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hackset Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject: Wireless vs. Ethernet /solved |
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Finally getting a laptop! So I was wondering if getting a wireless router would work or using around 50meters of ethernet cable to connect the net to my room.
But the thing is, wireless routers can create a loss in internet speed, no? But would a 50meter ethernet cable lose speed aswell? Which option would be the most desirable?
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Children Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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That 50meter cabel would look so fucked up..
wireless, pliz? I have 5MB wireless and I can live with it.
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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If you could live with a 50 meter cable, or find a way to hide it and make it not-so visible, go Ethernet.
If you really don't want to see that 50 meter cable or can't find a way to hide it, go wireless.
It's preference, really.
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Just wanted to know which option has the least speed loss, if any.
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John Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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ethernet has least speed loss and wireless speed will decrease through distance
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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>.> wtf the point of uying a laptop is being able to move without cables >.>
wireless is a bit slower than cable but >.> seriously.... its just like my cellphone
it had a mothafucking USB->CableTV convertor cable >.>
its the dumbest thing I have ever seen.
(( I still have the cable and laugh every single time I see it ))
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hackset Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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I won't be using it outside, mainly inside. Maybe in a few years I'll be using it out.
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Wireless is unstable, it depends where you are and what you're doing (i.e gaming)
But if you're just serving the internet just sue wireless
I like wired cause it's stable and doesn't lost any speed.
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gogodr I post too much
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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hackset wrote: | I won't be using it outside, mainly inside. Maybe in a few years I'll be using it out. |
>.> then use a desktop instead of a laptop >.>
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Honda Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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gogodr wrote: | hackset wrote: | I won't be using it outside, mainly inside. Maybe in a few years I'll be using it out. |
>.> then use a desktop instead of a laptop >.> |
he just bought a laptop...sooo...
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Encrypted wrote: | Wireless is unstable, it depends where you are and what you're doing (i.e gaming)
But if you're just serving the internet just sue wireless
I like wired cause it's stable and doesn't lost any speed. |
Bollocks.
I have every computer in my house running on wireless, and it never cuts out.
Just invest in a decent router and go with wireless, Ethernet cable will just piss you off later.
(I have a desktop and still run with a wireless card in it.)
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Trucido wrote: | Encrypted wrote: | Wireless is unstable, it depends where you are and what you're doing (i.e gaming)
But if you're just serving the internet just sue wireless
I like wired cause it's stable and doesn't lost any speed. |
Bollocks.
I have every computer in my house running on wireless, and it never cuts out.
Just invest in a decent router and go with wireless, Ethernet cable will just piss you off later.
(I have a desktop and still run with a wireless card in it.) |
When I'm implying to it being unstable, I'm saying it changes signal, not the internet being cut off, you know it interferes with other things too right?
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:16 am Post subject: |
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Use wireless for a laptop, less hassle.
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:23 am Post subject: |
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Encrypted wrote: | Trucido wrote: | Encrypted wrote: | Wireless is unstable, it depends where you are and what you're doing (i.e gaming)
But if you're just serving the internet just sue wireless
I like wired cause it's stable and doesn't lost any speed. |
Bollocks.
I have every computer in my house running on wireless, and it never cuts out.
Just invest in a decent router and go with wireless, Ethernet cable will just piss you off later.
(I have a desktop and still run with a wireless card in it.) |
When I'm implying to it being unstable, I'm saying it changes signal, not the internet being cut off, you know it interferes with other things too right? |
If you're willing to have an ethernet cable and dont want to risk the slight possibility that your internet may slow marginally or even cut out, get an extra antenna.
I sit at a constant 100% signal strength.
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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People who have a laptop usually don't buy any extra antennae for their laptop just to get better signal quality, they just use what's already build in the laptop, so it'll just be less hassle for them to buy an extra adapter just for better wireless signal.
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