When you have built-in WiFi, have you the possibility to add an antenna?
(Asking although I already ordered my ASUS PRIME Z270-A)
Topic: Mining on WiFi - page 3. (Read 916 times)
If I considered the option to connect my rig via wifi, then I would definitely buy a motherboard with built-in wifi receiver. This is much safer because I tried to connect via USB adapter, and experienced frequent disconnects. Maybe it's me not so lucky.
As Undefined said, mining is all about latency not bandwidth, so just focus on that. One mistake I've seen people on the forum make repeatedly is to pick up a WiFi to Ethernet bridge to run cat5 into their computer - this is almost always a worse setup unless you're able to reposition the bridge in some way you wouldn't be able to move an external antenna.
That's exactly what I was wondering! So a USB adapter with an antenna, rather than ethernet cable to a WiFi access point of some sort. 
As Undefined said, mining is all about latency not bandwidth, so just focus on that. One mistake I've seen people on the forum make repeatedly is to pick up a WiFi to Ethernet bridge to run cat5 into their computer - this is almost always a worse setup unless you're able to reposition the bridge in some way you wouldn't be able to move an external antenna. If you're running linux, make sure to pay attention to not just signal strength, but link quality, which makes it easy to gauge performance in terms of AP->Computer and Computer->AP.
Once you get it setup, then just run a ping to your gateway, and make sure you see stable times and low to no packet loss - if you do that, you should be good to go. But if you start doing more mining or whatever, keep in mind that wired will always be better and will eliminate another potential source of problems, which is half of what mining is it seems like.
Once you get it setup, then just run a ping to your gateway, and make sure you see stable times and low to no packet loss - if you do that, you should be good to go. But if you start doing more mining or whatever, keep in mind that wired will always be better and will eliminate another potential source of problems, which is half of what mining is it seems like.
I know it's advised to use an ethernet connection but...
So, if you have to use a WiFi connection, how do you do it? Use a USB adapter? setup a WiFi router near the rig to create a sub-network?
So, if you have to use a WiFi connection, how do you do it? Use a USB adapter? setup a WiFi router near the rig to create a sub-network?
If your home does not already have a wireless router, than obviously you'd have to set one up. (Depending on the quality of the wireless adapter, if your router is far from the rig, you may want a repeater or additional router.) A USB wireless adapter should work fine. Mining does not require much bandwidth; the main things are reliability and latency.
Ethernet is typically more reliable and offers lower latency (and hopefully fewer stale shares, where another miner "beat you to the punch"), in most cases. Usually the difference is negligible, unless one of them happens to be very poor.
I know it's advised to use an ethernet connection but...
So, if you have to use a WiFi connection, how do you do it? Use a USB adapter? setup a WiFi router near the rig to create a sub-network?
So, if you have to use a WiFi connection, how do you do it? Use a USB adapter? setup a WiFi router near the rig to create a sub-network?
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