I have 6 computers in my house. 4 on wireless & 2 on wire. I am very curious as to if anyone knows if the wireless is faster for latency issues vs the wire. Knowing that the wire would be better for sharing large files on the network. The 2 computer on wire are my sexy little game server machine & my gaming rig.
The reason I ask this is 3 of the 4 wireless computers are upstairs. 2 are for my twin boys & the other for my fiance's son. When my twins play UT04 or Q3 together 1 runs the server & plays on it while the other connects. It seems as if the one connecting has a lower ping then I would if I ran the server on my server machine & then connected to it with my gaming rig. Typically I would ping from 5 to 10 in Q3 while they are getting 3 & sometimes 0.
Of course the router & the modem are both downstairs sitting less then 5 feet away from my gaming rig & about 6 feet from my server. Large file sharing wouldn't be much of an issue. I would just like the fastest possible connection to the router.
The router is a D-Link DGL-4300. http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=370&#DGL-4300
Both my comp & the server have gigabit ethernet but it doesn't seem to really make any difference. Links to any known tests would be great.
Edit: Same question at EB http://www.elitebastards.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14150
The reason I ask this is 3 of the 4 wireless computers are upstairs. 2 are for my twin boys & the other for my fiance's son. When my twins play UT04 or Q3 together 1 runs the server & plays on it while the other connects. It seems as if the one connecting has a lower ping then I would if I ran the server on my server machine & then connected to it with my gaming rig. Typically I would ping from 5 to 10 in Q3 while they are getting 3 & sometimes 0.
Of course the router & the modem are both downstairs sitting less then 5 feet away from my gaming rig & about 6 feet from my server. Large file sharing wouldn't be much of an issue. I would just like the fastest possible connection to the router.
The router is a D-Link DGL-4300. http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=370&#DGL-4300
Both my comp & the server have gigabit ethernet but it doesn't seem to really make any difference. Links to any known tests would be great.
Edit: Same question at EB http://www.elitebastards.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14150
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