Wifi Performance and Antenna Suggestion?

[Wrathfulram]

So I will only have access to Wifi in my new place and plan to buy a 5ghz wifi router. How is performance gaming wise? Will online games be unplayable compared to ethernet? I plan to put the router in the middle of the house and was also looking into a nice antenna for my computer but can't find one with a long connection cord. I want to connect it and run the antenna under my door and stick it to the wall of the hallway. Anyone have any suggestions on an antenna with a long cord? like 10-20 feet?

[ET_Explorer]

1 hour ago, Wrathfulram said:

looking into a nice antenna for my computer but can't find one with a long connection cord.

Better yet, you can use these >> https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AV1000-Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B06WP2ZT5N

[Wrathfulram]

17 minutes ago, ET_Explorer said:

Better yet, you can use these >> https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AV1000-Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B06WP2ZT5N

Why is this the first time i've ever heard of these? This looks great! Thanks

[Donut417]

55 minutes ago, Wrathfulram said:

Why is this the first time i've ever heard of these? This looks great! Thanks

Performance is so so on those. Because its heavily related to your home wiring. Older wiring equals crappy performance to no connectivity. Also these tend to cut your max speeds down. In some cases WiFi is faster but in others these are. 

 

3 hours ago, Wrathfulram said:

Will online games be unplayable compared to ethernet?

Depends on the game. For years I used WiFI for gaming and it for the most part was "OK". 

[Wrathfulram]

49 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Performance is so so on those. Because its heavily related to your home wiring. Older wiring equals crappy performance to no connectivity. Also these tend to cut your max speeds down. In some cases WiFi is faster but in others these are. 

 

Depends on the game. For years I used WiFI for gaming and it for the most part was "OK". 

I will try these out before spending big bucks on a nice wifi router, thanks for the info

 

[ET_Explorer]

4 hours ago, Wrathfulram said:

Why is this the first time i've ever heard of these? This looks great! Thanks

Your welcome.

[Alex Atkin UK]

On 7/22/2021 at 8:20 AM, Wrathfulram said:

So I will only have access to Wifi in my new place and plan to buy a 5ghz wifi router. How is performance gaming wise? Will online games be unplayable compared to ethernet? I plan to put the router in the middle of the house and was also looking into a nice antenna for my computer but can't find one with a long connection cord. I want to connect it and run the antenna under my door and stick it to the wall of the hallway. Anyone have any suggestions on an antenna with a long cord? like 10-20 feet?

Its generally a bad idea to use a long antenna cable as you can lose as much or more signal from the cable length than you would over the air, even through a wall.

I'm also not clear if you mean your broadband is coming TO the router via WiFi, or just that your clients all need to be WiFi FROM the router, or both?