Rubbish wireless connection on new Panasonic Tv

[MikeO996]

Just bought a new smart TV and connected a wireless LAN dongle to enable Viera connectivity. It has (eventually) connected to our home network, but is really poor e.g. with iPlayer, managing only a couple of seconds before freezing ( for buffering?). On my iPad in the same room, I can watch iPlayer with no problem.
I did note that the manual recommended connecting the dongle with an extension lead rather than directly in the USB port ( to minimise interference?). Could that increase the strength or speed of the connection?

[JimbobVFR]

Not an answer to your question but I'd really recommend wired or a power line ether net adapter for streaming.

Having said that a while ago I had an old laptop with a usb wifi dangle and a short extention cable made a big difference, mainly I think because wifi antennas are polarised so different angles helped, if you see what I mean. Mine came with a extention cable/stand thingy combined.

[JDFR]

To echo what the other poster said, the Panasonic wifi adapter is quite poor. I used one before I had wired up my house and it was rubbish.

Powerline option is a good solution but to be honest, the online system on the Panasonics isn't that great.

[E31Shrew]

I've binned the dongle, drilled a small hole in the kitchen wall [where the router is] and just run a length of cat 5 to the back of the telly. All hidden under the carpet and at last it works like a dream. Beforehand we had the same problem with buffering, even though our connection speed was over 25megathingies

[richwig83]

I found the same with my panasonic GT50. I used powerline adapters as suggested above and it performs flawlessly.

[MikeO996]

Thanks for the responses. Seems crazy to me that Apple can squeeze functional hardware into an iPad, but Panasonic can't make a TV work.

[mph1977]

moral of the story 'fixed' appliances which need conectivity generally do better with fixed cabling or decent powerline adaptors ...

[talkssense]

MikeO996 said:

Thanks for the responses. Seems crazy to me that Apple can squeeze functional hardware into an iPad, but Panasonic can't make a TV work.

To be fair. How much other electrical equipment is right next to the dongle (Sky box? TV Screen itself, PSU, Games console?) stuck in the corner of a room or on a wall.

Not really the same as an iPad.

Why do you think Panasonic suggest running it on an extension to get it away from the guts of the TV.