If i were to get a very long cable.....

=] ok i tend to get spikes of lag at very bad times, and im on wireless.
I just bought a 15m long ethernet cable from amazon to connect to my wireless router to my pc in my room, would the cable reduce lag?

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Well wireless signal can be interupt by a lot of things, I hate it myself. I use a really long cable to link everything up in my house as well. I still get lag sometime also disconnection and such. Seeing that you've already got the cable, just try it and see.

For wireless it's depend on how far you are from the router, any wall or solid object in between or your next door could be nicking your signal as well.

Sounds like a good idea, i have the same problem myself with the wireless router, so if it does work let me know and i'll give it a try, good luck

My experience with wireless wasn't great, I wouldn't recommend using it for gaming. Some of the new 802.11n draft 2 wireless stuff is supposed to be a lot more stable though.

Although I have a wireless router, I use a wired (ethernet cable) connection for my PC.

Wireless can be affected by many other forms of electromagnetic radiation that can cause your connection to slow down, lag spike, or simply disconnect that I would always go for a wired connection if it is possible especially for gaming.

im on wireless, and asoon as the computer which is connected to the router, connects to the internet i loose 30 - 40 packets of data or what ever its called ... so annoying for playing CS:S and stuff, for gw i dont see any difference.


Hope the cables helps .. might try it myself.

15m is not a problem, cable runs should be no more than 50m between connections.

For wireless, any setup with the reciever in the back of your PC there will be connectivity issues as the antennea is blocked by hardware and subject to that hardware's 'noise', the best practice is to have a tethered antennea that you can place above and away from your equipment.

@OP: If your lag is caused by interference in your wireless connection then yes, going wired will help.

I used to live in an apartment building with about 8 other units, my upstairs PC would drop off the wifi network randomly. It turned out to be other people's microwaves causing it....

Cables > Wireless IMO.

Keeping less than 50 meters will keep connection tite.

I do get lag , sometimes.

It will not cause any noticeable latency.

I used wireless when i first got gw for about 3 months. Worst. Decision. Ever. Now i have a 100 ft cable from the next room, into the attic, down into my closet and behind to my computer. Works fine.

speaking of long cables... what about really long phone cables?

let me retract a bit. a little while ago my dad did the foolish thing of getting roger's home phone. for those who don't know, it's phone on cable. problem was, my ISP is a DSL connection. since bell is no longer getting any service from us, they cut their phone line, which means my internet went with it.

a little later they installed a dry loop device.... outside of the house with no connections leading in. so i linked up two phone cables and fed it through my garage door into the house. my modem is currently placed next to my shoes, with the ethernet cable connecting into my office router.

as you might all imagine... it doesn't work very fast. i checked my internet speed, and it registered a 186kb/s download, and a 168kb/s upload. not particularly spectacular.

so yeah, does long phone cables affect internet speed? or could it be a number of other problems (like the dry loop, for example)?

thanks for the help all! it should be arriving in the next few days, will say if any improvement =]

If it's a wireless issue thats causing your lag, yes it'll help. But if it's anything outside your immediate area, ie two hops down the road on the connection between you and ANet then nope, not going to help one iota.

If Its getting disconnected from the wireless network you're having problems with, then wired will certainly help, otherwise It could be a hodgepodge of problems (which going wired will not solve). Also the length of the LAN cable doesn't matter. I don't think they even sell LAN cables at lengths long enough to impede performance (Your average school/college probably has about a mile's worth or more of LAN cables strewn throughout)

Including fluorescent lighting, which probably includes most energy saver bulbs.

Personally I find wires to me more secure, more reliable and cheaper than a wireless setup. The convenience aspect only comes into effect if your moving things around a lot.

I was having trouble with wireless so I went into the router settings and changed the frequency to channel 1. No problemos since.