To the point, easy to follow and very much appreciated. I skipped through about a dozen of these tutorials until I found yours. Nice job and thanks again. I was up and running as quickly and in step with your explanation.
Question. I have an old router from 2008 however the Ethernet ports on the router works real well. Still using the 2.5Ghz Wifi, only trouble these days are my neighbors WiFi. So the maximum speed I can get from my Wifi is around 15Mbps my internet is 3Mbps so no biggie. So here is my question. Can I just cheap out an just get the Ethernet adapter or would you recommend that I get a new router.
If you have easy access to run an ethernet cable from your router to your Fire TV stick, that might be your easiest option. If you only have 3Mbps internet, it may not be worth upgrading your wifi if it is working okay for you.
Will this device work with any firestick i have the newest one available !issue is i have wifi in the house but it doesnt reach the mancave so thinking of using this device and running ethnet cable from router to mancave ??
It will definitely work with the newest models. I think it only doesn't work with the 1st generation of Fire Stick. All models after that are supported. Should work well for your situation.
hi there wayne here from new zealand i have a 4k stick but when i connected the ethernet cable adaptor i found that it freezes do you have a fix for this please,seem to have good internet but still have problems with buffering,look forward to a reply.
I bought 3 of the adapters and 3 of the newest firestick 4K versions with the app buttons on the remote and they don’t work with the adapter. Let me know if you get one of the newest ones if it works. It works with the older 4K one without the app buttons but not the newest Oct 2021 versions.
@@Rickmakes You’re not going to believe this! I kept messing around with it and I solved the problem! So I basically figured out the solution for this if anyone else is have this issue, I thought it was very strange that it was showing both WiFi and Ethernet MAC IDs in the initial setup (since it shows that means the ethernet adapter is detected?, hmm). The solution is this! You don’t connect all cables. Leave the ethernet cable unplugged and boot up the FireStick until the initial set up gets to the searching for nearby networks part once it shows all the nearby WiFi networks then connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet Adapter and it will then start configuring the Ethernet Adapter and auto reboot the Firestick! This was so hilarious! I have been trying all week! I didn’t have this issue with the previous 4K models it’s just the newest models with the apps buttons.
Please then What do I have to buy? I have a normal Stike Fire but in your video I looked at many adapter cables which are the ones I should buy please thank you very much
If you want to connect your Fire TV Stick to ethernet (as opposed to wireless), you need the ethernet adapter and a cable long enough to connect between your internet router and your FireTV Stick.
There will rarely be a need for more than 100Mbps for streaming which is probably why they went for 100Mbps for this adapter. The ping didn't really improve, the stability didn't improve much, and the speed of course didn't improve at all. But like you said, if your WiFi is clean then don't bother buying this. It's only for those who have a ton of interference.
You could trying using a USB to ethernet adapter and an OTG USB adapter to connect it to the Fire TV stick. If you don't already have those, it would probably make more sense to just get the Amazon adapter.
My brand new firestick4k max settings does not give me the option to switch or go with the ethernet..... the only option available seems to be wifi....
It is possible. If you can, I would try streaming via a computer connected to ethernet. If it buffers on the computer, you may have an internet bandwidth issue. If it works on the computer, the ethernet adapter could help you. It is hard to know for sure without trying it.
Can anyone tell me how you add an Amazon Ethernet adapter and a usb storage thumb drive to the same fire stick. I can't seem to be able to accomplish this simple task, mine is one or the other, but not both.
You need a Micro USB OTG Adapter with Power that will allow you to add a USB thumb drive to your setup. Can be found on Amazon it’s a female micro USB to USB to male micro USB adapter.
I was looking at this because I was considering running it on Ethernet since I already wired my sound system by ethernet. But I am getting 250 over wifi with a Gigabit connection. It's also conveniently near my network closet. I can see this being good with alot of interference.
I enjoyed your video I'm very new to this my only question is, the other end of the ethernet cable does it go into the router or the modem. Because I plugged it into the router and I'm still showing an orange light on my router. Can you please help
Hi, because if I connect an OTG cable (where I will enter the USB stick) to the Ethernet Adapter Amazon, the key is not detected while if I connect the OTG cable directly to the Fire Stick (then using the wifi) can I see the key files?
I’m confused. I bought this exact device and have it on a 4k Firestick, I’m getting 120mbps wireless and only 20mbps wired (after a few tests). Any ideas?
When I’m trying to watch my fire tv stick lite 2020 paired with my echo studio it always gets freeze and I’m stuck of it because I need to torn it off and try again. My question is if I get a ethernet adapter, my fire TV stick it’s going to work better when it’s paired with my echo studio to get Dolby Atmos?
Hi, to fully understand this. Can you tell me where the yellow cable goes and what am I looking for if I buy it. My firestick does around 60 download speed. Thanks
The yellow wire is an ethernet cable. It goes from the adapter to your internet modem or router. They come in a wide variety of lengths. You want the shortest one that will work.
Nice step by step instructional video. The Firestick 4Ks are a great device but has that all to common issue of choking down internet speed when hardwired like a lot of the under $50 devices have. I believe Nvidia Shields and Apple TVs both have Gig rated Ethernet ports.
A lot of that choking can be due to your ISP too, I needed a new cable modem, old one was ancient, and I was cutting cord and going to firestick only. I had read a lot about buffer bloat, and how it's like a bottle neck at your ISP connection. I got a middle of the road one called an IQ router by Evenrude I think is the name. They claim it analyzes and optimizes your connection over the first week you have it hooked up, and that they focus on quick internet and buffer bloat rather than fast speeds. I didn't change internet speed with my ISP, but I did get a little improvement with the new router, like from 75/85mbps up to around 100/105mbps, so not huge jump, but I started noticing less buffering, and now I very rarely get any buffering, even on HD movies, and we have two firesticks in the house, laptop, and two smart phones. So, I'm pretty happy with it.
@@sunshynff I run around 480 down on a speed test so those 10/100 ports would definitely choke my speed down. That’s why I use 2 Apple TVs. One is hardwired where I see the 480 down.
@@bensonborg7 I use the SPEEDTEST app on the hardwired Apple TV 4K and it’s reading 586 down and 23.4 up with 16ms Ping, 5ms Jitter. I use Spectrum as my ISP and they just upped my 400 Plan to 500. This test was conducted at the time of this post. I notice there’s a lot less buffering on this device versus the Roku Ultra and Chromecast w/ Google TV. The Ultra was a very good device but should’ve had a Gig Ethernet port imo.
isnt it the same if you have ethernet connection straight to the tv. mine is straight from the router to tv and developer options animation scales set and is fast as hell. suppose this is just another option for speed
I have no other option for internet/ wifi . I have a separate android cellphone that I have to use as a mobile hot spot. Is there any way I can install an ethernet cable to my firestick and plug it into the cellphone mobile Hotspot.
I could if you have deficient wifi. If you have a laptop or desktop computer with ethernet, I would try streaming the same service as you are trying to use on your FireTV. If it also buffers, there could be some other factor slowing it down. If it works well, it might be worth giving ethernet a try.
I already have a direct ethernet connection on my Smart TV. Will I also need to connect one to my FireStick? That would be 2 ethernet connections going to that TV on different ports. Thanks!
The TV and FireStick would need separate ethernet connections. You can install a small switch at the TV so you don't have to run a cable all the way back to your router.
If I ran a 25 foot long ethernet cable from my router to this adapter with my Firestick, would that help solve some of the buffering issues I deal with
It is hard to say exactly what is causing your buffering. Does it work better if the FireTV stick is moved closer to your router? If so, an ethernet cable might help. If it is still slow when close to the router, there may be some other issue slowing it down.
@@Rickmakes My tv is in a seperate room from my router, I don't have any buffering issues with TH-cam or Amazon Prime, only with an IPTV streaming service. So it may be just that or maybe there is too much going on in the bandwidth causing the problem. I did order the adapter and a 30 foot long ethernet cable, it's worth a try.
Trust me ethernet is much much better. not only are your download speeds probably going to double its also going to be so much more stable than wifi. Give it a try please
Thanks for that, very helpful. I have a mancave built out my back where the WiFi can't get to so this is handy to get my stick out there but I had to buy 20metres of ethernet cable for it to reach.. Well worth it.
If it is working for you and your wifi isn't overloaded, there is probably no need to change it. That being said, sometimes wifi can be degraded if you are too close to the router. This would be akin to standing next to a loudspeaker at a concert. It is better to be back a ways. Again though, if it is working, might as well leave it.
@@RickmakesI wanted to say after taking what you said into account and doing some research of my own I ended up wiring up my fire stick and I'm very pleased with the results thank you.
My Vizio Smart TV is about 5 years old. When we connect the Fire Stick to the TV, it works for a very short time and then gives me errors messages (no internet etc). The TV is connected to the router and ethernet to the TV. Hulu said that their app needs 8mg to run properly. Do you think this adapter will solve my problem? It's much easier to use the Fire Stick remote over the TV remote. Thanks.
If you think that a poor wifi signal is causing your issue, then the ethernet adapter should help. If you have a computer with ethernet, you could try connecting it to the router and trying Hulu. If it works well in that configuration, I'm guessing the Fire TV Stick would also benefit from Hulu.
Does it help with the buffering? Would it be better tom get a gigabit ethernet connection? I My internet runs at over 500 but Im getting buffering on some movie apps.
It can help if you have poor wifi connectivity. Buffering should only occur when you start a stream. If it occurs in the middle, it means something is slowing it down. If your wifi is good, it could be being slowed down somewhere prior to arriving to your house. There isn't really an easy way to remedy this. As far as gigabit is concerned, a 4K stream uses around 25Mbps. This can easily be handled by a 100Mbps connection.
I have 500mgs download speed from my router,which is located under my TV,with Wi-Fi I get buffering,on Firestick 4k max,with an Enternet cable wired I get 93mps download,which the cable is set to 100mgs per second,and still have buffering issues-what’s wrong,I was looking for an enternet cable that would give me more than 100ngs download,as I want to give my Firestick more power,to stop buffering-any suggestions,thanks
Is there anyway to hook this up to ethernet without wi-fi and use my pc seperately while my wife watches tv. Basically one ethernet split to pc and firestick.
You will need a ethernet switch for that, or if you have a old router laying around you can use that by plugging the ethernet cord into the internet port of the router and plug in two more ethernet cables to the router then to your PC and firestick adapter.
What kind of router do you have?? My family has issues with this kind of stuff and we have a new router from like 6 months ago. But we don’t use Ethernet at all.
I use a ASUS router but this would be plugged into my Netgear or EnGenius switch. I'm not sure which one. This could be plugged into the network port of a router if you have one available. If your network ports are full, you could easily add a small switch.
I have an amazon 55" TV (not firestick). The TV has an ethernet port. But when i plug in my ethernet into the back of the TV it does not recognize it all. What's going on?? Can you fix this for me? Any ideas.
Do you have another device you can test the ethernet with, like a laptop? I would do that first. Next, when you plug the ethernet in to the TV, does the indicator light light up on your switch or router for the other end of the ethernet cable?
I tried the latest Amazon Ethernet adapter followed all instructions and advice and it would not work with my 4K Amazon fire stick and it would not connect or recognize my internet connection to my modem !
Do you have another device (computer, laptop, gaming system, etc...) you can test your ethernet connection with? It would be nice to rule that out being the cause of the issue. If you can, test using the same cable as you tried with your Fire ethernet adapter.
I recently got Sky Fibre "Ultrafast" (150Mbs) installed and was not happy with the speed i got (90Mbs max tested on my TV connected via ethernet cable) after watching your Video i disconnected the Ethernet cable and tested my speed again (this time over Wifi) and Surprise Surprise the speed was 145Mbs !!!! So it was the Ugreen adapter not my Provider !!
Could it be the eithernet cable slowing it down creating a bottle neck? I have 700mbs and my old cat 5e cables destroyed the data to 300mbs. I upgraded to cat 7e and now get 680mps way more than enough
If only I had an Ethernet connection port in my room. Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information with us subscribers but it will not work for me.
I just bought a new firestick tv 4k, and is not reading the ethernet cable, the old firestick does but not this one, need help figuring why is not working.
That is odd. You do have the same ethernet adapter as in this video, correct? I would make sure your Fire TV Stick has the latest updates installed. You could try resetting it to see if that works. Also, try removing any wifi networks if any are set up on it.
@@Rickmakes I have a different ethernet adapter, USB 3.0 to Ethernet adapter thats the one am using but it seems not working with the new firestick 4k I just bought couple days ago, only works with the older version
Hi, just got this amazon ethernet adapter for my firestick, I'm only getting 91mbps with it connected as a hardwire connection. And 250mbps over the WiFi. Does anyone know if this adapter is limited on speed? I have cat6 cable. Thankyou :)
In my tests with the ethernet adapter, I only got a few Mbps more than you did. This is a 100Mbps adapter so it is limited. I'm curious, do you have some use case where you need more than 91Mbps?
@@Rickmakes thanks for your reply rick. Yes i found out last night after doing a bit more research that its only capped to 100mbps, which is frustrating because amazon didnt state this was the case haha. Well my broadband speed is 350mbps so why not utilise all of it i guess? Id want to watch in FHD with no buffering but at 91mbps that would surely cause some buffering issues
@@Verstrappen FHD streams are only around 5Mbps so the Ethernet isn’t the bottleneck. Even the higher UHD 4K are only around 25Mbps so 100Mbps can handle that too. Where higher speed could come in handy is with downloading large files quickly but the Fire TV stick doesn’t have storage.
@@Rickmakes oh ok i didnt realise the streams were such low usage of mbps, however saying that my friend has a firestick and the wifi speed test of the network is only getting 35mbps and all streams constantly buffer? Tried it at my house on the wifi and all is good.
I did some searching online and I don't think the Mi Stick supports USB OTG or ethernet. I think the Mi Box might, but not the Mi stick. That being said, I don't have one to test.
I attached a cat7 cable between my firestick 4k and my router and the firestick still shows it is using wifi. The firestick is the latest version. Any ideas?
@@Rickmakes I tried turning off wifi and my firestick just stopped working. I have a linksys wrt3200ac and it shows an ethernet cable connected. On another TH-cam video it works and a 2 terabyte ssd drive is also connected to give very fast speed!
I got a cat 7 cable and adapter for my firestick too but it's not working. It says connected (with problems) but I can't seem to find the issue. Any idea?
Could you help me for some reason I followed everything u showed but still Not connecting to eternal wire just doesn’t really read Could you please advice ?
You don't happen to be using a 1st generation Fire TV Stick? I don't think it is compatible with that model. Do you see ethernet in the network setting on the Fire TV?
The USB OTG interface is only USB 2.0 so it won't support 1000mb ethernet. I tested it anyway with a few gigabit adapters and none of them worked. It did work with a USB OTG adapter and a USB 2.0 to ethernet adapter but only at 100mb. Do you have a specific use where you need gigabit? I can't think of any software on the Fire TV Stick that could utilize it.
@@librero46 don't understand, after I ran ethernet from my router about 40 feet it all but eliminated any buffeting on the fire stick and installed apps
Did you watch the video? I literally show the 5Ghz AC wifi as being faster than the 100Mbit ethernet. If this supported gigabit ethernet, then the ethernet could be faster than wifi but as I also showed, gigabit isn't really necessary for streaming video.
I think many would probably consider it to get faster speeds but wifi is technically faster. I think the adapter is mainly for people who want less wifi congestion or who have bad wifi. If a person want's faster speed, this isn't going to get them that. That being said, this would theoretically support around four 4K netflix streams simultaneously so it is faster enough for most people.
Ours died after 1 year... if you have a 5GHz wifi connection then there is zero point getting this. (aka unless your wifi is terrible, there is ZERO difference)
So aPPARENTLY MY pHILLIPS sMART tv ISN'T RECOGNIZING THE ETHERNET CABLE THROUGH THE ADPTER...SO I JUST HOOKED THE ETHERNET TO THE SMART TV AND LEFT THE FIRESTICK TO CONNECT WIFI..GOT SPEEDS HALF MY TOTAL ISP BANDWIDTH BUT OH WELL...SUCK AT LIFE..!
On the contrary. If this was the only thing in the network, then it wouldn't gain me anything. My network is much more complex. Hooking this to ethernet minimizes wifi congestion.
But why do You have to speak like You are in a competition for fast talkers? Normal speech would be soooooo much more usefull. We all know You are a smart geek, but many on TH-cam watching and listening are not. So, can You not speak to the geek crowd only?
Wifi might be faster but ethernet is fast enough to stream four 4K streams. Ethernet makes sense for people with a poor or congested wifi network. Putting the Fire TV on ethernet frees wifi up for other things.
To the point, easy to follow and very much appreciated. I skipped through about a dozen of these tutorials until I found yours. Nice job and thanks again. I was up and running as quickly and in step with your explanation.
Unlike those pointless peel off thingies, your video actually did make my day! Thank you!
😂 right
Thanks 👍. If it Fry's your phone don't blame me.😂 That part!!
Question. I have an old router from 2008 however the Ethernet ports on the router works real well. Still using the 2.5Ghz Wifi, only trouble these days are my neighbors WiFi. So the maximum speed I can get from my Wifi is around 15Mbps my internet is 3Mbps so no biggie. So here is my question. Can I just cheap out an just get the Ethernet adapter or would you recommend that I get a new router.
If you have easy access to run an ethernet cable from your router to your Fire TV stick, that might be your easiest option. If you only have 3Mbps internet, it may not be worth upgrading your wifi if it is working okay for you.
nice video no time wasting . straight to the point. thanks. helped me know exactly wot i was after!!
Will this device work with any firestick i have the newest one available !issue is i have wifi in the house but it doesnt reach the mancave so thinking of using this device and running ethnet cable from router to mancave ??
It will definitely work with the newest models. I think it only doesn't work with the 1st generation of Fire Stick. All models after that are supported. Should work well for your situation.
Great video, thanks for the practical approach and not trying to sell us on one way or the other!
Does the lan adapter work with the fire tv stick lite?
Yes. It is compatible with the Lite model.
hi there wayne here from new zealand i have a 4k stick but when i connected the ethernet cable adaptor i found that
it freezes do you have a fix for this please,seem to have good internet but still have problems with buffering,look
forward to a reply.
I bought 3 of the adapters and 3 of the newest firestick 4K versions with the app buttons on the remote and they don’t work with the adapter. Let me know if you get one of the newest ones if it works. It works with the older 4K one without the app buttons but not the newest Oct 2021 versions.
That's interesting. I would think they would work. You might try it again in the future in case they issue a software fix for that.
@@Rickmakes You’re not going to believe this! I kept messing around with it and I solved the problem! So I basically figured out the solution for this if anyone else is have this issue, I thought it was very strange that it was showing both WiFi and Ethernet MAC IDs in the initial setup (since it shows that means the ethernet adapter is detected?, hmm). The solution is this! You don’t connect all cables. Leave the ethernet cable unplugged and boot up the FireStick until the initial set up gets to the searching for nearby networks part once it shows all the nearby WiFi networks then connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet Adapter and it will then start configuring the Ethernet Adapter and auto reboot the Firestick! This was so hilarious! I have been trying all week! I didn’t have this issue with the previous 4K models it’s just the newest models with the apps buttons.
Please then What do I have to buy? I have a normal Stike Fire but in your video I looked at many adapter cables which are the ones I should buy please thank you very much
If you want to connect your Fire TV Stick to ethernet (as opposed to wireless), you need the ethernet adapter and a cable long enough to connect between your internet router and your FireTV Stick.
Is there a way to connect a fiber optic cable to fire stick
There will rarely be a need for more than 100Mbps for streaming which is probably why they went for 100Mbps for this adapter.
The ping didn't really improve, the stability didn't improve much, and the speed of course didn't improve at all.
But like you said, if your WiFi is clean then don't bother buying this. It's only for those who have a ton of interference.
Hi, i want to do that, but i have a question, can i use any ethernet adapter? Or i need to use tye one you used in the video??
You could trying using a USB to ethernet adapter and an OTG USB adapter to connect it to the Fire TV stick. If you don't already have those, it would probably make more sense to just get the Amazon adapter.
My brand new firestick4k max settings does not give me the option to switch or go with the ethernet..... the only option available seems to be wifi....
Technical video. My question is, does getting an Ethernet Adapter stop the buffering?
It is possible. If you can, I would try streaming via a computer connected to ethernet. If it buffers on the computer, you may have an internet bandwidth issue. If it works on the computer, the ethernet adapter could help you. It is hard to know for sure without trying it.
My ethernet is awesome, but wifi range is meh and also only 50% speed of the ethernet speed so yeah need this.
Can anyone tell me how you add an Amazon Ethernet adapter and a usb storage thumb drive to the same fire stick. I can't seem to be able to accomplish this simple task, mine is one or the other, but not both.
You need a Micro USB OTG Adapter with Power that will allow you to add a USB thumb drive to your setup. Can be found on Amazon it’s a female micro USB to USB to male micro USB adapter.
Did u managed to fix your issue? I am trying to fix this issue. Have the ethernet adapter and the otg but cant make my firestick read my usb storage.
I was looking at this because I was considering running it on Ethernet since I already wired my sound system by ethernet. But I am getting 250 over wifi with a Gigabit connection. It's also conveniently near my network closet. I can see this being good with alot of interference.
I enjoyed your video I'm very new to this my only question is, the other end of the ethernet cable does it go into the router or the modem. Because I plugged it into the router and I'm still showing an orange light on my router. Can you please help
It should connect into your router. Where is the orange light located? I'm assuming it isn't working at all, correct?
@@Rickmakes located in the router. I have the ac 1750 Netgear nighthawk router. Tried each port. There are 4
Not sure what to do
VPN still usable?
I just have ethernet connected to my TVs so this wouldn't do anything more would it?
Hi, because if I connect an OTG cable (where I will enter the USB stick) to the Ethernet Adapter Amazon, the key is not detected while if I connect the OTG cable directly to the Fire Stick (then using the wifi) can I see the key files?
I’m confused. I bought this exact device and have it on a 4k Firestick, I’m getting 120mbps wireless and only 20mbps wired (after a few tests). Any ideas?
Upgrade your Ethernet cable to a higher speed cable
When I’m trying to watch my fire tv stick lite 2020 paired with my echo studio it always gets freeze and I’m stuck of it because I need to torn it off and try again. My question is if I get a ethernet adapter, my fire TV stick it’s going to work better when it’s paired with my echo studio to get Dolby Atmos?
Hope you can help me because nobody knows what happened with my Fire TV. I have been trying to fix it and calling Amazon services about a few months.
Is there any Amazon Fire TV Ethernet Adapter available which can support up to 200 Mbps?
Hi, to fully understand this. Can you tell me where the yellow cable goes and what am I looking for if I buy it. My firestick does around 60 download speed. Thanks
The yellow wire is an ethernet cable. It goes from the adapter to your internet modem or router. They come in a wide variety of lengths. You want the shortest one that will work.
@@Rickmakes Thanks for your reply. I understand now 👍
Nice step by step instructional video. The Firestick 4Ks are a great device but has that all to common issue of choking down internet speed when hardwired like a lot of the under $50 devices have. I believe Nvidia Shields and Apple TVs both have Gig rated Ethernet ports.
A lot of that choking can be due to your ISP too, I needed a new cable modem, old one was ancient, and I was cutting cord and going to firestick only. I had read a lot about buffer bloat, and how it's like a bottle neck at your ISP connection. I got a middle of the road one called an IQ router by Evenrude I think is the name. They claim it analyzes and optimizes your connection over the first week you have it hooked up, and that they focus on quick internet and buffer bloat rather than fast speeds. I didn't change internet speed with my ISP, but I did get a little improvement with the new router, like from 75/85mbps up to around 100/105mbps, so not huge jump, but I started noticing less buffering, and now I very rarely get any buffering, even on HD movies, and we have two firesticks in the house, laptop, and two smart phones. So, I'm pretty happy with it.
@@sunshynff I run around 480 down on a speed test so those 10/100 ports would definitely choke my speed down. That’s why I use 2 Apple TVs. One is hardwired where I see the 480 down.
@@greghull3189 how did you run a speed test on your Apple TVs?
@@bensonborg7 I use the SPEEDTEST app on the hardwired Apple TV 4K and it’s reading 586 down and 23.4 up with 16ms Ping, 5ms Jitter. I use Spectrum as my ISP and they just upped my 400 Plan to 500. This test was conducted at the time of this post. I notice there’s a lot less buffering on this device versus the Roku Ultra and Chromecast w/ Google TV. The Ultra was a very good device but should’ve had a Gig Ethernet port imo.
Do you still plug the Firestick into the HDMI port on the back of the TV? Your video did not show that?
Sorry about that. Yes. You still plug into the HDMI port on the TV.
@@Rickmakes that is what I thought but I just wanted to make sure
isnt it the same if you have ethernet connection straight to the tv. mine is straight from the router to tv and developer options animation scales set and is fast as hell. suppose this is just another option for speed
The TV and the Fire TV stick do no share the ethernet connection of the TV.
I have no other option for internet/ wifi . I have a separate android cellphone that I have to use as a mobile hot spot. Is there any way I can install an ethernet cable to my firestick and plug it into the cellphone mobile Hotspot.
If your hotspot serves internet up over ethernet, that should work.
Would using this adapter stop my 4k firestick from buffering?
I could if you have deficient wifi. If you have a laptop or desktop computer with ethernet, I would try streaming the same service as you are trying to use on your FireTV. If it also buffers, there could be some other factor slowing it down. If it works well, it might be worth giving ethernet a try.
I already have a direct ethernet connection on my Smart TV. Will I also need to connect one to my FireStick? That would be 2 ethernet connections going to that TV on different ports. Thanks!
The TV and FireStick would need separate ethernet connections. You can install a small switch at the TV so you don't have to run a cable all the way back to your router.
If I ran a 25 foot long ethernet cable from my router to this adapter with my Firestick, would that help solve some of the buffering issues I deal with
It is hard to say exactly what is causing your buffering. Does it work better if the FireTV stick is moved closer to your router? If so, an ethernet cable might help. If it is still slow when close to the router, there may be some other issue slowing it down.
@@Rickmakes My tv is in a seperate room from my router, I don't have any buffering issues with TH-cam or Amazon Prime, only with an IPTV streaming service. So it may be just that or maybe there is too much going on in the bandwidth causing the problem. I did order the adapter and a 30 foot long ethernet cable, it's worth a try.
Trust me ethernet is much much better. not only are your download speeds probably going to double its also going to be so much more stable than wifi. Give it a try please
Great video. I bought one through your Amazon link. Thanks.
Thank you! I appreciate it.
Does the ethernet go to the tv or the router?
Router.
Thanks for that, very helpful. I have a mancave built out my back where the WiFi can't get to so this is handy to get my stick out there but I had to buy 20metres of ethernet cable for it to reach.. Well worth it.
Did it improve the wifi on ur firestick ?
Do I REALLY need this if my wifi router is like 2 feet away from my fire stick (latest 4K max model)?
If it is working for you and your wifi isn't overloaded, there is probably no need to change it. That being said, sometimes wifi can be degraded if you are too close to the router. This would be akin to standing next to a loudspeaker at a concert. It is better to be back a ways. Again though, if it is working, might as well leave it.
@@RickmakesI wanted to say after taking what you said into account and doing some research of my own I ended up wiring up my fire stick and I'm very pleased with the results thank you.
My Vizio Smart TV is about 5 years old. When we connect the Fire Stick to the TV, it works for a very short time and then gives me errors messages (no internet etc). The TV is connected to the router and ethernet to the TV. Hulu said that their app needs 8mg to run properly. Do you think this adapter will solve my problem? It's much easier to use the Fire Stick remote over the TV remote. Thanks.
If you think that a poor wifi signal is causing your issue, then the ethernet adapter should help. If you have a computer with ethernet, you could try connecting it to the router and trying Hulu. If it works well in that configuration, I'm guessing the Fire TV Stick would also benefit from Hulu.
I have a Fire Cube with an external storage adaptor. How will I be able to use both when there's only one port?
You might be able to connect them in series but I unfortunately don't have a Fire Cube to test that on.
Does it help with the buffering? Would it be better tom get a gigabit ethernet connection? I My internet runs at over 500 but Im getting buffering on some movie apps.
It can help if you have poor wifi connectivity. Buffering should only occur when you start a stream. If it occurs in the middle, it means something is slowing it down. If your wifi is good, it could be being slowed down somewhere prior to arriving to your house. There isn't really an easy way to remedy this. As far as gigabit is concerned, a 4K stream uses around 25Mbps. This can easily be handled by a 100Mbps connection.
@@Rickmakes Everything is good and Ism getting buffering. So it must be from outside. Thank you for your advise.
@@Rickmakes some Internet companies, slow your WiFi down, they call it throttling, usually at peak periods..
Do you think Cat 5 is enough or is just best to go with Cat 6?
Cat 5 is rated for 100Mbps so that should work fine. There should be no benefit to using Cat 6.
cat5e when you want to cheap out. Good for up to 2.5gbit.
I have 500mgs download speed from my router,which is located under my TV,with Wi-Fi I get buffering,on Firestick 4k max,with an Enternet cable wired I get 93mps download,which the cable is set to 100mgs per second,and still have buffering issues-what’s wrong,I was looking for an enternet cable that would give me more than 100ngs download,as I want to give my Firestick more power,to stop buffering-any suggestions,thanks
What are you connecting to that is buffering?
@@Rickmakes I have a Firestick 4k max
@@Rickmakes Firestick 4k Max
@@billypower5007 I should have been more specific. Which streaming service or app?
@@Rickmakes using Infinity TV app for TV viewing,I also use Express VPN,which,when active,increases buffering
Is there anyway to hook this up to ethernet without wi-fi and use my pc seperately while my wife watches tv. Basically one ethernet split to pc and firestick.
You will need a ethernet switch for that, or if you have a old router laying around you can use that by plugging the ethernet cord into the internet port of the router and plug in two more ethernet cables to the router then to your PC and firestick adapter.
@@tshoguncainion9836 Thank you.
What kind of router do you have?? My family has issues with this kind of stuff and we have a new router from like 6 months ago. But we don’t use Ethernet at all.
I use a ASUS router but this would be plugged into my Netgear or EnGenius switch. I'm not sure which one. This could be plugged into the network port of a router if you have one available. If your network ports are full, you could easily add a small switch.
I have an amazon 55" TV (not firestick). The TV has an ethernet port. But when i plug in my ethernet into the back of the TV it does not recognize it all. What's going on?? Can you fix this for me? Any ideas.
Do you have another device you can test the ethernet with, like a laptop? I would do that first. Next, when you plug the ethernet in to the TV, does the indicator light light up on your switch or router for the other end of the ethernet cable?
I tried the latest Amazon Ethernet adapter followed all instructions and advice and it would not work with my 4K Amazon fire stick and it would not connect or recognize my internet connection to my modem !
Do you have another device (computer, laptop, gaming system, etc...) you can test your ethernet connection with? It would be nice to rule that out being the cause of the issue. If you can, test using the same cable as you tried with your Fire ethernet adapter.
Same
I recently got Sky Fibre "Ultrafast" (150Mbs) installed and was not happy with the speed i got (90Mbs max tested on my TV connected via ethernet cable) after watching your Video i disconnected the Ethernet cable and tested my speed again (this time over Wifi) and Surprise Surprise the speed was 145Mbs !!!! So it was the Ugreen adapter not my Provider !!
Yep. Ethernet is not the fastest option for everyone. Just curious, is there something you run on the Fire TV that uses the high speed?
@@Rickmakes my streaming apps ?
Could it be the eithernet cable slowing it down creating a bottle neck? I have 700mbs and my old cat 5e cables destroyed the data to 300mbs. I upgraded to cat 7e and now get 680mps way more than enough
@@trevorfitzpatrick5114 Thanks for the tip 😀😀👍👍
Well Done Broski !😀
If only I had an Ethernet connection port in my room. Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information with us subscribers but it will not work for me.
I just bought a new firestick tv 4k, and is not reading the ethernet cable, the old firestick does but not this one, need help figuring why is not working.
That is odd. You do have the same ethernet adapter as in this video, correct? I would make sure your Fire TV Stick has the latest updates installed. You could try resetting it to see if that works. Also, try removing any wifi networks if any are set up on it.
@@Rickmakes I have a different ethernet adapter, USB 3.0 to Ethernet adapter thats the one am using but it seems not working with the new firestick 4k I just bought couple days ago, only works with the older version
@@DJNICA77 I don't support 3.0 just 2.0 I heard
The adapter work with Amazon fire HD tablet?
Unfortunately I don't have one to test it on. If the HD tablet supports USB OTG, I'm guessing this might work.
Hi, just got this amazon ethernet adapter for my firestick, I'm only getting 91mbps with it connected as a hardwire connection. And 250mbps over the WiFi. Does anyone know if this adapter is limited on speed? I have cat6 cable. Thankyou :)
In my tests with the ethernet adapter, I only got a few Mbps more than you did. This is a 100Mbps adapter so it is limited. I'm curious, do you have some use case where you need more than 91Mbps?
@@Rickmakes thanks for your reply rick. Yes i found out last night after doing a bit more research that its only capped to 100mbps, which is frustrating because amazon didnt state this was the case haha. Well my broadband speed is 350mbps so why not utilise all of it i guess? Id want to watch in FHD with no buffering but at 91mbps that would surely cause some buffering issues
@@Verstrappen FHD streams are only around 5Mbps so the Ethernet isn’t the bottleneck. Even the higher UHD 4K are only around 25Mbps so 100Mbps can handle that too. Where higher speed could come in handy is with downloading large files quickly but the Fire TV stick doesn’t have storage.
@@Rickmakes oh ok i didnt realise the streams were such low usage of mbps, however saying that my friend has a firestick and the wifi speed test of the network is only getting 35mbps and all streams constantly buffer? Tried it at my house on the wifi and all is good.
VERY helpful video! Thank you!
Can we connected mi stick to this adapter
I did some searching online and I don't think the Mi Stick supports USB OTG or ethernet. I think the Mi Box might, but not the Mi stick. That being said, I don't have one to test.
Thanks, great video, nice & straightforard
I attached a cat7 cable between my firestick 4k and my router and the firestick still shows it is using wifi. The firestick is the latest version. Any ideas?
Does it work using ethernet if you disconnect from wifi on the Fire TV? Also, is the ethernet light on on your switch?
@@Rickmakes I tried turning off wifi and my firestick just stopped working. I have a linksys wrt3200ac and it shows an ethernet cable connected. On another TH-cam video it works and a 2 terabyte ssd drive is also connected to give very fast speed!
I got a cat 7 cable and adapter for my firestick too but it's not working. It says connected (with problems) but I can't seem to find the issue. Any idea?
Use the stick as a storagee
Where does the Ethernet go on Modem
They might be labeled "LAN" ports. Sometimes the ports will just have numbers over them.
This was a good video it answered my questions.
I've seen that connecting this to a gigabit ethernet switch could cause some troubles to use the stick? anyone tried?
I've been running mine on a gigabit switch with no problems.
These only do 100 mb.
The download went down
did you say " hooked up to my Wii" omg ... unhook that bad boy, and hold on to it,
Could you help me for some reason
I followed everything u showed but still Not connecting to eternal wire just doesn’t really read
Could you please advice ?
You don't happen to be using a 1st generation Fire TV Stick? I don't think it is compatible with that model. Do you see ethernet in the network setting on the Fire TV?
Thanks
No problem.
Wired is always better for video even if you have faster WiFi
Can anyone point me to a 1000 mb Ethernet adapter that works on Amazon devices??
The USB OTG interface is only USB 2.0 so it won't support 1000mb ethernet. I tested it anyway with a few gigabit adapters and none of them worked. It did work with a USB OTG adapter and a USB 2.0 to ethernet adapter but only at 100mb. Do you have a specific use where you need gigabit? I can't think of any software on the Fire TV Stick that could utilize it.
Amazon basic ethernet adapter
While it is a shame that it isn't faster than a 5G wireless network, I do like the idea of freeing up the WiFi.
Even if your WiFi is far faster than the 100mbs the wired connection will provide better picture, speed and audio.
The amazon Ethernet adapter is 100 MB passthrough.
Why can't you just plug the ethernet cable into the back of your smart tv. Will that be better, certainly simpler
you need to plug it into the firestick to get the content.
@@librero46 don't understand, after I ran ethernet from my router about 40 feet it all but eliminated any buffeting on the fire stick and installed apps
The Firestick doesn't have a network connection to the TV. The Firestick and TV have separate network capabilities.
@@terrybrull5190 O
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guys this dude doesn’t know what he is talking about he said WiFi is faster than Ethernet lmao
Did you watch the video? I literally show the 5Ghz AC wifi as being faster than the 100Mbit ethernet. If this supported gigabit ethernet, then the ethernet could be faster than wifi but as I also showed, gigabit isn't really necessary for streaming video.
Sacrificed your IP address to help us with the Ethernet adapter. Ty
I've just used this for the first time and it's much slower than the WiFi.
Have we really reached a point where this question is necessary?🤔
I think many would probably consider it to get faster speeds but wifi is technically faster. I think the adapter is mainly for people who want less wifi congestion or who have bad wifi. If a person want's faster speed, this isn't going to get them that. That being said, this would theoretically support around four 4K netflix streams simultaneously so it is faster enough for most people.
Need to tell people that you can't use a VPN with ethernet adaptor cable
Ethernet cable was at 90MBPS, WI-FI was over 300MBPS? Wish I never wasted my money!
Do you use a service that needs the higher speed? If so, I'm curious what it is?
@@Rickmakes filmplus mainly, it’s forever buffering. That’s the only thing I use it for. I’m thinking it’s just the service itself
Ours died after 1 year... if you have a 5GHz wifi connection then there is zero point getting this. (aka unless your wifi is terrible, there is ZERO difference)
You skip when you actually hooked it up
So aPPARENTLY MY pHILLIPS sMART tv ISN'T RECOGNIZING THE ETHERNET CABLE THROUGH THE ADPTER...SO I JUST HOOKED THE ETHERNET TO THE SMART TV AND LEFT THE FIRESTICK TO CONNECT WIFI..GOT SPEEDS HALF MY TOTAL ISP BANDWIDTH BUT OH WELL...SUCK AT LIFE..!
This adapter isn't for supplying internet to your smart tv. Did you have it connected properly?
!!! HELLOU!!!!!Please
Didn't do anything for you...
On the contrary. If this was the only thing in the network, then it wouldn't gain me anything. My network is much more complex. Hooking this to ethernet minimizes wifi congestion.
But why do You have to speak like You are in a competition for fast talkers? Normal speech would be soooooo much more usefull. We all know You are a smart geek, but many on TH-cam watching and listening are not. So, can You not speak to the geek crowd only?
I’m
Makes no sense to buy that device..my wifi speed.much faster
Wifi might be faster but ethernet is fast enough to stream four 4K streams. Ethernet makes sense for people with a poor or congested wifi network. Putting the Fire TV on ethernet frees wifi up for other things.
@@Rickmakes wifi speed test 250mbps this device 82 and 90 mbps
Thanks