# Bandwidth dropping intermittently

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-mac\
**Created:** [November 8, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886 "2024-11-08T22:47:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![MELWINJOHN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@MELWINJOHN](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MELWINJOHN)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886/1 "2024-11-08T22:47:59Z")

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Server Version#: mac os latest version  
Player Version#:  
bandwidth is dropping to 0mbs for almost 1 min and getting back to normal. this is happing few time at peak time. my network has 5Gps speed. anyone can help?

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**Author:** ![MELWINJOHN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@MELWINJOHN](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MELWINJOHN)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886/2 "2024-11-08T22:55:19Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/a/d/2ad7441658c3df30ef7bb0ff9bb9231c8d848e3c.jpeg)

something like this

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886/3 "2024-11-08T23:29:33Z")

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Are you concerned that it’s not a constant stream / stable bandwidth use or do you experience some playback issues?

Clients will usually buffer a certain amount of media and then only continue loading more as that buffer is consumed. It’s quite common to have huge spikes and (sometimes) longer periods of limited/no traffic.

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**Author:** ![MELWINJOHN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@MELWINJOHN](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MELWINJOHN)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886/4 "2024-11-09T00:08:43Z")

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yes. buffering is happening within this one min time. especially if i am starting a new stream at this 1 min timeframe, its like wont load

also if i am using live tv, it will buffer immediately.

what could be the possible reason for this short period of zero bandwidth local and remote.

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**Author:** ![MELWINJOHN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@MELWINJOHN](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MELWINJOHN)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886/5 "2024-11-10T06:18:14Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/5/c/55cf4c34278ea6f0a84c94ce7569fd583ca84ba4.jpeg)  
anyone can help me?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bandwidth-dropping-intermittently/894886/6 "2025-02-08T06:18:42Z")

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