Assistance with Improving Wireless Speed on Vero 4K

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Hello there,

I was hoping you could assist me in improving the wireless speed of my Vero 4K box.

Currently, while connected via Wi-Fi, I achieve speeds of up to 40Mb/s. However, when using a wired connection, the speed improves significantly to 200Mb/s.

I frequently use “Cast Kodi” to cast YouTube videos from my MacBook to the Vero 4K. Unfortunately, with the 40Mb/s wireless connection, many videos buffer heavily. When I switch to a wired connection, buffering is greatly reduced. However, this creates another issue: my MacBook and Vero 4K are no longer on the same Wi-Fi network, so “Cast Kodi” no longer works.

For reference, I’m using a Huawei HG8247H router, which does not support 5GHz connections. Despite this limitation, my MacBook can still achieve 100Mb/s on the same Wi-Fi network.

Do you have any suggestions on how I could either improve the wireless connection for the Vero 4K or enable “Cast Kodi” functionality while the Vero 4K is connected via Ethernet?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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Have a look at this thread, there’s some clues here - Vero 4k+ slow on WiFi, fine wired

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I’m the OP on the thread Chris linked, and the associated email alert roused me from my long-term slumber. It’s nice to be back!

I’m still using the same Vero 4k+, and until very recently had continued to have very unstable download speed. Recently I got a new modem from Sky which finally offered a 5GHz option as well as 2.4, and that’s made a huge difference. I can’t say if it’s the modem itself or the 5GHz aspect, but I now get much more consistent speeds at the top level of speed expectation for my crappy copper connection. I am also now able to use the supplied remote and dongle again, which is much better than the IR setup I had been using.

I never really got to the bottom of what was happening originally, but that’s the situation now.

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Thank you both for the replies.

I tried removing the remote dongle and it improved the speed from 40 to 48 Mb/s. Better but not close to the 100 Mb/s I get with the laptop.

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I think you should consider improving wireless connectivity by replacing your router/wireless access point.

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Thanks, I guess I’ll have to change the router…