Best way to get high speed wifi

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

What would be the best solution to get fast wifi on a gaming PC. (Haven't built it asking in advance). Ethernet is out of the question cause my wifi box thingy is too far away. Can people list better ways?

[spartaman64]

Power line Ethernet? If your house has  new electrical wiring. I got a wrt1900ac and my house is 6882 square ft and it's WiFi reaches every inch delivering at least 50mpbs of my 75mpbs plan

[ShadowCaptain]

2 minutes ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

What would be the best solution to get fast wifi on a gaming PC. (Haven't built it asking in advance). Ethernet is out of the question cause my wifi box thingy is too far away. Can people list better ways?

powerline kit

 

or just a wifi dongle if you must

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

1 minute ago, ShadowCaptain said:

powerline kit

 

or just a wifi dongle if you must

What's a power line kit?

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

What's a power line kit?

you COULD google it

 

but it routes the internet through your existing wiring in your house

SO basically

 

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

1 minute ago, ShadowCaptain said:

you COULD google it

 

but it routes the internet through your existing wiring in your house

SO basically

 

thanks

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

Just now, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

thanks

What other ways are there, power line kit seems "meh" 

[Stefan1024]

1 minute ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

What other ways are there, power line kit seems "meh" 

802.11ac with 3x3 MiMo or even 4x4 MiMo gives you Gigabit speed. But the speed dropps pritty quick with increased distance. I have an Archer T9e and get 887 MBit/s througth one wooden wall.

But the speed dropps quickly when I move further away.

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4 minutes ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

What other ways are there, power line kit seems "meh" 

really the only ways to get network connection to your computer are powerful wifi, powerline, and ethernet.

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

@ShadowCaptain to clarify Power Line Kit works by you plug the power link kit in a socket near your router, then plug the other end near your PC then connect the box near your PC to your PC? And bam?

[Jer45]

13 minutes ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

What would be the best solution to get fast wifi on a gaming PC. (Haven't built it asking in advance). Ethernet is out of the question cause my wifi box thingy is too far away. Can people list better ways?

jayztwocents did a vid on this 

 

[ShayMaster [PC Noob]]

3 minutes ago, Jer45 said:

jayztwocents did a vid on this 

 

Thanks and yea imma do  power line networking it's as easy as plug and play

[Jer45]

4 minutes ago, ShayMaster [PC Noob] said:

Thanks and yea imma do  power line networking it's as easy as plug and play

then there is this

 

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14 minutes ago, Jer45 said:

then there is this

 

Well that's great for when it works, but I'm pretty sure it's not really intended for use inside your house... through walls and stuff

[never_here]

8 minutes ago, Jer45 said:

then there is this

 

LOL, yes, there is that.  

in all seriousness, wifi isn't all that bad.  You'll need a good router, and a good wifi dongle.  I've used a USB 3.0 AC1300 wifi dongle, and it worked fine.  I played dota 2 a lot off of it and had no issues.  I got about 80-90% of the internet speed from isp, and had an ping of 50-70ms.  Wasn't an issue on Dota 2, and dont think its too bad on CS:GO.  Just do what you can to minimize the distance, and place the usb wifi dongle in an area where you get the best results.  You'll have to run speedtest a good few times, as different placements of the wifi dongle can result in quite dramatic changes of speed.  Most of them come with like 3ft usb extension, so you got some room to play with.  You can even buy a 6ft usb extension too.  I had a 6ft one, but i just used the 3ft one.  It was fine.  

 

in my situation, the wifi router was in the basement, and my room was on the 2nd floor.  My room and router were also on the opposite sides of the house.  I have a apple airport extreme, and a Dlink AC1200 usb wifi dongle.

[mcraftax]

get a good ap (one of the Ubiquiti UniFi AC AP range)

[Donut417]

IF you have Coax available you might check out Moca. It allows you to use the Coax for a network connection. Speeds will be better in most cases to power line adapters. It can coexist with Cable but not with Satellite. Its a good option if you have Coax near your router and near your computer. Only issues you might run in to is you need bidirectional splitters and you need a premises filter on the main cable line coming in to your house. This stops your network from getting on your cable providers network. Also its very easy to decided on the right adapters as Actiontek is the only company whom produces Moca 2.0 adapters. 

 

Or

 

You buy a nice good AC router or Access point and use that. On the PC side you will want to use a PCIe Wireless card not USB. If you are close enough to the router then 5Ghz will be your friend as thats where the speed is.