internet

[jammy76]

when im watching videos on my laptop(youtube)etc.its stops after a short time somebody said 2 press pause for a minute then continue but it still the same it stops streaming any clues? thanks

[Whickerman]

Your connection is too slow.

Either you beef up your broadband (this will probably cost more)
or hit pause til the clip fully loads and then play.

It's a pain, happens here too.

[jammy76]

thanks whickerman ive tried pausing it but it stops loading aswell my home computer is the same now i recently bought a router for the laptop could this be the reason? my pc was fine till i installed the router

[jammy76]

were are u ethel?

[Ethel]

How very odd. I agree with Whickerman - if I hit the pause the play stops but I can still the clip buffering by the moving because of the light grey moving bar.

Pressing pause shouldn't stop that.

Now, your router transfer should be a lot quicker than your broadband - mine is 54Mbps and plays youtube and similar just fine,

What speed are you getting from yours?

[ACtheTROLL]

sounds like a connection problem
download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemeter/
or
http://www.pmasoft.net/englisch/onlineeye_prof .htm
watch a film or two - see what's happening.
either your adsl
or - if by router you mean wireless ... my money is on that
(I've just downloaded 200Mb of data from microsoft (twice) - no one else in my street has wifi .....
wireless - max speed 29Mb/s
using cat 5 wire - max 5.8Gb/s - ave 4gb

if you are wireless ... I'd recommend using wire (at least for a few days) see if there is a difference. If yes ....
either use wire
or work through the channels ... see if you can find one with no conflicts

[jammy76]

thanks ethel how do i find out what speed im getting? thanks acthetroll all that is way over my head

[ACtheTROLL]

Jammy - it's quite simple ..... and the answer to your question to Ethel (sorry for jumping in E)

[ACtheTROLL]

how do i find out what speed im getting
the same way you know what speed you are driving at .... by looking at the speedo!

the links (use the first one) take you to a bandwidth (speedo) meter.

install it ..... then when you start a download .... it will show a graph of the data coming in to you
and tell you how fast it's coming in (to YOUR machine)

you don't have to understand the tekkie stuff
you are looking for a steady flow of data that looks like the screenshot on the download page

if you get a broken line

it's not good.

if you have an up to 8Gb connection and the numbers say 15Kb/s ....... it's not good

test that connection here
http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/speed_test.htm

you didn't say how you connect - phone or adsl - wireless USB or wire connecting to the router.

if it's wireless .... you need to try connecting using a cord (should have one in the router box) to see if that fixes things

sorry if it's tekkie .... unfortunately .... this sort of problem IS
(even with two tins connected by string you need basic principles ;-)