… Related I ran my home server on Wi-Fi for a year, and learned when Ethernet actually matters Wired connections might be 'best' but sometimes just enough is fine A cheap $20 tester doesn't cover the gamut of potential issues There still could be deeper issues lurking A basic continuity tester simply… …
… Years of walking over that folded cable caused enough damage that the connection was untenable for gaming. Durability aside, flat Ethernet cables have fundamentally different geometry from conventional cables in a way that makes them predisposed to issues. …
… An upstream USB cable to the PC was all I needed to complete the connection. …
… If the guest network is on its own VLAN and only allows for external connections, the rest of the LAN is protected. …
… Chrome and Firefox behave similar to how they work on a desktop, and I didn't run into any issues at all with rendering a complex CMS or editing a thousand-word document in Google Docs . …
… Buyers are right to expect better, and companies should stop treating recurring handshake and sync issues like a quirky part of enthusiast life. …
… It can't draw in smooth strokes, and it updates itself using intermittent screenshots, so I didn't know how it would handle this. …