I use VR a lot and it's almost comical how everyone in those communities is all about getting rid of cables and going wireless, getting rid of base stations and going to inside-out tracking, yet here there are dyed-in-the-wool advocates of defending the wire so hard they can't even accept their may be competitive alternatives.
Good, reliable wifi
is moderately more expensive than an equivalent hardwired network solution - but it
does exist, it's convenient, and it's liberating. Just like wireless VR.
To pretend it can't exist is to literally deny science.
Let me stop you right there.
You can solve your complex home gaming network set up with
- one long 10 dollar piece of ethernet,
- plugged into a 20-50 dollar ethernet switch, hidden in your tv cabinet,
- and 4 shorter probably 5 dollar ethernets to your PC and consoles.
- The Tablet- who cares? No one does real gaming on a tablet.
- Everything else can go on the wifi. It doesn't matter.
60 bucks is still very far ahead of just one of the parts of your mesh set up.
And not just ahead in price, ahead of the mesh network in cost and performance. Your consoles don't move so they don't need wifi,
You're in denial, but wifi is garbage for gaming. Source: me. the one night I played on WIFI by accident in sfv was the worst night i have ever had online. And not just fighting games either. Try dealing with packet loss in an FPS or DOTA. It's still fucking shit.
Don't worry about my consulting fee.
Damn consultants, they never listen the client.
I asked you to find me the best network solution for my use case, not to be my accountant. Having said that, you make an interesting point about wired networking not just being ahead in price, but also in cost. This is incredible if true, please tell me more.
Seriously though, saving a few hundred bucks is
useless to me if I have cables running literally all over my house, or I have a "solution" that I can't just pick up and easily move house when I do, which is every three years. I'm a gamer, I spend stupid amounts of money on RGB alone, buying a decent mesh network was probably the most fiscally responsible thing I've done in a long time.
I've used hardwired networks at home before (the first house I bought had ports in every room), I've tried ethernet-over-power, I've suffered through crappy wifi routers just like the rest of us. I'm old enough to have been heavily involved in the birth of lan parties.... and see their demise. I'm not saying wired isn't good, but it can be a massive PITA when you're dealing with multiple dislocated devices, long runs and/or infrastructure that you aren't free to modify or damage.
Speaking of damage, don't even get me started on how many times I've seen a faulty ethernet cable drive people nutty trying to fault find network issues or packet loss.
A router such as the one I'm using is incredibly resilient and for the end user practically indistinguishable from a wired connection. I'm not exaggerating when I say it never EVER needs rebooting (unlike every other wifi router I've ever owned). I'm currently at 26 days uptime since the last firmware update and it's as rock solid and fast as day 1. When expanded to a mesh network it provides incredible coverage with a seamless multi node network that hands off devices to the strongest node in a completely invisible way to the device and the user.
Wireless is the future, you Luddites will catch on eventually. :)
Got a 100ft Ethernet cable and a bunch of wall clips for like 30$ on Amazon. Running the cable from the router upstairs along the ceiling and walls through 2 doorways into my basement.
No excuses!
Edit: oh yeah, also have a switch so my PC and consoles are all on it.
I'll bet that looks awesome!!
Please send pictures of your DIY job so I can convince my wife to have an 60ft ethernet cable running across our the ceiling of our entire house. Would you recommend red, green or classic smurf blue? Perhaps I can call it a feature piece? Oh, and my landlord will probably love the 54 nails I drive into the ceiling cornice, so better send me a pic for him too.
Didn't realize Wifi had stans out there, opening my eyes today.
I somehow manage to have my PC and 2x consoles connected to the same ethernet, and I could have a few more, how?
Buy an ethernet switch.
Wifi is ALWAYS going to be inferior to wired. To say otherwise is rejecting reality.
I'm the stan? LOL.