Is Ethernet significantly better than Wifi?

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Great Britain Panmaster
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Re: Is Ethernet significantly better than Wifi?

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Negligible difference assuming no interference, especially in international connections e.g. UK -> USA -> Australia. Maybe 1ms difference.

Theoretically Wi-Fi routers will crash and overheat more often and it can cause interference in some ADSL connections. Induction motors and similar extreme sources of RF could threaten Wi-Fi too.

Getting LAN cables routed through walls/floors is a lot more expensive than buying an AC router and an AC card.
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That wavelength won't pass through a wall so... Cool but inpractical considering you might aswell just use a cable then.
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Panmaster wrote:Negligible difference assuming no interference, especially in international connections e.g. UK -> USA -> Australia. Maybe 1ms difference.

Theoretically Wi-Fi routers will crash and overheat more often and it can cause interference in some ADSL connections. Induction motors and similar extreme sources of RF could threaten Wi-Fi too.

Getting LAN cables routed through walls/floors is a lot more expensive than buying an AC router and an AC card.

I got my lan cable through 2 walls investing about no money :D
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Re: Is Ethernet significantly better than Wifi?

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Panmaster wrote:Negligible difference assuming no interference, especially in international connections e.g. UK -> USA -> Australia. Maybe 1ms difference.

Theoretically Wi-Fi routers will crash and overheat more often and it can cause interference in some ADSL connections. Induction motors and similar extreme sources of RF could threaten Wi-Fi too.

Getting LAN cables routed through walls/floors is a lot more expensive than buying an AC router and an AC card.


It's pretty easy to do yourself. Materials are inexpensive too. AC is also not as good as ethernet.
Ethernet Cord = $10
Wall Sockets = inexpensive, around $5-8 depending on where you get them from

Nothing else needed.
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