I have a Roku HD and it uses 5.8 for the remote, not 2.4.  I don't believe
the roku can connect to 5.8 for an internet connection.  I could be wrong,
my wife lets me know at least once a day ;) !

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Josh Reynolds
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 10:10 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Roku 3 Wifi Interference

 

Weird. We give away rokus to our new setups, but not the roku3.

On another note, I bought an amazon fire tv for the house to see how well it
would stream, and I wonder if it's remote is wifi... never checked.

 

Josh Reynolds
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  | www.spitwspots.com

On 04/18/2014 06:08 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:

Has anyone run into this yet? 

The Roku 3 uses it's own dedicated wifi network to communicate with the
remote control. If the roku is connected to the customer's wifi router to
get online, the remote wifi will always use the same channel and cause
interference with other wifi devices. 

We just had an install today where the router was hearing the interfering
SSID from the roku at a -22. And as you might expect the wifi performance
was garbage. 

Just one more thing to look out for and cause support headaches. 

The workaround is to plug in the roku via ethernet, which will make it use
the 5ghz band to talk to remote - of course that might interfere with your
5ghz CPE now. 

Are IR remotes really all that bad? 








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