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Spoonablehippo
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Do network switches effect performance?

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I have never been able to get stadia running correctly in my home. My chrome cast Ultra is connected to my home network via Ethernet and I have a decent connection speed and am with Sky Fiber (UK ISP)

Could the fact that I am using Netgear Gigabit network switches be causing an issue??

My Sky modem/router is connected to a network switch in the attic, which in turn is connected to all the different Ethernet sockets in my house. One of these sockets is behind the TV in the living room where there are multiple devices, so that is again connected to a network switch that the Chromecast Ulta (along with my ATV, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Sky set top box) is connected up to. 

So yeah, can’t find any official advice on Network Switches + Stadia usage, but wanted to know if it is what’s causing the stuttering, blocking, and poor connection warnings!

 

thanks

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Midna85
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Hey,

On the technical part, I would advise to have a look at your network configuration on the software side. A level 2 switch should not, theoretically, lower your network throughput but other switch/router settings could create some drops such as port forwarding/range, special rules, ...

As I am concerned, I always thought Ethernet would be more reliable than WiFi but, when I reached out for Stadia technical help, it looked like having the controller and the Chromecast in the same WiFi network was the best adviced configuration (at least 1 year ago). Maybe you can discuss this matter with them?

Note: I also figured out that my ISP was providing me with 1/4 of the full IPv4 range (0 to 18k instead of 0 to 65k) as it was sharing a same IPv4 address with 4 persons because of addresses shortage. Other video-based usage worked fine but I had troubles with playing Stadia. Asking him a permanent full IPv4 address fixed part of my problem, if it is of any use to you :winking_face:

Best!

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Midna85
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Hey,

On the technical part, I would advise to have a look at your network configuration on the software side. A level 2 switch should not, theoretically, lower your network throughput but other switch/router settings could create some drops such as port forwarding/range, special rules, ...

As I am concerned, I always thought Ethernet would be more reliable than WiFi but, when I reached out for Stadia technical help, it looked like having the controller and the Chromecast in the same WiFi network was the best adviced configuration (at least 1 year ago). Maybe you can discuss this matter with them?

Note: I also figured out that my ISP was providing me with 1/4 of the full IPv4 range (0 to 18k instead of 0 to 65k) as it was sharing a same IPv4 address with 4 persons because of addresses shortage. Other video-based usage worked fine but I had troubles with playing Stadia. Asking him a permanent full IPv4 address fixed part of my problem, if it is of any use to you :winking_face:

Best!

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ODuffer
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

My Ultra flat out refuses to connect using an unmanaged switch. It will only work with its own connection back to my Sky Router, then it's perfect... I know switches are supposed to be passive devices, so I'm confused by this! 

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