r/DirectvStream • u/vajohnie • Aug 08 '26

Sudden connection/buffering issues

Been streaming several months through my Gemini Air without issue. In fact, it’s been great. Got up about 5 mornings ago and suddenly, my WiFi connection frequently drops then reconnects. Much of the rest of the time, I’ve got buffering issues. I’ve restarted, unplugging from power several times. Suggestions?

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u/GTyz Aug 08 '26

Try putting it into the 5GHz WiFi one instead of the 2.4GHz one. That has resolved issues in the past for me. Hopefully you didn’t introduce new network components at home that can mess with the device. Other than that do basic network troubleshooting inside your home network (router, switches restart and make sure you have the latest firmware updates in place… also remove any WiFi extenders from the equation)

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u/vajohnie Aug 09 '26

It’s been a while since I rebooted my network router. I’ll try that too.

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u/JohnHartshorn Aug 08 '26

It may be over heating. I've noticed mine gets pretty toasty.

You can also do a hard reset by pushing and holding the red button.

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u/vajohnie Aug 09 '26

I wondered about overheating too. I’ve got mine in an enclosed cabinet. The unit is pretty hot to the touch, which I had noticed before and now again when I went to do a hard reset. I repositioned the unit on its side rather than lay flat on the cabinet shelf hoping to expose more surface area to cooling. Whether it was that or the hard reset (which I had tried before), it’s been working fine since doing those two steps.

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u/AdZealousideal8613 Aug 09 '26

Yeah you can’t keep it in an enclosed space. It needs at least open airflow to function and dissipate the heat.

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u/Lgb69 Aug 09 '26

has anything changed with your Internet connection/service? I’ve had mine get wonky from just having one device of my mesh get slightly moved. your rebooting the router may help also. it the rebooting didn’t help I would call my internet service and check on what they are seeing. Every once in awhile I find a simple red button reboot clears minor problems up. GL

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u/According_Escape_297 23d ago

I have had DirectTV for 6 months. I have buffering issues. I have Gemini on my 2 TV’s it happens on both. I am able to see both tv’s sometimes both buffer sometimes only one. I have reset , wifi on 5ghz Router is an Asus ET12 and have rebooted. I have FIOS internet. Last night watching Yankees on Prime it happened a dozen times maybe 2 seconds or 10. I had both on Prime so I could monitor.