using wifi for gaming

I used to get nothing but problems using wifi with a good signal, Games on the ps3 and pc used to drop out randomly but never more than 30 mins apart.

Went to Home plugs and never get drop outs unless my actual connection goes haywire.

I'd much rather spend the money on them than a wifi card.
 
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.
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Same but for the last 3 years and I've never really had an issue with games and lag ect due to the wireless. Use to play the COD games often and being on wireless didn't affect that at all, same with killing floor and wow.
 
Home plugs are the easy option.

As for a cable, it would be tidier to run it under the floor rather than around the room. But that's a lot more work.

If the inner Walls of your house are plasterboard then wifi might be an option. Just make sure everything is 5ghz wireless N. If your in a built up area you'll be competing with every other network, wireless phone, baby monitors, blue tooth and every other 2.4ghz device in the street and it can get messy.

In my hold house, upstairs I could pickup 9 wifi networks alone.
 
What on earth is wrong with your guys connections? I'm on Virgin 10meg using a belkin wireless G ethernet adapter and some crappy buffalo router. I get pings <40 and consistent download rates (if the torrent or upload permits it) of around 1.1 mb/s. So does everyone else in my using using the network cards in their laptops/netbooks/macbook.
 
I have awireless N adapters and game fine over wifi, would be interested to learn about these homeplugs though.
 
my wireless card looks like it should be awesome, but it drops very frequently, causing the system to lock - extremely annoying when I'm in a game. Will be buying a 30m ethernet cable instead!
 
_Jimlad_ said:
forgive me for being dumb but cat5 runs at 100mbs?
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cat5 was certified at 100mbps but runs happily at 1gbps, cat 6 is certified at 1Gbps. If you run a cat 5 or 6 cable be careful about bending the cable too much, folding it around a brick wall corner is not good for it.

Andi.
 
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.

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You connect one to a plug near your router, connect the ethernet cable to the homeplug and router, do the same on a plug near your pc. They use your buildings electrical wires to create the connection. The ones i have, (comtrend 9020) actually feature a pass through plug socket, therefore you dont loose the use of the wall socket for other appliances. Due to my house wiring they dont work, but i tried them at a mates house and they were great.
 
People who are saying wireless is useless for online gaming are talking complete ****. Honestly, Don't listen to them.

I'm using wireless on BTOpenzone constantly (military supply it in accommodation as there's no chance of broadband over the phone line at this distance from the exchange) and my ping is always one of the lowest in games. It makes next to no difference unless you've got a really dodgy connection.
 
Zefan said:
People who are saying wireless is useless for online gaming are talking complete ****. Honestly, Don't listen to them.

I'm using wireless on BTOpenzone constantly (military supply it in accommodation as there's no chance of broadband over the phone line at this distance from the exchange) and my ping is always one of the lowest in games. It makes next to no difference unless you've got a really dodgy connection.
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The ping isn't an issue but the drop outs often are.

The majority of consumer wireless devices can't maintain a stable connection sadly. On BTOpenzone you're using a somewhat better class of router/AP than someone's cheap-as-chips ISP-provided router.
 
Pings werent a big issue for me either. Dropouts due to my usb adapter were the major problem, and i was only a few metres from the router, (netgear dg834pn) so signal was good. Couldnt use a pci wireless card due to having sli gpu's which block the pci slots.
 
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While that's true, I used to get equally good results on virgin when I lived in civvy street.
 
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