TP-LINK TL-WR940N: Will it work well with Steam Link?

[KentaZX]

I'm thinking of getting Steam link for me and my best friend so we can use this and my computer, which I'm sure its good enough to use (as I can play Fallout 4 for an example, at 1080p 60 frames per second) to play my PC games on the big tv. Now what I'm concerned for is my router or even any other router. so two questions:

1. Will my router, the TP LINK TL WR940N will work just fine wirelessly? I had no problem connecting online on consoles to download games with a desktop switch and ethernet, but lets say this rotuer is upstairs in my room, while the steam link will be in the living room, will the wifi work well with streaming games or not?

2. As long theyre connected to Ethernet, will ANY cheap router work with steam link very well?

I have a decent internet service provider too and so does my friend I think (at least its decent to me) so I'm just more worried about the router part.

 

[photonboy]

1) Wi-fi is problematic on the best setups for streaming games, though I'm only repeating what I've read.

If it's more casual (not a "twitch shooter") then it may be perfectly fine for your purposes. Really, you'd have to try wired vs wireless and decide yourself.

The quality of your wireless adapter will also affect wireless performance.

2) Ethernet - will "any" router work?

In general, I'd have to say almost certainly. Even a cheap 100Mbps router should provide about 11MB/second streaming capability with minimal latency.

(I ran a long ethernet cable through the wall in our house, but for most people that's not practical. There are POWER LINE adapters which probably work a lot better than wi-fi but I haven't done much research. They communicate via the AC power)

More (I'm not talking about the wireless extenders):
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/home-networking-part-7-power-line-connections-explained/

example: http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-TPL-407E2K-Powerline-Pass-through-electrical/dp/B009ZRBXMI/ref=sr_1_26?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1450702097&sr=1-26&keywords=powerline+network&refinements=p_72%3A1248879011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_four_browse-bin%3A7899512011

3) ISP:
You provider may be "decent" (not sure what that means exactly) but you'll still have the normal "ping" delays that online has.

If you add in wi-fi that adds additional latency, so online + wi-fi/steamlink might be too much latency for you.

 

[photonboy]

update:
I'm confused about getting the Steam Link for your friend.

Is that so he can also stream to his HDTV from a computer elsewhere in the house? (because that's the only reason for it)

If he's just gaming on a normal desktop/monitor setup then he'd have no need of a Steam Link.

 

[RARRAF]

well I have a steam link and 3 routers in my house but I do not use wifi I have a cable going too downstairs and as long as the routers are not set up too make there own network i.e. the cable with the internet coming in is just plugged into one of your four normal ports and the PC's are in the other 3 then you only have 1 network and my virgin box were the internet comes in is the only router working to split the signals it all works well