How far away can the WiFi hotspot be from the ROKU?My router is is not in the same room as the TV.
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Mine is not in the same room either; my router is in the back of the house and I have no trouble at all. I was amazed at the service roku offers.
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My router is in the bedroom and my Roku-3 is in the living room next to the TV. It works just fine.
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I have our roku3 in an up stairs bedroom and it streams faster than the wifi blue ray player that we have down stairs closer to our router. I suppose it depends on the strength of your wifi signal but ours works just fine at quite a distance
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My wireless router is in the master bedroom on the 3rd floor of the house while the Roku 3 is on the 2nd floor. Reception is quite good -- it is a vast improvement over the last generation of Roku.
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my router is in a closet in the back of my kitchen and the Roku is in the leaving room about 40 feet and walls away and I works just fine.
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Not sure on the exact range. My router is at one end of the house and the Xbox is at the other end. Approx 1500 feet and I have no problems at all.
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Don't know the maximum range. Mine is in same room about twelve feet from router and works fine.
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Does not have to be to be close. My router is downstairs and I have it connected on the second story bedroom. You could always try using a wifi repeater if you are getting interference.
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I am using mine to stream roku and it works flawlessly. It has to do with signal strength. If you are getting a strong signal you should be fine. The web site and manual says 70 is optimum strength but I get 62 to 65 and my connection and speed re really great.
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I am not using Apple. I have cable internet from Time Warner with a wireless router. My Roku is hooked to that. I have the router in the basement and the Roku is hooked upstairs . I am streaming it on a non- HDTV. It is crystal clear with beautiful sound. I could not ask for better picture quality.
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You need to have a wireless router in order to use the Roku. You'll need a decent signal in the room that you intend to use it on.
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I have the repeater located two rooms and ~40 feet from my router, on the second floor of our house. I can pull in a strong signal from the repeater, from about the same distance (40'). We are mostly using it when we are on the floor below or out back on our deck. I haven't tried it from further away, but imagine I could get some level of signal from about twice the distance if there are not a lot of walls in the way.
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I'd get a better Router :)Seriously, place it in the same room you're using (if possible), as range decreases with every layer of material it has to pass through (flooring, ceiling, walls, etc.).This is a basic router, and if you really don't want to stare at your router on a daily basis, you can try putting it in a room adjacent to the main area you normally use. Hiding it in the basement when you're usually upstairs will likely result in you dropping your connection more frequently.Good luck in optimizing your location!Gordon
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The simple answer is yes, if you are able to connect the Roku streaming device directly via an Ethernet port on the Linksys device. However, if the wireless range extender signal was strong enough you might not notice too much difference.
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We found our wireless connection from VIZIO E701i-A3 (47") to be not fully reliable. We ran an Ethernet cable from our modem to the TV and have had no problems since. However, when we did connect wirelessly from TV the speed of streaming was stable. Our main problem was the TV dropping the wireless signal, and so, went Ethernet. FYI, we also have a wireless ROKU device which always functions just fine; so the suspect weaker wireless connection was within the TV itself. Hope this helps you.
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I just had the same problem. My linksys router had a built in firewall. I turned that off and was able to connect to Roku
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My WiFi range works on the third floor with the modem in the basement. That is a distance of at least 75 feet.
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your router has to be within 10-12 ft away, than it works. Results can be ~ deferent from router to router.
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You can also get an HDMI splitter. 1-in and 2 or 3-out. That's what I did with my cable box to split it to 2 TVs. They are available pretty cheap here on Amazon. Also would save you a good bundle of money.As other have said, the Roku is very easy to move also, as it is about the size of a hockey puck and weighs even less. If you're moving it from ont TV to the other, and are in the same WiFi network, its just a matter of unplugging it from one TV and plugging it into another. If not, it takes no more than 2 minutes to change your network VIA setup.Hope that helped. I realize it's almost 2 years later that I am answering your question. :-) You can also get an HDMI splitter. 1-in and 2 or 3-out. That's what I did with my cable box to split it to 2 TVs. They are available pretty cheap here on Amazon. Also would save you a good bundle of money.As other have said, the Roku is very easy to move also, as it is about the size of a hockey puck and weighs even less. If you're moving it from ont TV to the other, and are in the same WiFi network, its just a matter of unplugging it from one TV and plugging it into another. If not, it takes no more than 2 minutes to change your network VIA setup.Hope that helped. I... » Read More You can also get an HDMI splitter. 1-in and 2 or 3-out. That's what I did with my cable box to split it to 2 TVs. They are available pretty cheap here on Amazon. Also would save you a good bundle of money.As other have said, the Roku is very easy to move also, as it is about the size of a hockey puck and weighs even less. If you're moving it from ont TV to the other, and are in the same WiFi network, its just a matter of unplugging it from one TV and plugging it into another. If not, it takes no more than 2 minutes to change your network VIA setup.Hope that helped. I realize it's almost 2 years later that I am answering your question. :-) « Show Less
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Not mine, but wifi router in my home is over 100' and several walls away, and signal in kitchen is weak anyway. View this as how much is between your microwave and your router. If you don't get much signal in your kitchen, you won't have much disruption with your wifi signal.
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I have somewhat the same set up as you David but I have two walls inbetween my router and BD390 as it sits about 53ft in distance in the lower living room. The w-ifi works good for us as I use the Netgear WNDR3700 model. Once in a great while as we load the HD portion of the Netflix on it will not download all "bars" but then as it begins to play it does stop to reconfigure