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Modern 5ghz wireless can fully saturate most home broadband connections, and if a good router is used, the added latency is trivial. If the house isn't already

Modern 5ghz wireless can fully saturate most home broadband connections, and if a good router is used, the added latency is trivial. If the house isn't already wired for CAT5, wireless makes sense.

bhauer 8y ago
To reiterate: the point of my anecdote was to point out how out of touch I am. Sure, wireless gaming is fine. Still, for me, I can't fathom investing the kind of money this fellow had on a gaming rig to then pair it with wireless networking. The scenario in brief: On one hand, I've opted for a blistering no-compromises frame rate, but on the other, I am tolerating a few more milliseconds of lag. Does not compute. I remember enjoying the analysis that Riot did comparing wireless and wired gaming [1]. The chart showing the percentage of players using wired versus wireless at each of their ranking tiers is especially interesting. In my home, I use Ubiquiti UniFi wireless access points. Comparing my workstation (wired) with my laptop (wireless, situated about 10 feet from an access point), pings to Google are delayed ~1.5ms by wireless with a few more random hiccups. Is that a big deal? No, not really for me. But then, I don't really game nor do I have dual RTX 2080s. [1] https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/ethernet-vs-wifi-ping-packets-playing-better https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/ethernet-vs-wifi-ping...
- com2kid 8y ago
  Thanks for the great link! That is an awesome post, those lag spikes are horrible.
ip26 8y ago
It's fine on bandwidth, but I learned for whatever reason it sucks for network filesystems... 15mbps powerline links absolutely kicked the pants off N900 for SMB performance.
clairity 8y ago
while we colloquially say CAT5, any new wiring should be CAT6 (or 6A) nowadays since the cost difference is negligible for much more bandwidth.

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Modern 5ghz wireless can fully saturate most home broadband connections, and if a good router is used, the added latency is trivial. If the house isn't already

by com2kid 8y ago

Modern 5ghz wireless can fully saturate most home broadband connections, and if a good router is used, the added latency is trivial. If the house isn't already wired for CAT5, wireless makes sense.

bhauer 8y ago
To reiterate: the point of my anecdote was to point out how out of touch I am. Sure, wireless gaming is fine. Still, for me, I can't fathom investing the kind of money this fellow had on a gaming rig to then pair it with wireless networking. The scenario in brief: On one hand, I've opted for a blistering no-compromises frame rate, but on the other, I am tolerating a few more milliseconds of lag. Does not compute. I remember enjoying the analysis that Riot did comparing wireless and wired gaming [1]. The chart showing the percentage of players using wired versus wireless at each of their ranking tiers is especially interesting. In my home, I use Ubiquiti UniFi wireless access points. Comparing my workstation (wired) with my laptop (wireless, situated about 10 feet from an access point), pings to Google are delayed ~1.5ms by wireless with a few more random hiccups. Is that a big deal? No, not really for me. But then, I don't really game nor do I have dual RTX 2080s. [1] https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/ethernet-vs-wifi-ping-packets-playing-better https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/ethernet-vs-wifi-ping...
- com2kid 8y ago
  Thanks for the great link! That is an awesome post, those lag spikes are horrible.
ip26 8y ago
It's fine on bandwidth, but I learned for whatever reason it sucks for network filesystems... 15mbps powerline links absolutely kicked the pants off N900 for SMB performance.
clairity 8y ago
while we colloquially say CAT5, any new wiring should be CAT6 (or 6A) nowadays since the cost difference is negligible for much more bandwidth.