Comments on: Wireless Internet VS Ethernet Internet in college

By: Wireless Internet

Wireless Internet — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:17:44 +0000

Most people lose a lot of speed from their wireless internet connection due to placing the router in sub-optimal places. The more walls and other obstacles the signal need to pass through to reach your computer the more speed is lost. Try placing your router high up so it avoids obstacles like furniture and place it as close as is practically possible to the area you are most likely to access you wireless internet connection from. It’s also advisable to keep it away from other electricsl applicances and cables which can cause interference. It’s also worth doing some research to check you router is correctly configured.

By: mody@ubuntu games

mody@ubuntu games — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:01:45 +0000

lot of guys make it sound like there is big difference between ethernet and wireless , at the end think a bit, the ethernet line you have where is it coming from? not from wireless internet often?

By: Mobile Broadband

Mobile Broadband — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:58:11 +0000

I agree and as such for my home business I use the Ethernet to ensure a standard for the eight of hours of work. For other access I use my laptop via wireless. It serves the purpose of chatting or surfing the net with ease.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:41:24 +0000

You mention that you use apache server on your laptop, and the you can only access it via local host.

I use a service called DynDns.org that is a free service that will assign your public IP to a DNS name, pretty much of your choice. Then use one of their applications on their site that will tell them that your public IP has changed, and the apache will work on your laptop even via a wireless connection.

For example, my laptop, which is ubuntu, runs ddclient. So every time it boots up, it notifies DynDns of its public IP. So if I was running apache on my laptop, I would have my account set to update say, MyFunkyLaptop.dyndns.org then no matte where I was, poepl could connect to my apache server.

Hope this makes sense, but it works great!

By: jim@cable signal booster

jim@cable signal booster — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:07:28 +0000

I love having direct ethernet because it is a lot faster. With wireless I find major lag especially if there is more than one person on the net.

College wifi is good because their connection is super fast.

By: Ina@DesktopTube

Ina@DesktopTube — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:36:50 +0000

I choose whatever is best to my situation.
In the office we have ethernet and wifi, if I am on my desk I use ethernet and wifi if otherwise.

simple as that. So for college I think wifi is a good choice.

By: Fred@Computer Desk

Fred@Computer Desk — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:12:09 +0000

Wireless Internet is great for several purposes, e.g. mobility but also if you do not have a direct wired connection in your room but need Internet. Then again, the response times sometimes suck. I’d favor wired Internet.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:57:19 +0000

@chris: I don’t think there will be a huge difference if they’re sharing the same basic Internet connection, provided you have a good signal strength.

By: chris@Halo Reach

chris@Halo Reach — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:08:02 +0000

I honestly had no idea that the up and down could be impacted that much by going wireless. I have an extremely long ethernet cord that runs from my PC in my bedroom to my xbox 360 in the living room. Do you think it eould be better to just go wireless?

By: Anonymous Prime

Anonymous Prime — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:45:17 +0000

Oh.....you can change the ones at school....but i'm sure they'd be pretty pissed. Anonymous Prime’s latest post: Save some dollar$!