I live in a room without any ethernet ports and don't have any cables long enough to reach our router which is upstairs.
Any alternatives that I could use to help with my connection? The walls of my house just throttle the connection and because of that my ping in most games is absolute dogshit.
>>53682451
>games
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Powerline adapter
Run a cable you dummy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication
these things are pretty good
nothing will be superior to running a cable or moving your router
>>53682525
>>53682534
I was actually just looking at this on amazon, would this be a good idea? Most people say it's worked for them.
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Adapter-Starter/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
>>53682549
I would run a cable but my room is some 30+ feet from the router and there's no way I could run it from there to the downstairs without it looking hideous.
>>53682582
Run it through the wall :^)
>>53682582
Also, my ping swings from some times being 45-60 to 200-300.
Would this provide a constant <60 ping or should I still look elsewhere, i'm just sick of not being able to play most multiplayer games without there being ridiculous lag.
If I live in an apartment house and use power line adapters, couldn't my neighbors fuck with me? Or is it encrypted or something?
>>53682661
The speed depends on how old and shitty your power lines are. I have it and only miss a very small percentage of my actual connection compared to WiFi. Also use WTFast for that sick 18 ping like I have.
>>53682661
I've been using a powerline setup for about a year now, and it works at about ~80% of the speed of having my desktop wired directly into the router and no noticeable ping difference. I get 18~20 ping on servers inside my country either way.
As long as the electrical wiring in your house isn't really old, or retarded, it'll be fine.
>>53682666
If yours have some system where you hit a button to pair them up, they're encrypted. They might be able to fuck with the signal quality but I don't think eavesdropping is possible.
>>53682721
>>53682699
House was built I think in the last decade or so and we've never had issues with power, so I think it'll be fine then.
Worst case scenario I have to return it and then figure out a decent looking wired setup.
Thanks /g/urus.
