Dropped Bit Rate Network issue

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GelatoG

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I have always been starting up stream with WIFI since i got in my new place. no issues had occurred and things were smooth .
3 days ago my internet provider had an outage in my complex and came to repair it. download speeds and upload speeds were the same and seemed like everything was restored until i was starting up stream

The bit rate dropped down in the reds within 30 seconds . checked with my ISP and updated Drivers and updated My Laptop. still faceing the same issue

Would i just need to face the music and buy a 50 foot ethernet cable? been in this place for about 8 months with no issues until now.

 
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Lawrence_SoCal

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Unless you have before and after real-time monitoring metrics of WiFi network utilization (yours and neighbors), no way to know what might have changed

Could be something as simple as a WiFi power setting, or maybe an update to your router ? Or a OS/driver change to WiFi NIC on laptop? or any number of other possible causes ... none of which will show in an OBS Studio log, other than seeing
23:07:17.475: Output 'adv_stream': Number of dropped frames due to insufficient bandwidth/connection stalls: 362 (58.4%)

Using WiFi with streaming is never a good idea... sometime it works, until it doesn't... and then it could work again, then not work... etc.
However, from a troubleshooting perspective, I'd move the laptop close to router, and try a short ethernet cable... that will allow you to see if issue is indeed WiFi throughput, or something else (which it could be)

Examples of what could have happened..
- you were on your on WiFi channel, after outage you ended up on same channel as neighbor..
- Or, with outage your laptop switched to a less desirable WiFi band/channel, and hasn't changed back
- or some neighbors equipment did the above, now conflicting with you.
- or neighbor now using WiFi at same time you are when they weren't previously.
- or new neighbor added new equipment, causing WiFi conflict
- Ex - if using WiFi (which I don't recommend) for streaming TV, then best to have streaming and other IoT devices, on separate band (or turned off) when streaming..
 
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