Really? I plug mine into ethernet whenever I can. Even on 5Ghz the unpredictable latency can really impact things, particularly NFS. For example, rsnapshot back

Really? I plug mine into ethernet whenever I can. Even on 5Ghz the unpredictable latency can really impact things, particularly NFS. For example, rsnapshot backups that take 10 minutes on ethernet take upwards of 5 or 6 hours on wifi. It's not a bandwidth issue, it's appears to be latency with lots of small files. Note: I'm using an 802.11ac router and a laptop with a Centrino 6300 chipset. I have the 5Ghz spectrum all to myself. For bulk transfers I get consistent speeds of close to 100Mbit.