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Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:27 pm
by marijnz0r
Hey all!
I'm currently using a wireless connection for gaming, but I'm going to the attic with my PS3. The connection is good now, but I don't know if it's going to change.
Common sense would lead me to believe that being wired would be an obvious connection improvement, but I've seen other people saying it doesn't make a difference, is this true? Even in my case for the signal going through 2 floors?
Hope to hear from you soon.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:31 pm
by heroo
what kind of router you got?
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:52 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
wired is and likely always will be better but wireless these days are getting to the point where you actually cant notice a difference
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:22 pm
by omier
Weird is better.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:00 pm
by marijnz0r
Davolink DV-2020.
Looks cheap to me
Tried to make a connection from the modem/router to my PS3, but it didn't go very well.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:11 pm
by Majorharper
I have a router at the bottom floor, and one in the attic, just cuz im cool like that yo. Even with two routers, I have my PC connected to the router, with a wire lol. We made an ethernet cable run up to the attic inside the walls of our house. Thats the best option. Obviously your not going to destroy walls, but the vents could be an option.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:10 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
Master_of_Puppets wrote:I have a router at the bottom floor, and one in the attic, just cuz im cool like that yo. Even with two routers, I have my PC connected to the router, with a wire lol. We made an ethernet cable run up to the attic inside the walls of our house. Thats the best option. Obviously your not going to destroy walls, but the vents could be an option.
yeh id like to do that its a lot more secure, you would be supprised how easy it is to hack wep security these days
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:13 pm
by marijnz0r
Can anyone test their ping when using wired and wireless in comparison?
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:19 pm
by Majorharper
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:Master_of_Puppets wrote:I have a router at the bottom floor, and one in the attic, just cuz im cool like that yo. Even with two routers, I have my PC connected to the router, with a wire lol. We made an ethernet cable run up to the attic inside the walls of our house. Thats the best option. Obviously your not going to destroy walls, but the vents could be an option.
yeh id like to do that its a lot more secure, you would be supprised how easy it is to hack wep security these days
One is a booster, one is the normal, and btw, I have it set up so even if you do have the key, I need to allow your MAC address on my network. Goodluck with that
kthnxbai
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:25 pm
by XMoshe
It might not make a difference speedwise, not much atleast. But in terms of staying connected wired will always be better. I made my dad drill a hole in the wall so I could get wired because my wireless kept dropping all the time. Fck wireless.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:55 pm
by Macsnow
XMoshe wrote:It might not make a difference speedwise, not much atleast. But in terms of staying connected wired will always be better. I made my dad drill a hole in the wall so I could get wired because my wireless kept dropping all the time. Fck wireless.
Why not drill it yourself, like a man?
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:04 pm
by XMoshe
Macsnow wrote:XMoshe wrote:It might not make a difference speedwise, not much atleast. But in terms of staying connected wired will always be better. I made my dad drill a hole in the wall so I could get wired because my wireless kept dropping all the time. Fck wireless.
Why not drill it yourself, like a man?
I prefer to drill other stuff
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:22 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
Master_of_Puppets wrote:[SD]Master_Wong wrote:Master_of_Puppets wrote:I have a router at the bottom floor, and one in the attic, just cuz im cool like that yo. Even with two routers, I have my PC connected to the router, with a wire lol. We made an ethernet cable run up to the attic inside the walls of our house. Thats the best option. Obviously your not going to destroy walls, but the vents could be an option.
yeh id like to do that its a lot more secure, you would be supprised how easy it is to hack wep security these days
One is a booster, one is the normal, and btw, I have it set up so even if you do have the key, I need to allow your MAC address on my network. Goodluck with that
kthnxbai
yeh you might but in terms of the average person i doubt it, iv done something similar plus when i found someone leeching my net i blocked that connection outright so even if they do get past my security they aint getting online lol
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:38 pm
by Majorharper
Wong, its also easy to figure out what the person's IP and what he is downloading from your router, if he can get on. So if some horny guy decided to rape my internet by dl porno, I could take screen shots, print them and blackmail him to show his wife, and that could = ??? = profit
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:09 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
Master_of_Puppets wrote:Wong, its also easy to figure out what the person's IP and what he is downloading from your router, if he can get on. So if some horny guy decided to rape my internet by dl porno, I could take screen shots, print them and blackmail him to show his wife, and that could = ??? = profit
lol considering very few people disable remote access you could do more then just screenshot porn he is downloading
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:16 pm
by Majorharper
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:Master_of_Puppets wrote:Wong, its also easy to figure out what the person's IP and what he is downloading from your router, if he can get on. So if some horny guy decided to rape my internet by dl porno, I could take screen shots, print them and blackmail him to show his wife, and that could = ??? = profit
lol considering very few people disable remote access you could do more then just screenshot porn he is downloading
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:28 pm
by hey
Wired for better stability.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:49 am
by Amarisa
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:Master_of_Puppets wrote:Wong, its also easy to figure out what the person's IP and what he is downloading from your router, if he can get on. So if some horny guy decided to rape my internet by dl porno, I could take screen shots, print them and blackmail him to show his wife, and that could = ??? = profit
lol considering very few people disable remote access you could do more then just screenshot porn he is downloading
Thought remote access was disabled as default. At least it has been for me. Always had to enable it.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:07 am
by BuDo
XMoshe wrote:It might not make a difference speedwise, not much atleast. But in terms of staying connected wired will always be better. I made my dad drill a hole in the wall so I could get wired because my wireless kept dropping all the time. Fck wireless.
+1
Losing connection with wireless is indeed the big issue
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:47 am
by [SD]Master_Wong
Amarisa wrote:[SD]Master_Wong wrote:Master_of_Puppets wrote:Wong, its also easy to figure out what the person's IP and what he is downloading from your router, if he can get on. So if some horny guy decided to rape my internet by dl porno, I could take screen shots, print them and blackmail him to show his wife, and that could = ??? = profit
lol considering very few people disable remote access you could do more then just screenshot porn he is downloading
Thought remote access was disabled as default. At least it has been for me. Always had to enable it.
well i aint checked in a while so you might be right
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:08 pm
by Amarisa
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:
well i aint checked in a while so you might be right
Though if it is enabled and they didn't password protect the secret Administrator account. Pure joy could be had.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:27 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
Amarisa wrote:[SD]Master_Wong wrote:
well i aint checked in a while so you might be right
Though if it is enabled and they didn't password protect the secret Administrator account. Pure joy could be had.
i knows very few knew about the admin accout in xp made it even better when they thought they where smart adding a password and id come by login as the admin and they are like wtf how
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:41 pm
by Amarisa
Do want to note that wired uses csma/cd and wireless uses csma/ca. cd is collision detection and ca is collision avoidance. Short version ca causes latency.
Also wireless is Half-Duplex meaning it can only transmit or receive at a time not both.
Re: Wirless vs. wired
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:31 pm
by marijnz0r
Playing for one week at the attic now.
Still the same connection, so the difference between 1m away from the router and 2 stories up doesn't matter.
At least not noticeable.
Thanks all!