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Wired keyboards and mice have a place in today's world. That's like saying who needs ethernet when I have wifi.
Wireless is nice, but I like my wired for trouble shooting or gaming.
Sorry, but I can't remember the last time that I bothered with an Ethernet connection
Oh, and I use a joystick and rudder pedals for X-Plane.
Sorry, but I can't remember the last time that I bothered with an Ethernet connection
Oh, and I use a joystick and rudder pedals for X-Plane.
For me, I notice a tiny bit of online lag with wifi even using 5ghz and being near the router. Only in gaming, and only under PVP circumstances. Otherwise I can't tell the difference between wired and wireless outside of download speeds. I'm still going to hassle with wireless either way
You don't necessarily get the best Wifi performance when your device is right next to or close to the router. This is due to the way that the Wifi signal bandwidth is interpreted when it is decoded.For me, I notice a tiny bit of online lag with wifi even using 5ghz and being near the router. Only in gaming, and only under PVP circumstances. Otherwise I can't tell the difference between wired and wireless outside of download speeds. I'm still going to hassle with wireless either way
For more information look up and read about QAM technology or Quadrature amplitude modulation (256 QAM, 64 QAM, etc..) . Wifi and especially 5Ghz Wifi actually utilizes the frequency reflections in your environment and the delays those reflections cause to increase Wifi bandwidth. If your device is too close to the router then those bandwidth enhancements due to reflection delays are not available.
Therefore an optimum distance from the router might actually be farther away from the router... often a medium range that would allow the Wifi to take advantage of those signal reflections and slight delays that actually improve bandwidth. If your device is too close to the router it could limit bandwidth. If your device is too far away and reaches maximum 5Ghz range then logically you lose signal quality and your bandwidth drops.
This would be different for lower power Bluetooth devices working in the generally crowded 2.4Ghz range because they would be more prone to signal interference and input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.) usually don't require much bandwidth.
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Maybe read posts 28-30 again. We were joking around about WiFi, Ethernet and gaming. The emojis are there for a reason
This was still a useful tidbit for me, I wasn't aware that the reflections had superior bandwidth (I thought it was just mitigating the loss from distance). That said, yes, I'm still taking advantage of wireless. Some pro gamers do exclusively go wired, which I was referring to.
Not properly shielded USB 3 hubs can mess with 2.4 ghz Wi-Fi and interfere with Bluetooth too
Maybe read posts 28-30 again. We were joking around about WiFi, Ethernet and gaming. The emojis are there for a reason
Ok. Good to know... I wasn't following the previous thread bantering. I just was referencing the one post about being next to the router.
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Yes, it seems counter intuitive at first but after reading the details it makes sense how it works...Utilizing the delays in the signal from reflections in the environment allowed the Wifi engineers to to develop a technology to identify the characteristics of those delays and segment the analog signal into parts (sort of digital segments) and then monitor and optimize those segmented parts of the signal for increased bandwidth. This improves the reliability and efficiency of sending digital data over an analog signal.
They actually adapted the QAM technology from television and internet cable where they tried to work around bandwidth sharing restrictions for sending data over one physical cable line within a range of frequencies. Those restrictions are similar to the restrictions imposed over a Wifi frequency range. They are able to utilize the same or similar technology to increase Wifi bandwidth.
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