Powerline is alright if you have literally no other option but I’d take wifi instead 10/10 times unless my PC was trapped inside a Faraday cage.
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saigot@lemmy.ca 11 months agoLook into powerline, it uses your electrical lines to transfer ethernet. it doesn’t work in every house but when it does its pretty great if it does!
skulblaka@startrek.website 11 months ago
saigot@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Powerline has much better latency (and much more consistent latency) than wifi, so it’ll give you a better experience for stuff like gaming. Depending on how exactly your house is wired and what else you have on the circuit it can have reliability problems (although if you live in a dense area wifi isn’t exactly reliable), but if your house is suitable it works very well, I used it about 5 years with no problems.
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I’m currently using powerline because running an ethernet cable across the apartment seemed gaudy at best. The suggestion of a flat white cable stuck to the wall seems interesting.
I have the modem and router on a UPS because power flickers semi-regularly here. Sadly, powerline cannot go on a UPS.