cable or wireless to router

[Yardbent]

hi
router at BT incoming junction box in hall
the wireless dongle in PC upstairs has been overheating and dropping connection

i 'read somewhere' that cable is actually better and 'maybe' gives  a faster speed

ps..... computer 'know-nothing' here...

shall i hard wire it..?
do i just plug in one of these..?

10m LONG RJ45 CAT5E CAT 5 ETHERNET LAN PATCH NETWORK CABLE LEAD ROUTER UK from eBay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BROWN-10m-LONG-RJ45-CAT5E-CAT-5-ETHERNET-LAN-PATCH-NETWORK-CABLE-LEAD-ROUTER-UK-/120776187324?pt=UK_Computing_NetworkingCables_RL&hash=item1c1ed25dbc

thanks...john

[Yardbent]

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what happened here..?

all crossed out...?

are we not allowed to link to e Bay..?

Signed Stumped from Strathaven

[Wildfisher]

You added

Code Select Expand

[s] to the end of connection. That sets strike through on. I have removed it. That's why in the example I have set it as "code" so it won't do it.

[Yardbent]

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thanks....................

Signed Stupid from Strathaven

[SteveF]

Yes, wire is faster than wi-fi and far less likely to drop a signal.

Another option is a broadband extender. It uses the mains instead. Plug one into a socket at the router and another in upstairs. More expensive but means no wires to run through the house
http://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-Broadband-Extender-Passthrough-Powerline/dp/B00D84BYP0/ref=pd_sim_computers_4
This link gives you all the details

Steve

[Yardbent]

SteveF

thanks
nice bit of kit but the cable it is for now.!

john

ps ...is the cable i linked to ok.?

[Wildfisher]

ps ...is the cable i linked to ok.?

yes, any RJ45 connector cable will do

[Yardbent]

Yes, wire is faster than wi-fi and far less likely to drop a signal. ........................Steve.

well the 10m cable arrived and has been plugged in for 13 hours
no faster... but not a single dropped connection

brilliant...........

[Fishtales]

Your speed is down to your ISP and the ISP of the website you are visiting.

My wi-fi at the moment using the laptop is 300 Mbps. Wired to a mains plug system it would be 85 Mbps. Wired to the card in the main computer direct to the router 1 Gbps. My line speed from the ISP is 60 Mbps. So you can see that going by those figures no matter what I am connected to I will get the same speed, 60 Mbps. It is a fallacy that hard wired is faster than wi-fi it all depends on your connection. I agree that wi-fi is unstable depending how far you are from the access point. In the house I don't get any bother but out in the conservatory it drops out now and again and I don't get the full Mbps because the router is in the front upstairs bedroom and the conservatory is at the back so I have a mains plug unit out there.

[Wildfisher]

That's only partly true Sandy. If your WIFI connection is poor and producing data packet errors and constantly having to retransmit this can slow down your speed massively. Yardbent's experience reflects my own. WIFI is only as fast as hard wired if it's working perfectly.