Ethernet Information

Question: If i connect to my router via ethernet and wi-fi, will the speed increase?

(Posted by: Shane on 2010-03-06 19:24:15)

To the same router. I was wondering if having an additional mode of data transport might help with multiple- connection DL's. For instance, Bit Torrent.

Posted by: firemandan900 on 2010-03-06, 19:28:06

Without special configuration you computer is only really going to choose one or the other. Also on most all home internet connections the bottle neck is your routers connection to the internet via cable or DSL and not your computers connection to your router. Although if your WIFI is working right and it is at least the G standard it should not make much of a difference I recommend plugging in with ethernet and turning off WIFI for best results.

Posted by: Joe on 2010-03-06, 19:31:41

The wired Ethernet connection will be so much faster than the WiFi connection that you may as well disconnect the WiFi completely. Probably no noticeable difference between WiFi + Ethernet cable vs. Ethernet cable alone. Apart from WiFi having limits, your bottleneck is not likely to be inside *your* LAN. Most likely, the limiting factor is your Internet connection (your ISP).

Posted by: Adrian on 2010-03-06, 20:14:19

You cannot use both connections at the same time, to the same router. Windows does not work that way, it picks one connection, and uses that. Think of it as your computer has to have a path to the "internet ". That path is via one, and only one, gateway. You router. Your network cards are scanned, and one if picked as the "path " to the internet. there is no way to use both connections at the same time...