using wifi for gaming

_Jimlad_ · 30 Aug 2011 at 21:59

well BT want £165 to move my phone socket which is bit ott... I have had a network cable running up the stairs for 1 year, but redoing the house now and i need a better solution, was thinking i should just buy a good wifi card.. or the other option is to drill a hole through front room ceiling upto my study..

who plays on wifi?

_Jimlad_ · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:22

just tested a half decent wifi card and its lame, i was getting higher pings but also glitches and lag.

ok if anyone has any more info on plug wifi things that would be cool.

_Jimlad_ · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:28

Strife212 said:
Is it and your router both decent and wireless N?

router is not

card is

Mahnsikir said:
Just google homeplug or ethernet over powersupply, pretty much any modern pair (85Mps+) will be good enough for general usage. Only really need more if you plan on moving large files across your LAN or stream HD video from one PC to another etc.

Oh and make sure you buy a pair

ok will have a butchers now

Hellsmk2 said:
Gamed over wireless for the past two years without problems - Make sure router and card support N and you're good to go. Pings of around 20 - 50 in CS\ L4D.

yeah thats the issue, will cost me good cash for the pair.

_Jimlad_ · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:31

house is strange setup the ground floor is split into two large rooms with stairs up the middle, the gumbos before had the phone socket in by the front door which is next to the stairs... so drilled through into the front room and that looks fine after a paint and tidy. my study is at the other end of the room (upstairs) so the red line is the planned route of the network cable (which i would prefer i guess) the house has 4 pillairs in each corner running up the wall, solid, so would have to clip the cable, but due to lay out i cant run the cable on the outside of the house

_Jimlad_ · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:38

Mahnsikir said:
Oh and for reference here's the pair I use.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-018-TP&groupid=46&catid=1604&subcat=

Can't remember if I got them from ocuk or elsewhere but at the time they were about the cheapest price for a decent pair. Out of stock currently and looking at ocuks stuff they've been replaces by 200Mps ones for the same price range.

forgive me for being dumb but cat5 runs at 100mbs?

_Jimlad_ · 31 Aug 2011 at 09:10

NZXT30 said:
why is this thread still going when the solution was given at the 1st post.

because you just posted and bumped it

_Jimlad_ · 31 Aug 2011 at 10:04

schizo said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-017-OK&groupid=46&catid=1604&subcat=2024

been using these for a month now on virgin 50meg.

getting a solid and reliable 30 meg via these and im upstairs,the homeplug downstairs is plugged into a extension lead and the homeplug upstairs is also plugged into a extension lead.

ok so how do these setup then? do they have a network cable connection or are they wireless based?

_Jimlad_ · 31 Aug 2011 at 14:16

ok my neighbour had a 10" drill bit, so i went for it and glad to say cable in and loots quite neat after tacking and hiding up the skirtboard. also i'm alive which is quite a surprise with my random drilling