that can be affected in a busy household or can suffer from some local interference.

Best way to test is via a network speed test on each of your Pucks.
Launch Netflix on your pucks (you do not need to be logged into it, if you do not use netflix) and scroll down the left menu to Get help.
Choose Check Network.
Would suggest running the test a few times, over say a half hour period during tests.
What is your speed for each puck?


Also, it may be suffering from interference. More often seen as an intermittent blip.
Not always a cure, but the following may help to resolve;


Make sure you have a good 6-8 inches free on all sides of the puck.
Do not stack the puck on top of any other device.
The puck performs better generally when the puck is in the open, not tucked away in a cabinet or sat directly behind the TV.
Make sure you have no other devices that can cause interference closeby, like cordless phones, radiators, baby monitors, smart meter in home displays, microwaves and the like.

Plus, change both your pucks to following recommended settings set in Settings>
Set Network standby mode to ON.
Turn wifi OFF under Network if connected via ethernet.

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