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| Thread ID: 76797 | 2007-02-16 05:04:00 | Which is faster, ethernet or wireless? | annie (6010) | Press F1 |
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| 525120 | 2007-02-16 08:56:00 | Thanks for all that. The idea of a cat6 cable is interesting, but not really possible, the path of the cable through the wall is pretty tricky- was put in when house was built. I appreciate everyone's advice, thanks |
annie (6010) | ||
| 525121 | 2007-02-16 11:00:00 | Don't listen to those who tell you need CAT6 to get gigabit ethernet! As long as you have a CAT5 cable that has been properly installed you can get gigabit speeds on it. I've done it lots of times. Even crusty old CAT5 cables that look like the ends are just about to fall off have run at gigabit speeds. I've tested them! |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 525122 | 2007-02-16 11:08:00 | Stick with the ethernet Annie, but get a wireless capable router in case you want to use you laptop where you don't have an ethernet connection. Best of both worlds. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 525123 | 2007-02-17 03:33:00 | Thanks for all the advice, in case anyone else has the same problem, it comes down to this: either a Linksys WRT54G cable/dsl wireless/ethernet router plus a 10m cable for the occasional laptop, or, to save a 120 bucks and inconvenience the kids when they visit, a Linksys BEFSR41 cable/dsl ethernet router, am also considering the D-Link DI704UP ethernet Router/Firewall w USB print server. | annie (6010) | ||
| 525124 | 2007-02-17 23:00:00 | Actually it depends what you are doing. If you are copying files across the network, you really notice the difference between wired (faster) vs wireless. If you are surfing the internet and downloading the occasional file, wireless is normally fast enough. You could always get a wireless access point later if you needed it for $100 approx. Decisions, decisions... |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 525125 | 2007-02-18 07:02:00 | Just a comment to add to this thread. last week i bought a wireless four port router siemens from Orcon, and i have to say compaired to the old d link router my wireless strength increased ten fold. The signal no longer drops out on my laptop or xbox as it did with the d link router. I opened windows media center on vista and it has a bar graph to show your signal strength with the siemens router the strength was 8 bars higher than the d link router for the d link router only could get as far as three bars and then dye away some more. |
Hitech (9024) | ||
| 525126 | 2007-02-18 12:10:00 | Not a hard and fast rule, but it seems that a lot of the D-Link gear these days isn't quite up to standard. What's the consensus out there, have they dropped their game? | Murray P (44) | ||
| 525127 | 2007-02-18 12:19:00 | Not a hard and fast rule, but it seems that a lot of the D-Link gear these days isn't quite up to standard. What's the consensus out there, have they dropped their game?I would only touch D-Link with the fat end on a cricket bat. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 525128 | 2007-02-18 22:23:00 | I think I copied 1GB via network card 100Mbit in 4mins. Wireless using the G version was around 16 mins. This was next door to the other computer or upstairs directly above it. The reception is generally pretty good, if they are not I think you can use "Dr TCP" worked for me a lot. But obviously if you do have a maze in your house or mansion reception may suffer. For internet probably doesn't matter unless you have a bad reception. My setup is like receiving 50-56Mbit most times. Upstairs / downstairs layout. It would matter if you are sharing huge files or you are printing. If one can talk about the N series and the special modes if you buy the same brand and similar model wireless cards which go faster and improves the reception one can also think about the 1,000Mbit network cards or some are free on the motherboard. One of the key things I found with wired is they don't fluctuate like wireless. For most pple sharing the odd file, share the net .. probably be fine, if you are sharing huge files, printing stuff then wired is better. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 525129 | 2007-02-19 01:14:00 | If I had a old house, I would just use wireless, copying even if its 10min longer I can walk around, for a person who does not depend that for a living its fine. I am not going to knock holes in the walls and run a cable via it .. and then patch the wall up. For lappies as one said, yeah wireless would be the best. As you can move from one room to the next to the backyard to the garage to the balcony. If you have a new house or that you are pulling the walls down for other reasons then yeah .. go for it and have the wires put in, if that was the case for me, I would probably use wired. I have one laptop here but that never gets moved around. I don't think I will run a 20m cable via the house :p |
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