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It’s weird having lived through modems to DSL to fiber that finally external WAN speeds are eclipsing internal LAN speeds. When my modem was 28.8 kbps then 36k
by hnbear 3y ago
It’s weird having lived through modems to DSL to fiber that finally external WAN speeds are eclipsing internal LAN speeds.
When my modem was 28.8 kbps then 36kbps, then 56k I had a 10/100 hub then switch to network internally.
When DSL and cable room us into multi-megabit 1000baseT came along and has ruled ever since.
I have 1G fiber at home and am holding off on the 2G and 5G offers because the switches are so expensive.
Higher end gaming motherboard come with 2.5 Ethernet now, but they’re still fairly rare. Consumer machines and laptops don’t.
I’m interested to see how long till 10G switches become affordable, if ever. WiFi might win if built into a modem with a 2gig or 5gig port.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoEven if I had a bigger pipe, Steam is the only service which I think might be able to saturate it. Everything else seems more limited by providers. Looking at you GOG, where I seem to be lucky to pull down 5mbps.
- hnbear 3y agoI have teenaged kids at home, so typically running many online gaming + FaceTime sessions simultaneously, along with other streaming services. I don’t know if it’ll saturate it, even then, but our bandwidth use is definitely on the higher side.
- coffeebeqn 3y agoI don’t see how wifi could use more than maybe 10% of a 5gig connection. It’s much worse than wired.
- bdavbdav 3y agoThink multiple APs, bands.
- ChoGGi 3y ago> Higher end gaming motherboard come with 2.5 Ethernet now, but they’re still fairly rare. Consumer machines and laptops don’t. High end gaming motherboards come with 10g. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MEG-X670E-ACE https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MEG-X670E-ACE I upgraded my system a couple months ago, onboard Ethernet has 2.5. I'm still stuck on 15MB DSL:)