[ale] OT: Roku

[Chris Fowler]

This could be related to my Atlantic Nexus DSL.  It is a standard 3mbps
connection.  Possibly go to AT&T to get faster speed?  I have a Verizon
Myfi as backup in case the AT&T DSL fails.  I could get faster speed
through Atlanta Nexus but I pay almost $60 for their DSL now.  


On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 12:24 -0400, Chris Fowler wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 11:59 -0400, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> > 
> > I get no wireless failures with Roku nor do I get wired failures. 
> 
> The wireless failure is a hardware failure that happens with time.  My
> daughters use the Roku so it stays on 24x7.  I bought the box in 07/09
> and I think the wireless failed in 01/10.  What happens is that the box
> no longer can "see" access points.  It will lock up in the configuration
> page for wireless.  If you try to get the MAC address of its wireless
> adapter you get all 0's.  This is not an intermittent problem.  It is
> death of the wireless transceiver.  If you google and look in forums
> you'll see this scenario.
> 
> I do not know what causes this.  Possibly the heat from being left on
> either makes solder joints fail or kills the chip.  
> 
> Before the wireless failed we had some issues streaming anything on the
> first box.  It is so hilarious because the girls stopped watching Roku
> but used a laptop in the same room running Windows XP and Netflix
> streaming!  After I saw that I doubted signal strength was an issue and
> decide more on hardware.  When someone is doing something on a laptop
> next to a device that should be able to do it, it is hard to blame the
> network on that one.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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