lloydc Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 i'm going to do my best to describe this problem, cause it's kinda wierd.youtube does not buffer correctly (or any other streaming stuff it seems). It sits there doing the usual youtube spinning loady thing, but no buffer progress is made and therefore I can't watch anything.then after a while it appears as competely downloaded (buffered) and I am able to watch the video.A similar thing happens when I download anything. I get the windows 7 loading spinning circle, like my browser has crashed. then after a while my download pops up as complete. WTF!?I am using google chrome, but have tried it with IE as well. Same thing happensI'm not so concerned about the download thing, but it's a nightmare watching youtube videos, cause my connection at work sux and youtube doesn't seem as fast as it used to be either.anyone know how to fix this? Quote
Gandy Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 wjat isp are you with?? what times during the day? wireless internet or fixed? Quote
lloydc Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 wjat isp are you with?? what times during the day? wireless internet or fixed?exetel adsl (wired)it seems like it's all times of the day, however It is a work connection so i'm only here in business hours. Not sure how it performs at night Quote
Gandy Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 if its your work connection and youre not in IT or the network administrator then nothing you can do about it Quote
lloydc Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 if its your work connection and youre not in IT or the network administrator then nothing you can do about iti'm both of those things, as well as a few other things Quote
eggssell Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 i get this randomly sometimes (about 3 times in about 6 months). i just reset the router and it seems to fix it. not sure whats caching to mess it up.EDIT: oh you at work. so not sure what hardware is involved. Quote
lloydc Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 4 computers networked via an adsl router.I'll reset it shortly and report back Quote
lloydc Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 no luck... maybe the millenium bug was late, and my computer just caught it in 2011 Quote
Gandy Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 latest firmware on router?? what make and model is it? Quote
lloydc Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 latest firmware on router?? what make and model is it?it's an old shit netgear ADSL modembelieve it or not, i'm on ADSL 1 Quote
Gandy Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 maybe its time for an upgrade if latest firmware not helping Quote
lloydc Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 it's fixed itself some how... I also noticed I had to login to this site this morning (i hadn't cleared my internet history, temp files or cache in ages).the only thing I had done is archive my old emails this morning in outlook.oh well.... thanks anyway gents Quote
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