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5GHz wifi for one. No 802.11n/802.11ac on 5GHz at all. The airwaves are crowded where I live. There are so many networks and sources of interference that any 2
by dangrossman 12y ago
5GHz wifi for one. No 802.11n/802.11ac on 5GHz at all.
The airwaves are crowded where I live. There are so many networks and sources of interference that any 2.4GHz network I set up inevitably drops out constantly. I've had 3 different routers.
The solution was to move to 5GHz. Pretty much everything else in the house can run on 5GHz and stay connected to the internet that way. Chromecast can only connect to 2.4GHz networks, so I have to run one for it, but it doesn't see devices on the 5GHz network even though they're on the same LAN.
- matt_heimer 12y agoMy 5GHz devices can seem my 2.4GHz Chromecasts. You don't have wireless isolation on in your router do you? Has to be a router setting. 1 access point or 2?
- elif 12y agoright but if the link from the router to the chromecast is 2.4GHz you're still going to suffer. Source: I couldn't use anything but "low quality mode" in my old apartment building unless i wanted artifacts and buffering every 30 seconds