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OK, I know there are a lot of smart people here, so I've got a question/problem for your consideration.
I live in a 1600+ square foot house. Our computer room is on the second floor which is where the router is. Directly below, on the main floor, is our living room where we have only a few issues connecting with Netflix wirelessly. Usually it's not a problem. However, we just installed an Amazon Firestick to the TV in our bedroom which is on the same floor as the router, maybe 25-30 feet away, and yet rarely will Netflix connect. The settings through the Firestick indicate the wireless signal is strong, however we just can seem to get Netflix to work.

The router is an Apple Airport Express. Could it be that this router doesn't want to play nice with some of my stuff? Any ideas?

Not sure about the Apple airport, but you could always look into using a Powerline adapter so you'd have a wired connection instead of relying on the wireless signal.

Where my internet comes into my house was far from ideal placement for a wireless router so I used a set of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product and placed my router in a central location. The adapter is now responsible for all of my internet signal to the router, my Denon AVR, and my Blu-ray player. The other cool thing is if I want to add a wired connection in another room all I need is another adapter. The only issue I've had thus far was getting the two units to re-connect after a power outage, but once I got them paired again I've had zero issues with reliability or speed. My incoming internet is super slow (only 15Mb/s) so the adapters have no trouble keeping up. Just thought I'd throw that out there for another idea that might work. Best of luck.

Are you using 5GHz? and what channel is your Apple Airport on?

Make sure there is no interference on the channel (already mentioned).

I did have a router that started having processor problems (I think a chip overheated) and the RF section is fine, but it just wouldn't route signal. Do a speed test on a wireless PC, looking specifically at the ping times. If they're low, you may have a problem.

Wireless sucks. My router is affected when the microwave is turned on, when the wireless mics are in use, and basically any sort of electronic or man made disturbance.

Ryan A wrote:Wireless sucks. My router is affected when the microwave is turned on, when the wireless mics are in use, and basically any sort of electronic or man made disturbance.

Wireless mics shouldn't interfere unless they're 2.4ghz, and then 5ghz should still work. If your microwave is causing interference, id look for a new microwave... They're supposed to be pretty well shielded. The only ones I've seen that cause interference are from the 70s and 80s.

Sounds like your router itself might have a problem rejecting spurious EMI.

smallnetbuilder.com has great reviews and comparison charts of WiFi gear if you are considering an alternative. I use an Asus black diamond for tablet mixing my x32 gigs and could not be happier. I learned of it on smallnetbuilder.

Thank you for all your replies. What I ended up doing was a pretty simple fix - I moved the router.
My "computer room" is pretty small, 'L' shaped. The router was situated on a computer desk under a shelf the monitor sits on. I just moved it to the other side of the desk, which put it out in the open and in the line of sight of the door. So far, that seems to have solved my issue.
Who'd-a thunk it?