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    My laptop wont stream videos, etc...

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by cam1john, Jul 29, 2010.

  1. cam1john

    cam1john Newbie

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    So I'm 15 feet from my router, and my laptop says I'm getting full signal. I just purchased the samsung r780, which is more than capable to say the least to stream video, etc. It will, but it buffers and freezes more than it plays. What is wrong here? I'm getting full signal, I even sat 1 foot away to see if it helped, and I didn't really notice a difference.

    Any thoughts? I'm pretty frustrated right now.

    I thought I was going to be able to play WoW wirelessly, and I can't even play videos. Uggghhh
     
    cam1john, Jul 29, 2010
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    How fast is your internet connection?
     
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    cam1john Newbie

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    It's my friends. The router is a motorola 3347, it seems like DSL.
     
    cam1john, Jul 29, 2010
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    cam1john Newbie

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    this mean I'm SOL unless the router and speed is updated?

    this is what myspeedtestonline.com says about my dl and ul, is it accurate?



    Last result:

    Download speed: 150 kbps (18.8 KB/sec transfer speed)

    Upload speed: 583 kbps (72.9 KB/sec transfer speed)

    Ip: 71.220.226.177

    Country: United States
     
    cam1john, Jul 29, 2010
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    cam1john Newbie

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    i was downloading a game through wifi, as well as trying to stream media. this is why it kept on buffering? i turned off the download, and it works pretty well now. that was the problem? my isp is qwest dsl 7 mbps
     
    cam1john, Jul 29, 2010
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    yep, you simply just ran out of bandwidth.
     
    cloudbyday, Jul 31, 2010
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    ok so i have a dell lattitude820. I have it hooked by vga to a lg 1080p lcd. the tv recognizes the laptop and can surf the web but wont play any of my movies.. they play on the laptop and tv says invalid format.. how can i fix this? thank you


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    For connecting to remote desktop of another computer (via internet or network) and controls. Also connecting to VNCServer through Repeater or directly to VNCServer and a lot of other configuration options. For moredetails VNCServer
     
    gili123, Aug 3, 2010
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    Don't thread hijack
     
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    It's not a hijack, it's an ad - look at the sig. Lots of them popping up recently.
     
    woofer00, Aug 3, 2010
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