will CDs eventually become obsolete due to no CD transports surviving?

[Robin L]

I'm supposed to get an Ethernet cable today, will report back.

Got a noticeable improvement with latency but only a slight improvement with download speed. Intend to swap out the modem soon, see what happens. In out condominium court we have a shared internet service, that may be the bottleneck. However, I was told that latency issues are the greater problem.

 

[pablolie]

Got a noticeable improvement with latency but only a slight improvement with download speed. Intend to swap out the modem soon, see what happens. In out condominium court we have a shared internet service, that may be the bottleneck. However, I was told that latency issues are the greater problem.

There are some tricks to setting up your wireless network in a busy environment. I for one don't let my WiFi router dynamically hunt for the best spectrum - I lock it to the one that seems least used. Everybody else can keep happily hunting, I ain't conceding. :-D Some access points allow you to amp up your signal strength but I have never had to do that. There are also wireless routers that allow you to set up directional antennas.

 

[Robin L]

There are some tricks to setting up your wireless network in a busy environment. I for one don't let my WiFi router dynamically hunt for the best spectrum - I lock it to the one that seems least used. Everybody else can keep happily hunting, I ain't conceding. :-D Some access points allow you to amp up your signal strength but I have never had to do that. There are also wireless routers that allow you to set up directional antennas.

I think my internet environment only allows for the same signal everyone else here is using. In any case, this level of tech is above my pay grade. So far the hookup with the ethernet cable hasn't glitched. If this keeps up, there's no reason to go any further. A directional antenna wouldn't change anything, we hook up via coax. Internet access is folded into the HOA here.

 

[Robin L]

It says that download speed is 56.92 MBPS, upload is 5.89 MBPS.

Having the Ethernet cable only notched up the download speed to something like 59.1 MBPS. But more to the point, latency was improved, with spikes much reduced. I'm pretty sure download speed is limited by the ISP. It's something folded into the HOA here. There are over 100 condos in "Vista Village". In any case, I'm experiencing fewer problems. I'll run some music for a few hours today (was going to anyway) and report back.

 

[Sal1950]

I'm pretty sure download speed is limited by the ISP. It's something folded into the HOA here.

It sounds like that may be the case, if it's not sufficient for your needs you can start to look at available alternatives.

 

[Robin L]

It sounds like that may be the case, if it's not sufficient for your needs you can start to look at available alternatives.

Seems like the ethernet cable solved the problem. Issue appears to have been latency.

 

[AnalogSteph]

The airwaves in an apartment complex can be very busy (even on 5 GHz - forget about 2.4), and a general inability to use WiFi analyzer apps and at times obnoxiously stupid autochannel algorithms aren't helping matters in the slightest. Wired networking wins by default by not being a shared medium. In a busy environment you ideally want a bunch of small, lower-power cells, e.g. a centrally controlled swarm of accesspoints each with a wired connection, like one per room. Progress in newer WiFi standards hinges on two factors, higher bandwidth and smaller distances, so you'll never get the best out of those by relying on a central router only, which usually comes with egregious coverage gaps as well. I managed to get a decent bedroom to living room link (about 9 m across) but you bet I was watching spectrum usage like a hawk and I know all the networks around me.