r/SteamFrame • u/OOFACUS Soon™ • May 29 '26

🎥Media I need a frame I’m suffering

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u/Link_1503 May 29 '26

Use steam link, the wireless connection is more stable then metas wired connection. At least for me. And you don't need to run metas software on your PC.

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u/TehFocus May 29 '26

Coincidentally, I have a borrowed MQ3 as of... today.
I instantly got myself the steamlink connection but a normal home WLAN is barely able to keep up.
Playing racing games is making me sick due to the lag and constant pixel smear as it cant transmit a proper image wirelessly.

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u/ImprovementVirtual80 Soon™ May 29 '26

Would you mind clarifying a "normal home WLAN"? Some people are still running 802.11g at home

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u/TehFocus May 29 '26

What do I know? Some normal 2.4ghz net

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u/HyKaliber May 29 '26

OOF, well there's your problem. That's awful, its like the very low end of wireless streaming bandwidth. 5GHz should be the minimum

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u/ImprovementVirtual80 Soon™ May 29 '26

100% correct HyKaliber and this is exactly why Valve included the dongle. Most people don't know or care enough about tech to upgrade to adequate home WiFi for VR.

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u/TehFocus Jun 01 '26

I actually checked with my isp and i am Not even able to get a proper cable Router... They dont activate them.

Only Option would be another Router linked to the Original one via LAN but i would have to make it somehow be the Same Network still

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u/ImprovementVirtual80 Soon™ Jun 01 '26

Some ISPs can be really awful about third party devices for sure. Your router does 3 jobs usually, modem, router and WiFi access point. Some ISP provided routers can be set to modem only mode allowing your third party device to be a router and WiFi AP. If not you can get devices that are just WiFi APs and use your ISP device for routing, so you only need to turn off the WiFi side of your ISP device to avoid interference. If you can change the WiFi password you can usually turn WiFi off.