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Few tips for laptop and WI-FI users

If you would like to stream your show from a laptop, you have to be aware of at least one thing. Some programs (Oddcast for sure) refuse to connect to the stream-server if you are running laptop from you battery. Secondly, using WI-FI (wireless internet) connection for live webcasting may not be a good idea. When you are webcasting, you are sending 'connection packages' on a constant basis and WI-FI internet is not stable enough for such operation (I've experienced it myself).

To test the speed of your internet connection, try something like
this Internet Speed Test
Tags: 
connection speed
‹ Check your bandwidth connection up Glossary ›
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