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I recently bought a new home and find that the floor plan and layout will not work well/easily with my old router and UTP cables to connect our five PC's. Drilling holes and hiding the wires is getting old and I was thinking wireless might be a viable alternative. Problem is this is something I have no experience with and was hoping someone here in the Spawnpoint community could provide recommendations and advice on security issues, and in particular on how well wireless works with gaming. Connection to the Internet is of course the goal, but most important to me is the speed and connection stability for gaming.

What's the best wireless option for gaming, and what's the best equipment to buy when gaming is the most important use of the home PC? Costs will of course vary, but that's not an issue - I'm looking for the most stable and the fastest connection available and would greatly appreciate any suggestions and recommendations you may have. I've read a number of articles and there is enough general/technical information out there, but what I'd like to hear is feedback from actual gamers on their experience with home wireless.

Your thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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cooper @ 2007-08-22 22:01:13
Best wireless option:

Wires. Simple. If you're home is anything like mine, you need wires.

Atrus @ 2007-08-22 22:56:31
LoL... well, "wires" is no "wireless" option, but I get your point. The more I read on the subject the less interested I am in going wireless. Sounds great in theory but given the size of the house and the distance between some of the rooms and the traffic patterns I would likely have to use a repeater. And the last thing I need is to lose my connection every time someone walks around causing interference with the radio signal. Time to dust off my drill and put some holes through the walls. Thanx for the feedback, Cooper.

Raven @ 2007-08-23 10:21:52
I have both wireless and hard wired connections in my house.

We have 2 incoming telephone lines and i use one for the phone and "my" gaming pc which is hardwired into the socket through our modem.

The other telephone socket takes the wireless access point into which is connected the kids pc, my eldest daughters lap-top, a wii, and xbox and a psp. As none of these are used for gaming the download and connection speeds are fine for them.

I get no lag on the gaming pc and everyones happy ;)

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