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My newest laptop gets a fairly consistent 700-800Mbps on WiFi. Don't get me wrong I still prefer ethernet to avoid packet loss and reduce latency but download

My newest laptop gets a fairly consistent 700-800Mbps on WiFi. Don't get me wrong I still prefer ethernet to avoid packet loss and reduce latency but download throughput isn't a problem I notice on WiFi anymore (since I'm also only on a 1Gbit/s line)

pantalaimon 5y ago
Your laptop is not magic, it will only get those speeds with the right access point and if you are close enough to it. If you carry your laptop someplace else it might not find itself in such ideal conditions.
- jeffbee 5y ago
  What a bizarre retort. It should also be fairly obvious that if you carry your laptop somewhere else you're not going to be able to reach it with the ethernet cable, either.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
    Why not? They come up to 300 feet long, in all colors, optionally flat and thin and easily deliver more speed than any (current) WiFi can.
    - iSnow 5y ago
      Because usually, you can't just throw a 100m cable through a building and plug it just into some Ethernet socket. And who wants to carry around a spool of cable?
      - LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
        https://www.mondo2000.com/2017/08/30/r-u-a-cyberpunk-well-r-u-punk/ https://www.mondo2000.com/2017/08/30/r-u-a-cyberpunk-well-r-...
        aksss 5y ago
        I like how the guy’s wearing a belt of I don’t know what, 7.62x39?, and they point out the stun gun for self defense. Labeled a cyberpunk but it looks like the perfect 90’s amateur mobile porn production studio.
        LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
        Yah, well, Mondo2000, California... probably got some inspiration there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONDO_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONDO_2000 :-)
  - pantalaimon 5y ago
    If you have a good WiFi network at home, that's great when your laptop is at home, but if you carry it outside your home you are at the mercy of whatever infrastructure you find there. Usually if you need to transfer large amounts of data you can still plug in an Ethernet cable in e.g. an office.
tootie 5y ago
Yeah I used to be a stickler for everyone being plugged in for video calls but it really isn't necessary anymore.

pantalaimon 5y ago

Your laptop is not magic, it will only get those speeds with the right access point and if you are close enough to it. If you carry your laptop someplace else it might not find itself in such ideal conditions.

jeffbee 5y ago
What a bizarre retort. It should also be fairly obvious that if you carry your laptop somewhere else you're not going to be able to reach it with the ethernet cable, either.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
  Why not? They come up to 300 feet long, in all colors, optionally flat and thin and easily deliver more speed than any (current) WiFi can.
  - iSnow 5y ago
    Because usually, you can't just throw a 100m cable through a building and plug it just into some Ethernet socket. And who wants to carry around a spool of cable?
    - LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
      https://www.mondo2000.com/2017/08/30/r-u-a-cyberpunk-well-r-u-punk/ https://www.mondo2000.com/2017/08/30/r-u-a-cyberpunk-well-r-...
      - aksss 5y ago
        I like how the guy’s wearing a belt of I don’t know what, 7.62x39?, and they point out the stun gun for self defense. Labeled a cyberpunk but it looks like the perfect 90’s amateur mobile porn production studio.
        LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
        Yah, well, Mondo2000, California... probably got some inspiration there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONDO_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONDO_2000 :-)
- pantalaimon 5y ago
  If you have a good WiFi network at home, that's great when your laptop is at home, but if you carry it outside your home you are at the mercy of whatever infrastructure you find there. Usually if you need to transfer large amounts of data you can still plug in an Ethernet cable in e.g. an office.

tootie 5y ago

Yeah I used to be a stickler for everyone being plugged in for video calls but it really isn't necessary anymore.