• AverageGoob@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    6 days ago

    I feel wifi is more simple though? No need to run cables through walls, or worse, out in the open or use additional equipment like switches. Just plug it in and connect.

    • LePoisson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      6 days ago

      Is it more simple in that it requires less physical stuff. Sure. But it’s impossible to get the wifi to be as good as wired provided you’re jacked into the modem (switch) itself.

      It can get almost as good though with modern tech.

      • Lucy :3@feddit.orgEnglish
        21·
        6 days ago

        I’m limited by my ether port and switch to Gigabit, usually ~950 Mbps, but I can get ~1100 Mbps, which is the ISPs limit, over WiFi. So if you only have Gigabit ethernet components, but a bit over Gigabit internet, WiFi can be faster. Not nearly as stable, though.

      • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        6 days ago

        I don’t need as good. What am I going to do with 1Gb/s? My internet is 100Mb/s

        The connection in the other room has 1-2ms delay. The wired connection has 0.5ms delay so it’s not even a full 1 ms advantage in latency.

          • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            The highest ping is like 3 ms, that’s not going to make a difference when my ping is 120ms. Let me remind you the pings over the wire can spike a millisecond too

          • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            That does depend heavily on the RF environment you’re in. If your house is more remote and not surrounded by other wifi networks it will be pretty stable, plenty good enough for online gaming.

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.comEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Wifi is adding more steps, hence less simple from the perspective of the network. Walls and such being in the way do add complexity, but the wire won’t notice that it’s going trough a wall.