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Andyp wrote:....
Might the ferrite thingies work on the UTP cable?
Andyp wrote:.... interference from ethernet cables
Woodbloke wrote:Andyp wrote:.... interference from ethernet cables
Weird; my iMac is hooked up via an ethernet cable and the 'fone sits no more than 600mm from it, but it goes into an Apple 2T hard drive first of all and then onto the 'puter.
Glad the issue is fixed any way Andy - Rob
Andyp wrote:
This does mean that the iMac is back on Wifi which might be a bit slower ...
Woodbloke wrote:Andyp wrote:
This does mean that the iMac is back on Wifi which might be a bit slower ...
I'm a bit klutzish with this sort of stuff, but the Virgin techie bloke said that a 'puter connected with an ethernet cable is slightly slower than a wifi connection, ie: no cable? - Rob
RogerS wrote:And which is why I wouldn't touch companies like Virgin with a barge pole. He needs to be specific and say what particular wifi and what particular ethernet cable/connection. The fastest ethernet is around 10 GB/s with a Cat 6 cable. Suck that up, Virgin wi-fi
Woodbloke wrote:Andyp wrote:
This does mean that the iMac is back on Wifi which might be a bit slower ...
I'm a bit klutzish with this sort of stuff, but the Virgin techie bloke said that a 'puter connected with an ethernet cable is slightly slower than a wifi connection, ie: no cable? - Rob
TrimTheKing wrote:Woodbloke wrote:Andyp wrote:
This does mean that the iMac is back on Wifi which might be a bit slower ...
I'm a bit klutzish with this sort of stuff, but the Virgin techie bloke said that a 'puter connected with an ethernet cable is slightly slower than a wifi connection, ie: no cable? - Rob
Utter horsesh!t!
I would take a wired connection over WiFi EVERY day of the week, and in my house I do where possible.
As Roger says, WiFi can run up to some very high speeds, but rarely comes close to 50% of the advertised theoretical maximum due to all the other crap flying around in the air, not to mention walls...
I have tested my iMac over a Cat6 cable (6 foot length) into the router, and the same iMac over WiFi, same distance, line of sight, with no other devices advertising WiFi signals. I tested by using a testing tool called WAN Killer to pump data between the iMac and NAS.
1000Mb cable = 840Mb real world performance
600Mb 802.11n WiFi = 242Mb real world performance
Cable is better than WiFi every time given the same circumstances for both.
Cheers
Mark
TrimTheKing wrote:Haha. Sorry Rob, frustrates the hell out of me when alleged ‘techies’ give the layman bullsh!t answers which then become ‘truth’ because people don’t know any better.
Mark
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RogerS wrote:Kevin, in this case it is the ethernet cable from the router that is radiating the unwanted RF.
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