Mostly wireless. Switching to hard line slowly. The connection quality and reliability can't be beat.
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Are you wired or wireless in terms of your home network, specifically for PCs (not tablets, phones)
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Wireless. I have three floors and the router is in the bedroom on the second floor.
Gaming systems are on the first, and my office is on the third. My home isn't wired for ethernet, and I have no desire to put the money into that since I never planned on staying at this house for too long. The only things hard wired into the router are a PiHole and a Smart things hub.
Gaming systems are on the first, and my office is on the third. My home isn't wired for ethernet, and I have no desire to put the money into that since I never planned on staying at this house for too long. The only things hard wired into the router are a PiHole and a Smart things hub.
PC is wireless and a floor above my router. I'm seriously leaning towards next-gen consoles over a new PC because my main TV is right next to the router.
Ok but in alll seriousness -- people who say they just run wires through their house--how are tall doing that? Can you recommend me a video guide? I actually hate being wireless on my asus tuf gaming x570 mobo. I dont really notice any latency/network jitter, but I'm sure my opponents do and it kinda bothers me.
My router/modem combo is in my bedroom (2nd floor). But my pc is in my upstairs "office" down the hall (also 2nd floor). I refuse to move my desk/pc back in my bedroom again :0. So do I just start drilling holes? I really dont want the wires visible.
My router/modem combo is in my bedroom (2nd floor). But my pc is in my upstairs "office" down the hall (also 2nd floor). I refuse to move my desk/pc back in my bedroom again :0. So do I just start drilling holes? I really dont want the wires visible.
PC and PS4 both wired. PC just to have the top speed/stability possible, PS4 just to try to get any boost I can to PSN download speeds...
I have 4 Vlans on my home network and all my switches are managed, UPNP is turned off, Devices have QoS on them as well. My home network is bigger than most small businesses networks.
Guest Vlan wifi
Iot smart home devices(they aren't be trusted and I have set to be intranet only Vlan for the most part)
Development network (Build machine, and my main workstation)
Media Network(Plex, Game consoles, streaming devices).
Guest Vlan wifi
Iot smart home devices(they aren't be trusted and I have set to be intranet only Vlan for the most part)
Development network (Build machine, and my main workstation)
Media Network(Plex, Game consoles, streaming devices).
I don't see how there can be a video guide, people are either living in homes that have Ethernet built in to outlets, ripping into drywall and making their own outlets, then patching it back up and repainting it and shit or tacking it along the wall's moulding or something. Unless you live in an place where the ceiling's panels like a school you're not going to have an easy time doing it unless your comfortable leaving the wires out.
Wired for the things that matter (which is everything but phones lol). I have a few Devolo Magic 2 LANs and they have been serving me very well.
I did have issues with the powerline adapters initially but once I updated their firmwares and changed some settings they're working like a dream. Probably still worse then laying an actual UTP cable but that's not going to happen unfortunately (we're renting)
When I buy a house I would like to wire it up properly though
I did have issues with the powerline adapters initially but once I updated their firmwares and changed some settings they're working like a dream. Probably still worse then laying an actual UTP cable but that's not going to happen unfortunately (we're renting)
When I buy a house I would like to wire it up properly though
Wired. It's a gaming PC for one, and my setup is right next to the router for the other. Though I noticed no significant performance loss running on wifi with this thing, I'm literally next to the damn router, so I might as well just use a wire.
Wireless because my PC is a laptop and needs to be moved around. Speeds are fine and I don't do a lot of online gaming on it. My 3 consoles and TV are all wired though.
Wireless, used to always try to find solutions to stay wired but I have had zero issues since switching to wireless last year. Works just as well as wired.
Everything on Wifi. I don't really do competitive online multiplayer, so I don't care about latency. I do occasionally play Steam Remote Play Together, and that works great, but I guess if you play in co-op it's less of an issue if one player is a bit slower, you just wait.
I have a PS4 Pro and XB1X in the basement, a XB1S in the bedroom, TVs on 3 floors (2 in basement, one on main floor, 3 in the bedrooms), and everyone's phone or tablet is connected. Modem/router on main floor, everything connected through wireless (google home mesh). Back in my single, young, apartment living days, those systems would be hard wired. Now... wireless everything. No real way around it. Cant afford for Ethernet cables to be installed into the walls, and even if I wanted to run cables along the floor (I dont), pretty sure the wife would nix that REAL quick. lol I'd be interested in those who say wired, who have systems on different floors from their modem, who also live in a house - what is the setup there?
I don't have a desktop at home. Network is mixed. Consoles, TV, NAS, and other stuff wired. Phones, laptops, tablets etc. wireless.
Wired - PS4 Pro, Xbone X, Apple TV HD, Mac Mini
Wireless - iPhone, Switch, PC (surprisingly no issues)
Wireless - iPhone, Switch, PC (surprisingly no issues)
Wired to everything not a smart phone or iPad. The TVs, desktop computers, consoles, even the laptops are wired.
PC is wired, NAS is wired, everything else is wireless.
Big reason my PC is wired is that I stream VR from my PC to an Oculus Quest and being wired halves the wireless traffic.
Big reason my PC is wired is that I stream VR from my PC to an Oculus Quest and being wired halves the wireless traffic.
My phone line fortunately comes in right behind my TV and AV equipment, so everything is wired with the exception of portable devices.
We're moving into a house soon so might have to get more creative, though. Assuming the phone outlet is in the same room I'll just run a long cable, and maybe think about professional ethernet wiring whenever we remodel.
We're moving into a house soon so might have to get more creative, though. Assuming the phone outlet is in the same room I'll just run a long cable, and maybe think about professional ethernet wiring whenever we remodel.
PC is wired and sat right next to the router. Consoles use power line, everything else is wireless. Aside from just being more reliable I just hate to not have a PC conveniently wired up to access the router settings when there's a fault that needs to be diagnosed.
