On 05/19/2017 10:44 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-05-19 15:04, James Knott wrote:
Now, I have a 60/10 connection, so I may be able to meet that with WiFi. But my ISP now offers up to 1 Gb via fibre, in some areas. With that, you may see the limitations of WiFi.
Another thing to consider with WiFi is your neighbours. Unless you are well away from others, you may have to share the channel with others. In my home, I can see over a dozen nearby networks. That means they may reduce the bandwidth available to me. There may also be other, non-WiFi devices that can cause interference. At the place I'm today, I have 60/60 to internet, but the Wifi does 30 on good days, 10 on bad days, like today. There are 36 neighbours that I can see. I mean, that the NM sees.
The ISP wanted to double the speed and I said "NO". They "but you will navigate faster". Me: "not on WiFi". They "But... (whatever)". Me: "I'm an engineer and I know what I'm talking about. No." So they shut up and I got a rebate instead. :-)
While I usually use WiFi for my network computer, I connect via Ethernet, if I'm going to do some significant downloads to it. Incidentally, this shows a minor benefit of Linux over Windows. When I connect via Ethernet, I get a different IP address than I do via WiFi. If I then want to connect to the computer, with SSH for example, with Linux it doesn't matter which way I'm connected, as either address will work. But with Windows, if connected via Ethernet, the WiFi address is not reachable. This means, I have to use 2 different addresses/host names when booted into Windows, compared to it doesn't make any difference with Linux. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org