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The thing which proved life changing for me was ditching WiFi for Ethernet in the home office. I wasn't able to lay cables but I did buy an ethernet over power
by tjpnz 4y ago
The thing which proved life changing for me was ditching WiFi for Ethernet in the home office. I wasn't able to lay cables but I did buy an ethernet over power adapter (you can also get them for coaxial). Speed took a hit but I didn't have the same issues I previously had with packet loss, even after manual tweaks to avoid interference with neighbours.
- vladvasiliu 4y agoI think this ship has sailed, especially with people adding an extra dose of latency in the form of Bluetooth headsets.
- 867-5309 4y agoyou are stationary, there is no need for wireless as tfa emphasises
- jhugo 4y agoWorst case extra latency added by a Bluetooth headset is less of an issue, you are close and congestion is less of a problem. Home WiFi generally has really bad worst case latency and variability (jitter), removing it from the path is one of the best things you can do to improve realtime communication performance.
- bradknowles 4y agoBluetooth and Wi-Fi use the same frequency bands. Bluetooth radios are much weaker than wifi radios. Bluetooth devices frequently give up much faster than wifi devices. Bluetooth devices are also much more latency sensitive than wifi. When it's a fight between Bluetooth and wifi, Bluetooth almost always loses -- big time.
- jhugo 4y agoThis is oversimplifying things. Bluetooth devices are typically much closer than WiFi devices, and need less bandwidth. The protocol has less overhead (on modern BT devices). It's true that implementation quality of BT devices is typically severely lacking, but with a good quality implementation (e.g. Apple AirPods with a Mac or iOS device), the WiFi is far more likely to be the weak link in a home videoconferencing setup.
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- krageon 4y agoI frequently hear this sentiment, yet in my country I struggle to find evidence of more than a few ms of wifi vs cabled connections. Whereabout do you live that this is such a huge issue? Is it a large, dense metropolis like Beijing or Singapore?
- executesorder66 4y agohttps://www.jefftk.com/p/ethernet-is-worth-it-for-video-calls https://www.jefftk.com/p/ethernet-is-worth-it-for-video-call...
- krageon 4y agoI have read articles like this. I comment specifically on this subject because I used to believe them without testing them myself. When I did start testing it myself I quickly discovered these rules just do not hold true where I am (Europe), so I am wondering where these claims come from.
- hansel_der 4y agoyes, it's mosty density. once you have to scroll in the ap-list there is a very good chance that you are contested on air-time because some neighbour is active on any given channel. [0] add to that interference from non-wifi or other unclean rf-equipment like babymonitors, wireless doorbells or bluetooth ... 2.4ghz is quite crowded, 5ghz is crippled by a wall... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_node_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_node_problem
- rahoulb 4y agoI'm in the UK and live in a student area and it's a huge issue. There are some times of day where the Wifi speeds drop massively (I assume interference and madly swapping channels) - but wired stays constant.
- Anderkent 4y agoUsually it's not the average latency but the random spikes that kill your responsiveness. My wifi ping is usually within a couple ms of wired ping, but packet loss / latency spikes are a daily occurence