Best Router to PC wire type

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  1. nipplepie Gold Member

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    Hello.



    I will be moving into my new student home next week. We are with BT (35DL 5UL) and we will get this Hub I a guessing [attatchment]. I play a lot of online games, so I want to pick the best connection to the internet I can get.
    My room will be close to the router, so I am definitively going to go with a wired connection, not WI-FI.

    As you can see on the router there is a USB port as well as the Ethernet ports. Also a GigE (no idea what it is). Which connection will provide me with the stablest connection I need? Also is there different types of Ethernet wires that I need to know about? I a guessing they are just copper wires, so can you get better wires?

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  2. Kedar Geek

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    If you want the absolute best, get a cat6 Ethernet cable.

    And the GigE is for a 1000Mbit/s connection. Which isn't necessary unless your ISP plan is greater than 1Gbps or you need to locally share files with that speed. (Your network card also needs to be compatible) But you can simple ignore all of the above and use a normal Ethernet cable in any of the ports except the BT and ADSL. Connection stability will depend on the ISP connection stability if the router works fine.

    USB ports are for storage/connectivity or for using 3G dongles (depends on the router)
    Kedar, Jun 23, 2012
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  5. nipplepie Gold Member

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    No Virgin do not provide fast speeds at Canterbury yet. The best right now sees to be BT Infinity. And even that only gets me 35DL 5UP and not the advertised 75DL and 15UP.
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  6. samuria Network Specialist

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    Have you ordered yet as Plusnet offer the same only cheaper
    samuria, Jun 23, 2012
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    Plus net average 7MB for me, so no thank you.
    nipplepie, Jun 24, 2012
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  8. samuria Network Specialist

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    Not on infinity they do that so 40 meg plusnet is bt but cheaper
    samuria, Jun 24, 2012
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Best Router to PC wire type

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