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<blockquote data-quote="Ulorian - Agent of Chaos" data-source="post: 8862654" data-attributes="member: 16668">Interesting. So usually the only advantage to ethernet over wireless in terms of latency is within your local network; in that 'ideal' environment, there are no other bottlenecks to contend with, so the latency advantage makes itself felt. Once you are sending and receiving traffic across the internet at large, the latency advantage that the tiny hop from your device to your router is generally overshadowed by the latency hits your traffic is taking as it navigates the routes to your destination. Unless the latency added by that wireless connection is unusually large...The situation you're describing is a bit mysterious. All you did was add a wired connection (to Penticton)? And whether the player in California was on a wireless or wired connection, you noticed a slowdown? Or was it just if that Cali player was on a wireless network?Re: hotel wifi. On a wireless network like that, you can run into bandwidth consumption issues (i.e. tons of guests are on Netflix, etc.). Your pipeline is full or near full, you now get additional latency issues as a result.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ulorian - Agent of Chaos, post: 8862654, member: 16668"] Interesting. So usually the only advantage to ethernet over wireless in terms of latency is within your local network; in that 'ideal' environment, there are no other bottlenecks to contend with, so the latency advantage makes itself felt. Once you are sending and receiving traffic across the internet at large, the latency advantage that the tiny hop from your device to your router is generally overshadowed by the latency hits your traffic is taking as it navigates the routes to your destination. Unless the latency added by that wireless connection is unusually large... The situation you're describing is a bit mysterious. All you did was add a wired connection (to Penticton)? And whether the player in California was on a wireless or wired connection, you noticed a slowdown? Or was it just if that Cali player was on a wireless network? Re: hotel wifi. On a wireless network like that, you can run into bandwidth consumption issues (i.e. tons of guests are on Netflix, etc.). Your pipeline is full or near full, you now get additional latency issues as a result. [/QUOTE]

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