New Router

[blando233]

Hey guys,

I am trying to find a good router for video streaming. I bought the Amazon fire for netflix etc and the router will stop working then i have to reboot it etc. Any ideas on a good router for video streaming?

 

[jmacavali]

What's your internet speed?

What router do you have now?

 

[blando233]

it is 50 MBps and router is dlink dir-655.

 

[jmacavali]

Are you certain it's the router and not something else? Can you confirm that no other device can stream while this is happening on the Kindle Fire?

I would just hate for you to get a new router and then still have the same problems.

 

[blando233]

Well i called Time Warner and we did speed test and everything was fine but right when i use amazon the internet goes like crap. The light on the front of the Amazon Fire is white for connected then after a bit it will go yellow meaning it was disconnected or lsot connection. I got upstairs and the rought light went from Blue to yellow as well. So i am thinking it would be the router.

 

[jmacavali]

Do you have other wireless devices? Take your Kindle Fire to a coffee shop or some other place that has wifi and see if the same thing happens.

Do you have a computer hooked up to your router? What if you stream from it?

 

[blando233]

If it is just laptops connected to the wirless and the amazon is off it works fine. Once kindle is on thats when the internet is on and off.

 

[jmacavali]

What security do you have setup on the wireless? Does the kindle support it?

 

[blando233]

Oh crap forgot that i will have to check when i get home. Would that matter since it connects and works but then say after 10-20 minutes it will have to buffer and sometimes it never comes back until i go reboot the router.

 

[jmacavali]

Maybe...but probably not.

Can you stream the same movie from a laptop?

What service are you streaming from? How close are you to the router?

It's up to you, I just don't want to see you go spend $60-80 on a router, only to have the same thing happen again.