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Whiskyman wrote: Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:29 pm
Shortshanks wrote: Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:22 am

Did you mean "football plus" ? The sports links on the filelinked number I gave are almost at the bottom. Yeh I bet if they were in the relegation zone they would let you play on lol. I'm going to watch grandson play this afternoon as well. Another good filelinked number is 27256340 btw.
Yes I did mean Football Plus. Thanks for the tip that they're all in the relegation spots. ;)
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We’ve just bought a 4K fire stick for £29.99 from Amazon in the pre-black Friday sale .

I’m going to set it up in the bedroom on my old Philips tv ( got a new smart tv downstairs) but I’ll have to run it through wi-fi as my router is downstairs .

This house has atrocious signal when using smartphones etc when upstairs so I envisage having problems with the fire stick . Ideally I’d be setting up an Ethernet connection but as that’s not possible anyone have any suggestions to boost signal strength ?

Are those wifi-boosters any good etc ?
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Newmarket wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:09 am We’ve just bought a 4K fire stick for £29.99 from Amazon in the pre-black Friday sale .

I’m going to set it up in the bedroom on my old Philips tv ( got a new smart tv downstairs) but I’ll have to run it through wi-fi as my router is downstairs .

This house has atrocious signal when using smartphones etc when upstairs so I envisage having problems with the fire stick . Ideally I’d be setting up an Ethernet connection but as that’s not possible anyone have any suggestions to boost signal strength ?

Are those wifi-boosters any good etc ?
I would have a look at Devolo (or equivalent) powerline adaptors. You can connect by ethernet then using your existing electrical sockets assuming they are on the same circuit. I use them to connect a desktop computer upstairs.

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Shortshanks wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:21 am
Newmarket wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:09 am We’ve just bought a 4K fire stick for £29.99 from Amazon in the pre-black Friday sale .

I’m going to set it up in the bedroom on my old Philips tv ( got a new smart tv downstairs) but I’ll have to run it through wi-fi as my router is downstairs .

This house has atrocious signal when using smartphones etc when upstairs so I envisage having problems with the fire stick . Ideally I’d be setting up an Ethernet connection but as that’s not possible anyone have any suggestions to boost signal strength ?

Are those wifi-boosters any good etc ?
I would have a look at Devolo (or equivalent) powerline adaptors. You can connect by ethernet then using your existing electrical sockets assuming they are on the same circuit. I use them to connect a desktop computer upstairs.
I live in the house that Jack built and I’ve been banging on to the Landlord for ages about loads of stuff including getting the electrics totally rewired . And although I’m not certain , I’m pretty sure they are different circuits which rules out that option .

Have you had any experience with boosters ?
I’m considering one of these :

https://dis-dot-dat.net/range-xtd-review/

Or paying somebody to run a 50 yard Ethernet cable down the outside of the house for me 🙄
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Newmarket wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:09 am We’ve just bought a 4K fire stick for £29.99 from Amazon in the pre-black Friday sale .

I’m going to set it up in the bedroom on my old Philips tv ( got a new smart tv downstairs) but I’ll have to run it through wi-fi as my router is downstairs .

This house has atrocious signal when using smartphones etc when upstairs so I envisage having problems with the fire stick . Ideally I’d be setting up an Ethernet connection but as that’s not possible anyone have any suggestions to boost signal strength ?

Are those wifi-boosters any good etc ?
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Newmarket wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:23 am
Shortshanks wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:21 am

I would have a look at Devolo (or equivalent) powerline adaptors. You can connect by ethernet then using your existing electrical sockets assuming they are on the same circuit. I use them to connect a desktop computer upstairs.
I live in the house that Jack built and I’ve been banging on to the Landlord for ages about loads of stuff including getting the electrics totally rewired . And although I’m not certain , I’m pretty sure they are different circuits which rules out that option .

Have you had any experience with boosters ?
I’m considering one of these :

https://dis-dot-dat.net/range-xtd-review/

Or paying somebody to run a 50 yard Ethernet cable down the outside of the house for me 🙄
I had a BT Booster for work. It was really good. Ethernet from router to booster plugged in the wall then other booster plugged in upstairs with Ethernet cable from that to computer. Was like I was in the same room as the router.
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Newmarket wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:23 am
Shortshanks wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:21 am

I would have a look at Devolo (or equivalent) powerline adaptors. You can connect by ethernet then using your existing electrical sockets assuming they are on the same circuit. I use them to connect a desktop computer upstairs.
I live in the house that Jack built and I’ve been banging on to the Landlord for ages about loads of stuff including getting the electrics totally rewired . And although I’m not certain , I’m pretty sure they are different circuits which rules out that option .

Have you had any experience with boosters ?
I’m considering one of these :

https://dis-dot-dat.net/range-xtd-review/

Or paying somebody to run a 50 yard Ethernet cable down the outside of the house for me 🙄
No, I've only used powerline adaptors. I would try if at all possible to hardwire because what I've read and from my own experience wifi is not ideal for streaming. Found it so much better when I used ethernet and my router was in the same room when using wifi.

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Does the Firestick have an ethernet port?

If not, when using it on your TV, open the bedroom window and hang the whole lot out there. Should be fine

Anymore questions, let me know
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jameskel wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:32 pm Does the Firestick have an ethernet port?

If not, when using it on your TV, open the bedroom window and hang the whole lot out there. Should be fine

Anymore questions, let me know
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