Ethernet vs wifi

[TStehley]

So, I am planning on gaming. I am currently running a dedicated wifi card, but it is slightly broken. The card still function's well, just occasionally the wifi drops, in which i must disable and re enable the card. I was thinking on replacing this card, but I'd rather run a ethernet cable. I am about 45 feet away from router, and my router is in the basement, I am capable of running an ethernet, but would 45 feet be too long? Right now i run about 50 ping in most games, would the cable raise or lower it? I do have very quick internet though. The main question is, for being 50 feet away, wifi or ethernet, and if ethernet, which type of cable would do the trick?

 

[modernwar99]

No 45ft is fine. Anything less than ~320ft with an ethernet cable will offer the best latency. That being said, ethernet will always be faster than wireless. My ping is maybe 1-2ms better on ethernet, but then again my router and modem are right next to my computer (plus my PC's wifi adapter sucks). Your 50ft internal network cable is nothing compared to the thousands of miles the signal might end up travelling to reach the target server. Also I would recommend regular unshielded cat6 cables (depends on how much more shielded is over unshielded though). The cabling itself does a pretty good job at rejecting interference, so shielded cable isn't necessary when dealing with a standard household electrical circuit.

 

[jsmithepa]

45 that's all? U can go much longer if you want, so GO DO IT.

 

[TStehley]

No 45ft is fine. Anything less than ~320ft with an ethernet cable will offer the best latency. That being said, ethernet will always be faster than wireless. My ping is maybe 1-2ms better on ethernet, but then again my router and modem are right next to my computer (plus my PC's wifi adapter sucks). Your 50ft internal network cable is nothing compared to the thousands of miles the signal might end up travelling to reach the target server. Also I would recommend regular unshielded cat6 cables (depends on how much more shielded is over unshielded though). The cabling itself does a pretty good job at rejecting interference, so shielded cable isn't necessary when dealing with a standard household electrical circuit.

So, if you had to pick a cable, it would be a cat6? mind giving me a link to a simpler cable?

 

[modernwar99]

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters%C2%AE-Snagless-Ethernet-Patch/dp/B00B3URY64/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1446070740&sr=1-1&keywords=cat6+cable+75ft

Might as well get cat6 since it handles interference better and is the same price. Speed is irrelevant since I doubt you have internet over 1gbps... Also are you going to be wiring it to a wall plate, and then running a short cable from the wall plate to the PC? Or just run the whole cable straight out of the wall and into the PC?