I am streaming 4K Netflix fine over Wi-Fi. On my computers I get a low ping, and the rated download and upload speeds over Wi-Fi.
you keep your wifi, I'll keep my hardline.
So you're highly compressed 4K streams impress you enough to think ethernet is done for?
I'll take a wired connection over wifi whenever possible. I leaned toward the house we bought specifically because it was going to be easy to wire for ethernet.
Yes.
The only time I use WiFi is for devices (phones, tablets, etc.) that can't take Ethernet. Wired is always better than wireless, performance wise.
4k video only needs Fast Ethernet. Welcome to 1995.
When you think about all the devices that stream video over LAN, you want to make sure keep as much throughout available as possible.
Some people try to use TiVo Stream with a TiVo on WiFi. Then you simultaneously overwhelm your WiFi network with a high bit rate inefficient MPEG2 video stream (TiVo DVR to the TiVo Stream device) and another HD video stream from the TiVo Stream to your mobile device. It usually doesn't work very well.
Then you have stuff like Chromecast, Apple TV AirPlay, etc...
So wiring the TV would be much more beneficial than the PC then. I will move the router back that part of the room.
True story:
My buddy worked in IT for a small company back the early 2000's, when WiFi first became a word. So the CIO heard about it and said something to this effect: "WiFi is the way of the future! I want all our servers converted to WiFi." The IT crowd protested and tried to fight it, but they did not win. My buddy quit.
It will be fun streaming videos when your neighbors wifi is interfering with your wifi. There is a lot of overlap between channels. I learned that the hard way.
I have chosen a channel as far away as possible from my neighbor's wifi andf it works great again, non stop 54Mbps. Until his router starts hopping channels again. Then i have to change the wifi channel also again on my router. But that has not occurred for several weeks now.
My main system is on a cable and stays on a cable. My phone and tablet run over wifi.
True story:
My buddy worked in IT for a small company back the early 2000's, when WiFi first became a word. So the CIO heard about it and said something to this effect: "WiFi is the way of the future! I want all our servers converted to WiFi." The IT crowd protested and tried to fight it, but they did not win. My buddy quit.
It will be fun streaming videos when your neighbors wifi is interfering with your wifi. There is a lot of overlap between channels. I learned that the hard way.
I have chosen a channel as far away as possible from my neighbor's wifi andf it works great again, non stop 54Mbps. Until his router starts hopping channels again. Then i have to change the wifi channel also again on my router. But that has not occurred for several weeks now.
My main system is on a cable and stays on a cable. My phone and tablet run over wifi.
How do you measure Wi-Fi throughput?
see if you can pick a different region. like europe so you are on different channel ranges
On my tablet, i press wifi settings. Then i click on the wifi network that i am connected too and it shows status, signal strength (In words like awful, worse, bad, good and excellent), the link speed, security used and IP address. It is a feature of android 4. Link speed is 54Mbps. It can be as low as 1Mbps when interfering occurs.