yo so i have wireless wifi and i have been having some issues with it. random lag spikes/random ping increases, sniper shots that look like its on a emeny's head miss (also sometimes flickshots dont register), and alot of stuff seems like its delayed sometimes. would it benefit me to use ethernet from my router and if so, what are the benefits from ethernet vs wireless?
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yo so i have wireless wifi and i have been having some issues with it. random lag spikes/random ping increases, sniper shots that look like its on a emeny's head miss (also sometimes flickshots dont register), and alot of stuff seems like its delayed sometimes. would it benefit me to use ethernet from my router and if so, what are the benefits from ethernet vs wireless?
Wifi will only ever be, at best, as good as an ethernet connection. At worst it will drop out intermittently and likely cause the problems you're having.
Wifi will only ever be, at best, as good as an ethernet connection. At worst it will drop out intermittently and likely cause the problems you're having.
u already know the answer to this. u can easily google this question if u don’t.
u already know the answer to this. u can easily google this question if u don’t.
sorry guys, i actually use wireless ethernet, sorry for the confusion
sorry guys, i actually use wireless ethernet, sorry for the confusion
Blobfishsorry guys, i actually use wireless ethernet, sorry for the confusion
Not really sure what you mean by "wireless ethernet"? The closest thing I can think of is powerwire, which allows you to use your home's electrical circuit to send data over a wall plug adapter. In my personal experience this only really combats signal strength issues from long distances/different floors of a house, and depends very very heavily on the age and quality of the electrical wiring within your home.
I would most highly recommend using an Ethernet connected directly from your router to your PC; this will give you the most reliable connection in terms of any signal loss or degradation resulting in dropped packets or increased ping. If this is not an option, either powerwire (as described earlier) or WiFi are unfortunately your next best go-tos. Something that can improve your wireless experience is using a WiFi band analyser (most can be found as apps for free on IOS/Android) and changing your router's WiFi bands to the least congested channel, as many will just stay at factory default and interfere with the many other people either unaware or too lazy to change it.
[quote=Blobfish]sorry guys, i actually use wireless ethernet, sorry for the confusion[/quote]
Not really sure what you mean by "wireless ethernet"? The closest thing I can think of is powerwire, which allows you to use your home's electrical circuit to send data over a wall plug adapter. In my personal experience this only really combats signal strength issues from long distances/different floors of a house, and depends very very heavily on the age and quality of the electrical wiring within your home.
I would most highly recommend using an Ethernet connected directly from your router to your PC; this will give you the most reliable connection in terms of any signal loss or degradation resulting in dropped packets or increased ping. If this is not an option, either powerwire (as described earlier) or WiFi are unfortunately your next best go-tos. Something that can improve your wireless experience is using a WiFi band analyser (most can be found as apps for free on IOS/Android) and changing your router's WiFi bands to the least congested channel, as many will just stay at factory default and interfere with the many other people either unaware or too lazy to change it.
Not really sure what you mean by "wireless ethernet"? The closest thing I can think of is powerwire, which allows you to use your home's electrical circuit to send data over a wall plug adapter. In my personal experience this only really combats signal strength issues from long distances/different floors of a house, and depends very very heavily on the age and quality of the electrical wiring within your home.
I would most highly recommend using an Ethernet connected directly from your router to your PC; this will give you the most reliable connection in terms of any signal loss or degradation resulting in dropped packets or increased ping. If this is not an option, either powerwire (as described earlier) or WiFi are unfortunately your next best go-tos. Something that can improve your wireless experience is using a WiFi band analyser (most can be found as apps for free on IOS/Android) and changing your router's WiFi bands to the least congested channel, as many will just stay at factory default and interfere with the many other people either unaware or too lazy to change it.
ok serious question should i have my pc connected directly to router or modem and whats the difference. Being connected to the modem seems like the logical way to me but now i see everyone is connected to router..
ok serious question should i have my pc connected directly to router or modem and whats the difference. Being connected to the modem seems like the logical way to me but now i see everyone is connected to router..
Console-Blobfishsorry guys, i actually use wireless ethernet, sorry for the confusionNot really sure what you mean by "wireless ethernet"? The closest thing I can think of is powerwire, which allows you to use your home's electrical circuit to send data over a wall plug adapter. In my personal experience this only really combats signal strength issues from long distances/different floors of a house, and depends very very heavily on the age and quality of the electrical wiring within your home.
I would most highly recommend using an Ethernet connected directly from your router to your PC; this will give you the most reliable connection in terms of any signal loss or degradation resulting in dropped packets or increased ping. If this is not an option, either powerwire (as described earlier) or WiFi are unfortunately your next best go-tos. Something that can improve your wireless experience is using a WiFi band analyser (most can be found as apps for free on IOS/Android) and changing your router's WiFi bands to the least congested channel, as many will just stay at factory default and interfere with the many other people either unaware or too lazy to change it.
Hey thanks for the response man, really appreciate it. The wireless Ethernet thing was a joke btw
[quote=Console-][quote=Blobfish]sorry guys, i actually use wireless ethernet, sorry for the confusion[/quote]
Not really sure what you mean by "wireless ethernet"? The closest thing I can think of is powerwire, which allows you to use your home's electrical circuit to send data over a wall plug adapter. In my personal experience this only really combats signal strength issues from long distances/different floors of a house, and depends very very heavily on the age and quality of the electrical wiring within your home.
I would most highly recommend using an Ethernet connected directly from your router to your PC; this will give you the most reliable connection in terms of any signal loss or degradation resulting in dropped packets or increased ping. If this is not an option, either powerwire (as described earlier) or WiFi are unfortunately your next best go-tos. Something that can improve your wireless experience is using a WiFi band analyser (most can be found as apps for free on IOS/Android) and changing your router's WiFi bands to the least congested channel, as many will just stay at factory default and interfere with the many other people either unaware or too lazy to change it.[/quote]
Hey thanks for the response man, really appreciate it. The wireless Ethernet thing was a joke btw
Not really sure what you mean by "wireless ethernet"? The closest thing I can think of is powerwire, which allows you to use your home's electrical circuit to send data over a wall plug adapter. In my personal experience this only really combats signal strength issues from long distances/different floors of a house, and depends very very heavily on the age and quality of the electrical wiring within your home.
I would most highly recommend using an Ethernet connected directly from your router to your PC; this will give you the most reliable connection in terms of any signal loss or degradation resulting in dropped packets or increased ping. If this is not an option, either powerwire (as described earlier) or WiFi are unfortunately your next best go-tos. Something that can improve your wireless experience is using a WiFi band analyser (most can be found as apps for free on IOS/Android) and changing your router's WiFi bands to the least congested channel, as many will just stay at factory default and interfere with the many other people either unaware or too lazy to change it.[/quote]
Hey thanks for the response man, really appreciate it. The wireless Ethernet thing was a joke btw
If you have/want wifi, your modem should connect to the router with the generally yellow ethernet cable, then you can directly connect to the router with whatever ethernet cable you got. Most modems only ship with 1 port for ease of installation and troubleshooting so router -> modem -> access to the net is the way it''ll/should go
oh and any wifi fags like me, Check to see if your router supports dual broadband setups. This allows 2.4Ghz (standard wifi, most older and or mobile devices will support this 100% of the time) and 5ghz networks which are the speedy speed boys that other wifi users try to be on. Lower(est?) latency you can get via wifi, not interfered with by rando shit being used in the house, and few devices (or people) support it so you can be the only one on the network and pretend you have the nice blue cable hookup.
If you have/want wifi, your modem should connect to the router with the generally yellow ethernet cable, then you can directly connect to the router with whatever ethernet cable you got. Most modems only ship with 1 port for ease of installation and troubleshooting so router -> modem -> access to the net is the way it''ll/should go
oh and any wifi fags like me, Check to see if your router supports dual broadband setups. This allows 2.4Ghz (standard wifi, most older and or mobile devices will support this 100% of the time) and 5ghz networks which are the speedy speed boys that other wifi users try to be on. Lower(est?) latency you can get via wifi, not interfered with by rando shit being used in the house, and few devices (or people) support it so you can be the only one on the network and pretend you have the nice blue cable hookup.
oh and any wifi fags like me, Check to see if your router supports dual broadband setups. This allows 2.4Ghz (standard wifi, most older and or mobile devices will support this 100% of the time) and 5ghz networks which are the speedy speed boys that other wifi users try to be on. Lower(est?) latency you can get via wifi, not interfered with by rando shit being used in the house, and few devices (or people) support it so you can be the only one on the network and pretend you have the nice blue cable hookup.
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[quote=Hedge]wireless wifi[/quote]
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I've been forced to use wireless connections for years, I highly suggest you don't, and for the exact reason you listed. The ping spikes, dropped packets, even quantity of your latency, all of that will disappear on an ethernet connection.
I've been forced to use wireless connections for years, I highly suggest you don't, and for the exact reason you listed. The ping spikes, dropped packets, even quantity of your latency, all of that will disappear on an ethernet connection.
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