Tips and Tricks

Best practices for the Wireless Media Stick operation

My TV only plays a certain type of file, and I have a lot of the wrong type.
If you have collected a library of media files and they are in a certain format, chances are that all those same formats won't work on a tv or dvd player...
Tue, 25 Sep, 2012 at 9:56 AM
My router keeps changing the IP address on my network
An important part of the functionality of the stick in your home is for the addresses given out to the devices on your network to not change. Many linux rou...
Tue, 7 Oct, 2014 at 2:48 PM
A firewall preventing file sharing is the biggest issue!
By far the biggest issue we have seen at HSTi is the issue with firewalls on the PC preventing file sharing from actually happening. Most people don't th...
Tue, 25 Sep, 2012 at 10:01 AM
If things aren't working properly, try resetting your wifi router
If you notice you can't see shares properly, or it is slow, or resetting then the first step in troubleshooting should be to reset your wifi router.  To...
Sun, 28 Sep, 2014 at 3:07 AM
DLINK-DIR655 not keeping connection
Hi,If you have a dlink dir655 router and it seems to not be working properly, try changing your channel width in your router settings to 40, from 20. This ha...
Tue, 25 Sep, 2012 at 10:02 AM
For best streaming results, set your router to 40mHz channel width.
For the best streaming results, and especially if you find the stick resets itself once in awhile while streaming, please set your wifi router to have a chan...
Tue, 25 Sep, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Use your SkyDrive folder with the Wireless Media Stick
You can use your Skydrive folder with the Wireless Media Stick right out of the box.  All you need is a Windows PC to share your SkyDrive folders to the Wire...
Tue, 13 Nov, 2012 at 12:35 PM