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My home is wired with Cat5E and a gigabit switch, and my wired connection delivers consistent, uninterrupted, near-zero-latency 1gbps connectivity 24/7. I have

by ptmcc 6y ago

My home is wired with Cat5E and a gigabit switch, and my wired connection delivers consistent, uninterrupted, near-zero-latency 1gbps connectivity 24/7. I have two different nice wifi APs running all the latest standards and even on new devices supporting the latest and greatest the best I ever see over wifi is about 300-350mbps, plus a couple additional milliseconds of latency. Plus the random little transient wifi hiccups that just happen from time to time. I can see about a dozen other wifi networks in range of my house, so some radio noise out there but nothing crazy. And now that I also have symmetric gigabit fiber, only my wired connections can come anywhere close to saturating my WAN bandwidth. If you have the option/ability, wired is going to crush wireless every time. Wifi is great for casual use and I'm glad it has gotten as good as it has, but for real work/gaming/whatever there's no contest.

yftsui 6y ago
I have a similar all Unifi setup, I could get 350Mbps stable connection for any devices as I used 3 Unifi APs. Recently played with the new Eero Wi-Fi 6 AP, I could get 500Mbps as it seems to be duplex two channels. That's probably the best you could get, compared with a cheap gigabit switch can give you 970Mbps easily.
KiranRao0 6y ago
I remember doing an experiment with my roommates with Engenius APs (I can consistently get ~480mbps). For everything but direct large downloads, everyone thought that using a 100mbps wired connection felt faster/snappier than the 480mpbs wireless
spearo77 6y ago
Another couple for your list– Moving a device from Wifi to wired marginally helps all your other wifi devices. Overall it can improve performance enough to not need another access point. Even better is PoE which can let you put an AP in places that would otherwise require an electrician to install mains power outlets. Remote power-cycle is good too, even if you already have mains power for the AP.

by ptmcc 6y ago

yftsui 6y ago

I have a similar all Unifi setup, I could get 350Mbps stable connection for any devices as I used 3 Unifi APs. Recently played with the new Eero Wi-Fi 6 AP, I could get 500Mbps as it seems to be duplex two channels. That's probably the best you could get, compared with a cheap gigabit switch can give you 970Mbps easily.

KiranRao0 6y ago

I remember doing an experiment with my roommates with Engenius APs (I can consistently get ~480mbps). For everything but direct large downloads, everyone thought that using a 100mbps wired connection felt faster/snappier than the 480mpbs wireless

spearo77 6y ago

Another couple for your list– Moving a device from Wifi to wired marginally helps all your other wifi devices. Overall it can improve performance enough to not need another access point. Even better is PoE which can let you put an AP in places that would otherwise require an electrician to install mains power outlets. Remote power-cycle is good too, even if you already have mains power for the AP.