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Old 12-10-2020, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill1701 View Post
We already have Roku sticks and love them but have found some buffering issues unless your TV is close to your router.
Just as a note, most 2.4ghz routers default to channel 6, if there are a lot of routers nearby all sitting on channel 6, you'll have that. Setting your router down to channel 1 or 11 will help a lot. 2.4ghz channels bleed a lot so that's why going to either end helps.

If you're on 5ghz, most of the channels are discreet, so it's less of a problem, just change it off of the default. Range is also smaller, so there is less interference. At this time though, most older TVs and such aren't on 5ghz. That's usually limited to recent phones and tablets.