We bought a Samsung smart TV about 6 months ago ( i can't recall the model name, but it is relatively new). At first we had no internet connection issues, my family could watch netflix to their hearts content. About 4 months ago the wireless would start to randomly drop out.
For reference, we are using a Sky broadband hub with a 40mb connection.
I checked the settings and signal strength (about 3/5 bars regularly) so i couldn't work out why it was happening.
For my computer room, i use an Ethernet power line adapter (TP-link 200mb if it matters). This connects to an Ethernet switch which goes off to all my devices. I have absolutely NO issues with this connection, and a constant fast speed.
Because of this, i purchased another TP-Link adapter solely for use with the TV. At first, once it was plugged in and synced up to the main adapter, the speed was great, we'd get a constant connection and all was dandy.
Then, the same thing started to happen, we would loose net connectivity. When it was trying to reconnect, the TV would report that it could not connect to the router. I had a look into the automatic IP and gateway settings generated by the TV, and it seemed to be trying to use an external IP address to connect to the router... I.e. 169.567.xx.x. All of the devices on the network need to be connected with the standard local IP range (192.168.0.2-255), so i could not understand why the TV was trying to do this. I manually set up the wired connection using an unused local IP (192.169.0.10) and copied the sub-net mask and default gateway addresses from my PC. This will never connect.
Because of both the wireless and the wireless and the wired connection having issues, do you think that it is most likely TV that is at fault? or are the router and the TV simply not getting along?
For reference, we are using a Sky broadband hub with a 40mb connection.
I checked the settings and signal strength (about 3/5 bars regularly) so i couldn't work out why it was happening.
For my computer room, i use an Ethernet power line adapter (TP-link 200mb if it matters). This connects to an Ethernet switch which goes off to all my devices. I have absolutely NO issues with this connection, and a constant fast speed.
Because of this, i purchased another TP-Link adapter solely for use with the TV. At first, once it was plugged in and synced up to the main adapter, the speed was great, we'd get a constant connection and all was dandy.
Then, the same thing started to happen, we would loose net connectivity. When it was trying to reconnect, the TV would report that it could not connect to the router. I had a look into the automatic IP and gateway settings generated by the TV, and it seemed to be trying to use an external IP address to connect to the router... I.e. 169.567.xx.x. All of the devices on the network need to be connected with the standard local IP range (192.168.0.2-255), so i could not understand why the TV was trying to do this. I manually set up the wired connection using an unused local IP (192.169.0.10) and copied the sub-net mask and default gateway addresses from my PC. This will never connect.
Because of both the wireless and the wireless and the wired connection having issues, do you think that it is most likely TV that is at fault? or are the router and the TV simply not getting along?