best way to connect my pc to the router?

[deathfrankcore]

Hello, I'm Francesco and i use internet a lot for playing games and stream. a week ago I moved to a bigger house (the previous one was good but my room was really small) and I like it but like every medal has two sides this house has too and the worst face of the medal is the router signal. the router is really powerful and it reaches all the room in the house (even the garage downstairs) but now that all Italians are "isolated" internet is going slow (probably because of the free pornhub premium) but when i play it is ok and the ping is around 50. Today I tried to stream but it didn't work because of the stream lag and the game lag (when i shutted it down the game was fine). What is the best way to connect my pc to the router to reduce lag? should i go with lan cables or with wifi amplifier? Internet speed is around 40 Mb/s down and 10Mb/s in up 

[Fasauceome]

Lan cables are the most consist

[deathfrankcore]

i forgot to upload my home

 

[Windows7ge]

LAN cable. Your ping to the router should drop to <1ms.

[deathfrankcore]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Lan cables are the most consist

do they work even if they have to travel 20/25 meters?

 

[Fasauceome]

Just now, deathfrankcore said:

do they work even if they have to travel 20/25 meters?

 

Yes

[Donut417]

Just now, deathfrankcore said:

do they work even if they have to travel 20/25 meters?

 

Both Cat5e and Cat6 will do 1 Gbps up to 100 Meters. Cat6a is rated for 10 Gbps up to 100 Meters. Should also mention that cat 5e can do 2.5 Gbps and Cat6 can do 5Gbps up to that 100 meter length as well, but finding 2.5 and 5 Gbps gear will be a challenge as far as affordability that will also be a challange. 

[deathfrankcore]

2 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Both Cat5e and Cat6 will do 1 Gbps up to 100 Meters. Cat6a is rated for 10 Gbps up to 100 Meters. Should also mention that cat 5e can do 2.5 Gbps and Cat6 can do 5Gbps up to that 100 meter length as well, but finding 2.5 and 5 Gbps gear will be a challenge as far as affordability that will also be a challange. 

i am going to get this one

[LIGISTX]

Where are you located? Are you in Italy, seeing as you mentioned it got bad when pornhub was made free.

 

If so, nothing will help this..... But I am just trying to understand the exact situation. Yes, a wire will help, wires are always the best option for networking, but if you are experiencing an ISP related bandwidth issue (you live in Italy where the internet is being HAMMERED), a wire to your router will not actually help anything. 

[deathfrankcore]

1 minute ago, LIGISTX said:

Where are you located? Are you in Italy, seeing as you mentioned it got bad when pornhub was made free.

 

If so, nothing will help this..... But I am just trying to understand the exact situation. Yes, a wire will help, wires are always the best option for networking, but if you are experiencing an ISP related bandwidth issue (you live in Italy where the internet is being HAMMERED), a wire to your router will not actually help anything. 

ye I live in Italy in a little village near Florence, I don't think that is a ISP problem because on speedtest by ookla I only have 14 of ping 

[berberries]

1 minute ago, deathfrankcore said:

ye I live in Italy in a little village near Florence, I don't think that is a ISP problem because on speedtest by ookla I only have 14 of ping 

If you are consuming *AHEM* video content from a particular side made free, your download speed matters more than the ping, generally anything under 50ms of ping is relatively ok for general web browsing and content consumption.

 

Ping is usually more noticeable when playing competitive games especially shooters.

[LIGISTX]

1 minute ago, deathfrankcore said:

ye I live in Italy in a little village near Florence, I don't think that is a ISP problem because on speedtest by ookla I only have 14 of ping 

Your ping is being tested to a relatively local server typically. But the "pipe" going into and out of Italy right now is completely full. So trying to do things that rely on connecting to servers outside of the country is being hindered. This is a really low level explanation, but that is effectively what is happening. All of the games being downloaded, all of the streaming being watched/streamed, its just hitting the ISP's really hard.

 

If your pring was actually 14, and your speed is "high enough", these issues wouldn't be happening. I assume if you tried to ping Twitch or a game servers IP, you would not see 14 ping. I am not sure how you would test that as I don't know what IP's twitch uses, but I have a feeling that is the issue unfortunately. If everything was fine before Coronavirus, and now things are not fine, that is the issue, not the router/wifi unfortunately. If this has always been an issue, then yes, its possible a wire would help.

[deathfrankcore]

Just now, berberries said:

If you are consuming *AHEM* video content from a particular side made free, your download speed matters more than the ping, generally anything under 50ms of ping is relatively ok for general web browsing and content consumption.

 

Ping is usually more noticeable when playing competitive games especially shooters.

I don't do those things! it's bad and it makes you blind. I just stream and play

[BlackManINC]

1 hour ago, deathfrankcore said:

i forgot to upload my home

 

 

When it comes to gaming in particular, I did not have a good experience with Wifi. You'll always want to go with a wired connection if at all possible for the speed. Check out the cables linked below from Best Buy. 

 

Link: 14 Foot Cat 6 Cable

 

Link: 25 foot Cat 6 cable

 

[deathfrankcore]

19 hours ago, BlackManINC said:

 

When it comes to gaming in particular, I did not have a good experience with Wifi. You'll always want to go with a wired connection if at all possible for the speed. Check out the cables linked below from Best Buy. 

 

Link: 14 Foot Cat 6 Cable

 

Link: 25 foot Cat 6 cable

 

thank you but we don't have best buy in Italy 

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, deathfrankcore said:

thank you but we don't have best buy in Italy 

So long as the cable isn't CCA (copper clad aluminum) and instead is pure copper then you're fine.

[deathfrankcore]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

So long as the cable isn't CCA (copper clad aluminum) and instead is pure copper then you're fine.

thanks, the one that I linked is full copper

[Lurick]

Just now, deathfrankcore said:

thanks, the one that I linked is full copper

Yup, then you're good

[deathfrankcore]

the cable arrived today.  i have only 30 (always 30 or 31) of ping on Battlefield V. Videos Upload seems faster and my bluetooth earphonesworks better (probably)