Help with radio streams dropping out.

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Azzura

603 posts

Ultimate Geek

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#3176594 1-Jan-2024 07:00

I thought it was just me ...but for years RNZ National has done this buffering thing. I listen to RNZ National on my Bose Soundtouch 30 with a Spark fiber connection....it even did it when I had ADSL connection.

I figure someone has an issue somewhere and it isn't my end.

robjg63

4099 posts

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#3176615 1-Jan-2024 11:08

If I missed the fault finding you have already tried - then apologies, but...

Do you have a device like a laptop or PC with an ethernet connection that you can connect directly by cable to the router and test?

Switch off the wifi and try the device with the cable connection.

If it tests ok it means the streaming on your connection is basically ok.

Next, turn all wifi devices in the house off.

Enable wifi on the router and connect ONE device to the wifi - does streaming work?

Do you have another router you can try?

Routers start going a bit flakey when they are on the way out - That said, all streaming would be affected if that was the case, but swapping routers would eliminate the possibility of bad router or settings.

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself - A. H. Weiler

doobre

89 posts

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#3181878 14-Jan-2024 20:33

Solved – “shooting myself in the foot”

Well what a d**khead I am, I had completely forgotten that I have a nas of videos for clients to view or download from, attached 24/7, hosted by buffalo.nas. So when I thought that I had all devices disconnected with the exception of my main PC, that wasn’t true.

I assume that when the http radio station’s streams where being rebuffered > reconnected it was coincided with someone accessing the nas, through my network, and I wasn’t aware of that traffic. And when it appeared that the tech support at MyRepublic had found a temporary fix that would last a few months, it was just coincident with no one accessing the nas, perhaps.

Also traceroute results to somafm.com showed no connections being unable to connect within 200ms, so saturation, as many forums posters had deduced, seems the culprit.

Earlier issues with intermittently loosing network connection to the media players (through adjacent wifi and microwave interference), and at the same time having the rebuffering issue, was distracting to say the least, so I’ve learnt that even though similar problems seem connected, that they may be two completely different issues.

So thanks for trying to help me out and I apologise for not spotting the issue on my own network, before making any comment or complaint.
Cheers CD

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