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I have a Roku, no problems. I don't see a reset button on it, I used mine wirelessly but see it has an ethernet port.
If I was you I would try using an ethernet cable between Roku and Router and see if the problem persists.
Not that you want to have to use a cable, but just to see if it's only a WiFi issue.
In the end you might just need to toss it. I have a Google Chromecast, they are pretty cheap and will do most of what a Roku can do, I think.
there is a reset button on the stick hiding underneath, but the one I'm referring to is the internet router's reset button.
I learned the hard way that resetting the button on the stick results in having to reset all my subscription passwords like: youtube, pandora, netflix etc. as well as resetting the router serial number information etc. As if it were just coming out of the package from the initial purchase.
There's also a reset button underneath the battery case cover on the remote. You have to remove or replace the batteries for that procedure. a total waste of time.
Until now, I found that simply resetting the reset button on the router is the way to go for connecting problems but now that simple procedure isn't sufficient. In the existing household set up, it would be somewhat problematic to run an ethernet cable to my room (from the living room where the router is set up) .. could be done if all else fails.. I'll try it. Thanks!
And with my 3 or 4 year old Roku, there is no option for that. I'm not sure about your Roku.
Anyway, with Chromecast you use a computer to mirror whatever is on your browser (must use Google Chrome).
Thus, I can use all the settings that are available on the browser version, so am happier that way when watching Netflix.
AFAIK, all the same content is available, just comes though differently. I think Google's benefit is that they get to track what you like to watch, data mining, but I don't mind.
Violette was the name of the film Excellent film btw.
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I had to do this on a wired connection (Roku 3).
It would work fine for a while, then tell me it wasn't connected.
This fixed it.
"New Roku LT erroneously reports no connection-SOLVED!"
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=63318
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Disable Pingback: Once the Roku completes the setup, enter the following on your Roku remote:
Press the Home button 5 times
Press the Fast Forward button 1 time
Press the Play button 1 time
Press the Rewind button 1 time
Press the Play button 1 time
Press the Fast Forward button 1 time
This will take you to the another secret screen. Select the option to disable network ping.
Now you must start your Roku setup from the beginning. Hopefully this will solve your problem and will get you connected.
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I figured out the problem.... apparently I am an idiot
I kept reading about disabling network pings and when I went into the hidden menu it said ...
disable network pings so I for some reason thought that meant they were already disabled (stupid me) so I changed that one setting and everything is perfect for the first time since I bought my ROKU 6 months ago.
edit to another - apparently some routers consider roku's network ping a firewall attack:
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The problem is this: at least once per day, the Roku would simply drop internet connectivity. The show I was watching would try to buffer, and eventually throw an error message telling me my router had apparently exploded itself into a smoking crater. Funny thing is, the router, being an inch away from the Roku, was clearly in a non-exploded state. My phone and a few other devices connected to the router via Wi-Fi and hard line all attested to the router's happy non-explodedness. The problem obviously was with the Roku. Repeatedly cycling power on your TV puck is not how most people like to spend their evenings, begging the damn thing to re-find the internet, which, I hasten to point out, was being jammed into the Roku via every available orifice. Yes, The Roku was connected to my router via Wi-Fi and a bright yellow Cat 5 cable. Still, one to three times per day, the Roku would suddenly and randomly become as unaware of the internet as a standard issue 80-year-old senator.
So, yeah, after a mere six months of this, I ran out of patience, screwed up my courage, and braved the dark reaches of the Roku Customer Discouragement Telephone Labyrinth.
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SUPER DOUBLE SECRET SCREEN #2
HOME 5x
FAST FORWARD 1x
PLAY 1x
REWIND 1x
PLAY 1x
FAST FORWARD 1x
This should call up the other extra-super-turbo-secret screen. I think this was the important one, because it's where you can disable network pings. See, with pings enabled, the Roku will constantly check with your router to be reassured the internet is still there. The router may interpret this as a threat, and block the Roku from connectivity. It's like an insecure girlfriend who demands constant assurance that she is the very prettiest girl in all the land, who eventually irritates her boyfriend who then becomes someone else's boyfriend. Why is this constant pinging set to "on" by default, when, apparently, a very popular model of Netgear router will get irritated and block the Roku? Why is this menu, which enables you to turn this off a extra-super-double-fingers-crossed-turbo-secret setting concealed in a hidden screen? WHYYYYYYYYYY?????
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