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| Thread ID: 140188 | 2015-08-31 22:14:00 | new UFB install - wirelss to a desktop pc | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 1407713 | 2015-08-31 22:14:00 | Hi Guys They are coming to install my UFB later this month! I have a home built desktop PC. My ISP is going to supply a Netcom NF5 wireless router. How would you access it from my desktop PC. It will be in the same room but at the other end of the room its a medium sized lounge. Would you buy CAT 6 cable or would you buy a wireless card and put it in my PC. I have a Gigabyte GA 970 motherboard. I am pretty sure that it does not have built in wireless, here are the specs www.gigabyte.co.nz Any recommendations for a suitable wireless card - are they all the same ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1407714 | 2015-08-31 22:18:00 | You can use a PCI wireless card, or USB wireless adapter. Just make sure it supports wireless N as well. Depends if you want to open the case / and install it. Or just plug it into a USB port. Here, nothing is connected with a cable. Everything is wireless at the mo. 3 Pc's , a printer, 2 bluray players, a phone, and an Xbox Only time I would use a cable, is if I update the firmware on the modem |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1407715 | 2015-09-01 02:05:00 | Thanks fro that Speedy, looks like I'll get a PCI wireless card | Digby (677) | ||
| 1407716 | 2015-09-01 04:55:00 | If it's just for internet wireless is fine but depending on the type of wi-fi and what fibre plan you chose it could restrict the throughput a little. If you do any file copying then cable is better. An ethernet cable is also easier to set up and more reliable, but not majorly so. I use a 300Mbps wireless N USB adapter occasionally in my bedroom and although it has good signal strength and is fine for HD streaming and internet use if I try to copy files over it I get a max of 7-8 MBps (56Mbps) whereas over gigabit ethernet I get 40-100 MBps I'm the opposite to speedy, everything is connected via Cable except my smartphone and tablet. 3Pc's, a printer, TiVo, PS3, even my 5.1 receiver. The only time I use wireless is if I need to be mobile :) It is tidier if you need to run a cable around the room though. I just find it simpler this way, no need to play with menu's and horrible on screen keyboards to enter wi-fi passwords 1 character at a time, no security issues, more speed, ethernet tends to be just plug it in and it works. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1407717 | 2015-09-01 05:03:00 | If a cable is an option it is the better choice. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1407718 | 2015-09-01 07:28:00 | Cable hands down for me | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1407719 | 2015-09-02 06:04:00 | Mmm I'm not sure now. I'd rather go cable, but my desktop PC is at the opposite end of the room to where my UFB will be coming in. The cable would have to go up and over a door way, or under some rugs. Unless I went to the extent of getting them run up inside the walls and over the ceiling. Lucky there is no Mrs D to dislike the idea of a thick Cat6 cable all over the floor. I might try both for a while and see what they are like. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1407720 | 2015-09-02 06:34:00 | wireless will always be inferior to wired. Its called physics :) | nmercer (3899) | ||
| 1407721 | 2015-09-02 08:50:00 | I assume that your house has a concrete slab floor, rather than a wooden floor on piles. | b.... (7683) | ||
| 1407722 | 2015-09-03 03:02:00 | Always a cable where you can, especially if you're on UFB and want to consistently take advantage of a shiny 100mbps connection. Drill a hole in your floor and run the cable that way? |
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