Wifi vs Ethernet

[shorepatrol 1,870]

I got unlazy and ran ethernet to all rooms . Getting damn near the 1GB I pay for now to all computers and video game consoles. Wifi I was gettiing around 50mb and would geting spotty and laggy. Wifi to TV's only and it's much improved. I know, I'm old and should've known this a long time ago. 

[GutterBoy 2,899]

You could have just upgraded your wifi.  You can get over 200mb over WiFi which is more than enough for regular use.

[Cloaca du jour 2,148]

Use your own modem and router.  The renters from the cable company suck

[Reality 3,121]

10 hours ago, shorepatrol said:

I got unlazy and ran ethernet to all rooms . Getting damn near the 1GB I pay for now to all computers and video game consoles. Wifi I was gettiing around 50mb and would geting spotty and laggy. Wifi to TV's only and it's much improved. I know, I'm old and should've known this a long time ago. 

Good move, use a hard line whenever possible. Especially for gaming and streaming.

[shorepatrol 1,870]

3 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

You could have just upgraded your wifi.  You can get over 200mb over WiFi which is more than enough for regular use.

But 900mb is better than 200mb 

[RogerDodger 798]

200Mbps is plenty for posting on fantasy forums all day long, especially when you're too busy looking up the definition of racism trying to outsmart everyone to have time to run cable.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,074]

8 minutes ago, RogerDodger said:

200Mbps is plenty for posting on fantasy forums all day long, especially when you're too busy looking up the definition of racism trying to outsmart everyone to have time to run cable.

Oh, do you mean "the traditional definition of racism"?  Or the real, actual definition?   

[iam90sbaby 2,599]

Ethernet > Wifi

[iam90sbaby 2,599]

5 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

You could have just upgraded your wifi.  You can get over 200mb over WiFi which is more than enough for regular use.

No it isn't 

[edjr 6,580]

My kid and I both have PS5s

My connection is wired, his is Wi-Fi (everything at my work desk is wired)

Couple weeks ago we had to update Fortnite.

Was like 12 gigs or something obscene. Mine took 30 minutes, his took over 3 hours. 

[RogerDodger 798]

11 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said:

No it isn't 

IT is his profession, supposedly.  

[iam90sbaby 2,599]

1 minute ago, RogerDodger said:

IT is his profession, supposedly.  

Yeah he's an idiot 

[GutterBoy 2,899]

26 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said:

No it isn't 

What daily activities do you need more than 200mb for?

[GutterBoy 2,899]

16 minutes ago, edjr said:

My kid and I both have PS5s

My connection is wired, his is Wi-Fi (everything at my work desk is wired)

Couple weeks ago we had to update Fortnite.

Was like 12 gigs or something obscene. Mine took 30 minutes, his took over 3 hours. 

This is the only instance.  Usually the once a month or so this happens, we'll just fire it up before going to bed, or run an Ethernet from the kitchen to the Xbox.  Otherwise it's not needed.

[wiffleball 4,789]

The new miss Colorado has a cable he's not using.

[RogerDodger 798]

46 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said:

Yeah he's an idiot 

Guy suggests upgrading to a router that has 200mb.  You can't buy a router that slow if you tired.  The router I had 10 years ago had 450mb per channel. 

[RogerDodger 798]

37 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

This is the only instance.  Usually the once a month or so this happens, we'll just fire it up before going to bed, or run an Ethernet from the kitchen to the Xbox.  Otherwise it's not needed.

IT guy sets his Fortnight updates for overnight?  

[GutterBoy 2,899]

4 minutes ago, RogerDodger said:

Guy suggests upgrading to a router that has 200mb.  You can't buy a router that slow if you tired.  The router I had 10 years ago had 450mb per channel. 

No I didn't.  I suggested he upgrade his wifi.  He's probably using his providers router with the built in WiFi on an old protocol, and that's why he was only getting 50mb.  If he went to a newer mesh wifi unit, he'd get a newer protocol with faster speeds than 50mb, up to 200 which generally more than enough for everyday use.

[GutterBoy 2,899]

7 minutes ago, RogerDodger said:

IT guy sets his Fortnight updates for overnight?  

I don't play fortnight, but still what's wrong with downloading large files overnight?

[RogerDodger 798]

9 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

No I didn't.  I suggested he upgrade his wifi.  He's probably using his providers router with the built in WiFi on an old protocol, and that's why he was only getting 50mb.  If he went to a newer mesh wifi unit, he'd get a newer protocol with faster speeds than 50mb, up to 200 which generally more than enough for everyday use.

50mb    2005 called and they want their IT technician back.  

[RogerDodger 798]

I'm sure mesh wifi systems are great and their technology greatly improved from when they first came out.  [completely stupid to suggest that as a solution to get wifi speed up to 200mb tho ]

But, talk about lazy.  If you have a large house just put the router at the end where the cable comes in and a WAP at the other.  That's just one cable the length of the house in the attic. If you have a mega mansion just map it out like office buildings do.

[GutterBoy 2,899]

15 minutes ago, RogerDodger said:

50mb    2005 called and they want their IT technician back.  

The Op said he was getting 50mb you focking retard.

You're trying too hard and you look stupid.

[IGotWorms 4,057]

What’s the best WiFi option if you don’t want to run cords all over your house?

Mesh router?

I don’t know sh1t about this stuff but basically 3,800 sq ft house where a couple rooms in the basement are only getting a so-so signal with a supposedly good router and 300mbps service (don’t gave the gigabyte availability in my area  )

[RogerDodger 798]

2 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

The Op said he was getting 50mb you focking retard.

You're trying too hard and you look stupid.

And your only variable is the router, not it's location or size of the house.   

I'm with strike, main computer and home theatre are best hardwired.  

But hey, I do have a question maybe you can help me out with.  Seriously.  I haven't built a computer for 10 years now which is wild because hardware didn't used to last that long. I think I've finally hit the technology bubble because I'm not able to process 4K plus video in H.265 coding.  I have to convert to H.264 first.  What's the minimum hardware specs for handling HVEC for video editing?  I skimped on my last computer because I wasn't into video much back then and didn't buy a video card, just used the on board CPU graphics:

Intel Core i7-3770K - Core i7 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor

A- With the CPU above is it possible to just add a video card to offload the HVEC processing to?  If so, what's the minimum spec card?  I've briefly read some people say you need the CPU to be capable of 4K HVEC too, if so:

B- What's the minimum spec CPU and GPU to handle the processing?

TIA

[shorepatrol 1,870]

8 hours ago, GutterBoy said:

What daily activities do you need more than 200mb for?

Streaming 7 live football games at the same time on sunday ticket when 2 ps5's and 5tvs are going all pulling off wifi.  

[OldMaid 2,130]

I keep reading this as wiff vs ethernet.

[Pimpadeaux 2,405]

I keep reading this as wife vs. hairnet.

[GutterBoy 2,899]

19 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

What’s the best WiFi option if you don’t want to run cords all over your house?

Mesh router?

I don’t know sh1t about this stuff but basically 3,800 sq ft house where a couple rooms in the basement are only getting a so-so signal with a supposedly good router and 300mbps service (don’t gave the gigabyte availability in my area  )

Get a mesh wifi system.  Google makes a good one.  I have a tp link deco system works great.

You turn off the Wi-Fi on your router since it's crap, hook up the mesh unit.  One plugs into the router, and then you put the other units around the house.

I have a 4500 sq foot house, have 6 units, which might be overkill, started with 3 but signal was weak in the hot tub and one of the bedrooms so I added 3 more.  Now I have full strength fast wifi everywhere, without having to worry about dragging around wires with devices.

I have FiOS gigabit but 300mb is probably fine for what you're doing and how many devices you have.  The bottleneck is probably the wifi, not the service speed