Dongle Speed

[jazzy_dave]

I still have problems with You Tube videos even with the Sky hub. It is just too slow a speed to stream and i believe the problem lies with the wi-fi dongle on my laptop.

It is a Netgear 150 Mbps dongle and i have just realized it not suitable for streaming videos. What i think i really need is a dual-band 300 or 600 Mbps dongle for reliable streaming. This is why i have not posted many music videos at home but only when i have been using a library machine. Netgear do a 600 Mbps USB dongle which does not cost much more than the current dongle.

Hence i intend to upgrade it, and sell the old one on Ebay.

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good idea!

*HUGS*

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what a dongle is. :p
But maybe I need one. Youtube tends to load slowly for me. :o
Hugs, Jon

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Ah I am not the only one!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

If I am directly on youtube's site it seems to take forever to fully load anything. I have always blamed the fact that they have too much on every page to load up. :o
Wanna see one video, wait while I load up 50 more that you won't watch. Ugh...

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good idea to upgrade the dongle and sell the old one. It is no good if You Tube videos are not streaming!

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

It's not likely to be the dongle's connection speed. YouTube videos are only around a couple Mbits/s - even the humblest of cards from a few years ago won't have difficulty with that throughput. I'd look at the ISP first, doubly so with Sky - does the problem only occur when wireless? (I've been exclusively wireless for several years, across a few machines and routers, though I first dipped my toe into the WiFi waters in 2001. That's not been the weak link)

Hold off spending that money!

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

I think it is the laptop throwing a wobbly. But hey ho we shall manage.