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do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
View Poll Results: Do you use wireless to connect to router/internet?
Yes for everything 10 15.38%
Yes for mobile devices 42 64.62%
No 10 15.38%
Only for testing or if wired not available 3 4.62%
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Old 30-05-2011, 21:22   #16
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
Wired is my preferred method!! 2 servers, 2 NAS's, 1 desktop and the Xbox are all wired.

2 laptops and Wii are wireless as are our 2 blackberries, daughters desktop is wireless at the moment, but as I have now run ethernet up into the loft I can put a switch up there and run ethernet to each of the bedrooms!!!
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Old 30-05-2011, 22:08   #17
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
Insufficient options, I'm afraid. I only use wired but the family when they visit - the girls use wireless for their laptops, the boy goes wired.

The Airport Extreme is very good both 2.4 & 5 GHz.
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Old 31-05-2011, 06:23   #18
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
Main PC and Blu-ray wired, PS3 laptop, netbook and phones are wireless
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Old 31-05-2011, 08:05   #19
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
sorry didnt cover all bases.
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Old 31-05-2011, 08:42   #20
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
All of my computers are wired ethernet.
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Old 31-05-2011, 10:21   #21
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
Mixed.

2 PC's, server and CCTV are wired
3 iPhone/pods, xbox, ps3 and squeezebox are wireless.

Asus RT-N16 handles all of them perfectly, but the superhub couldnt provide a strong enough signal when it was working to get more than 100kbps on the xbox/ps3 even testing on all channels and settings.
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
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Mixed.

2 PC's, server and CCTV are wired
3 iPhone/pods, xbox, ps3 and squeezebox are wireless.

Asus RT-N16 handles all of them perfectly, <snip>.
Similar here as well, mixed lot. PC's, Xbox, WHServer and printer all gigabit wired.
Only BBerry's and Laptop on wireless.

@Skie, what firmware are you running on the N16? I'm only asking as I use the same router with TomatoVPN.
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Old 31-05-2011, 14:53   #23
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
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@Skie, what firmware are you running on the N16? I'm only asking as I use the same router with TomatoVPN.
Same, Tomato USB VPN. v 1.28 Used to use Tomato on my WRTG54 and couldn't live without it (but the old girl couldn't live with a 50 meg connection).
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
360 = Wired (lower ping )
pc = wired (usenet slave)
laptop = wireless
iPad = wireless (no other way)
iPhone/Andriod = wireless (no other way)
NAS = Wired
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 wired.
Laptop, iPhone 4 and HTC Desire wireless.

I believe that the wired option is best for online gaming with games consoles.
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
Wired option is best for anything!
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
PC = wired, 2 x PS3 wired all via SH for streaming.
Wifes laptop and Iphone 4 wireless.
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
I wired up the whole house Cat5 when I moved in so pretty much everything is wired apart from the laptops and the Wii!
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Re: do you use wired or wireless to connect to router?
Desktop PC, 1 x Squeezebox receiver, PS3, NAS, CCTV and Slingbox are all wired. Wii, Laptop, 1 x Squeezebox receiver and Squeezebox controller all wireless.

Personally, give me wires any day of the week as long as it's neat and tidy - all mine cable back to the loft where the router, switch etc all sit out of sight. Get a good wireless signal with it up there too.

My phone doesn't do wireless because it's so old, and I don't have any of those new fangled iThings, maybe one day!
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Wired option is best for anything!
Except when it requires getting permission from the council to dig up several kilometres of road and public park.
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