I know nothing more than cat5 cable is needed for my application but would there be any downside to using cat6? I had already ordered it and there are some streaming issues. could be the internet speed although roadrunner is pretty fast.

just a q

CAT6 is just a cable that has better insulation and more stringent quality controls to allow for higher speed use so assuming that the cable itself is not defective or damaged, there should be no issues.

If it's an upstream netowrk problem, it might be specific to the method/protocal in which the TV accesses the websites for content and not affecting other methods/protocals as used by your computers.

hmmm

netflix works ok. amazon vod not so much.

cable into cable modem then out to wireless router. ethernet cable out to blu ray another out to tv. Computers and all else are wireless. I would think the wired would take priority...

but cat6 should not be the issue.

50ft each an issue?

Cat6 should work fine for cat5 applications. Cat6 provides faster transmission media than cat5.

If you have streaming issue/slow, then it could be one of the following:

1- Your internet access point is too slow.

2- The server you are accessing is slow or congested.

3- Your computer/graphic card slow or too busy with other processes.

Damn...4 responses while I was writing mine!

JohnE1000 - I'm streaming directly through my tv and blu ray (although both are exactly the same and there is no reason to have both hooked up)

I'm glad I bought cat6 though (dunno why) since it was about 50 cents extra

RE #4

50ft? Not an issue at all.

Max rated length at the speeds your equipment is operating at is 330ft. Hardly ever see problems at anything less than 200ft unless the cable is damaged.

RE #3

Maybe the problem is with Amazon VOD?

Does your TV have the most current firmware installed?

Have you double checked that your TV is connected at 100TX? (check the lights on the router for that port)

On the small home units it's really more of first in, first served than a priority based on connection type. There are a few that you can program to give priority to (mostly units with phone built in - ie: Vonage, et. al., or ones with 3rd party firmware like DD-WRT), but even if you have one of these units, unless you programmed it, it should operate at the defaults of everything is unrestricted/unlimited (no data speed cap). Wired does usually operate at a higher speed than wireless and is less prone to re-transmits due to less interferrence.

will check the 100TX.

had issues with a couple of the other video streaming things in there as well but not concerned because they are worthless crap. widgets are crap too.

I'd think my internet speed should be more than sufficient however I have a computer (or 2), an itouch and an xbox all potentially accessing wifi while I am trying to access via the tv or blu ray

I did update all the firmware

If you have a lot of devices trying to smultaniously pull or push large ammounts of data like video streams, large email attachements, peer-to-peer shares (bit torrent), multiplayer online games (xbox live), then the stream quality of all will most likely suffer. If these devices are sitting idle, then they should have little effect on the stream. Traffic lights on the wireless router might give some indication of where the traffic is comming from.

You can unplug other devices and temporarially disable the wireless via the control interface and see if that improves the streaming on the TV, if it does, at that point, add the other devices back to the router one at a time and check streaming after each device is reconnected.

sounds like a plan

in the end it was an issue with roadrunner. I was running about 4 Mb/s

sprung for turbo ($5 extra a month) and had a tech come out. He tried to charge me $30 for an amp but I had the exact same amp in a drawer in the basement.

this morning I am running 17ish Mb/s Haven't tried to stream for awhile but I assume its fixed

17,678 at the moment

Cool.