Crossover Ethernet Cable. Would it work?

[Alcarin]

Considering buying the Steam Link for some couch and/or bedside gaming on my TV. Got some concerns.

I have a crossover Cat5e cable laying around. Would this work via direct connection from my PC to the Steam Link?

I have meh quality Wifi (802.11n 5 Ghz) whose access point I am 25 feet away from, and since I rent in someone else's home I'm not allowed to run cable of my own. So my options are limited. Thanks.

[<)NN(> Misi333k ®™ 유유유]

AC is must have in my opinion, no idea if direct connection will work (should but not 100% sure)

[Alcarin]

Can't have AC unfortunately. Wifi router isn't mine.

[<)NN(> Misi333k ®™ 유유유]

and you can't connect directly to router using wires ?

[_I_]

crossover cables havent been needed in about 10 years
most 10/100/gigabit lan devices are auto mdi/mdix and will not require a crossover cable

wifi n/ac are fine with the link, but running a cable would be better
it only needs about 30-40mb/s constant connection speed when streaming

[Alcarin]

Originally posted by <)NN(> Misi333k ®™유유유:

and you can't connect directly to router using wires ?

Out of the question. Already asked several times in the past.

Originally posted by _I_:

crossover cables havent been needed in about 10 years
most 10/100/gigabit lan devices are auto mdi/mdix and will not require a crossover cable

wifi n/ac are fine with the link, but running a cable would be better
it only needs about 30-40mb/s constant connection speed when streaming

Well my connection speed is ~180/6.5Mb/s down/up on ideal days. The upload speed would be a killer, and I do have 3 walls separating me from the router AP.

I've already asked in the past if I can tweak some of the router settings to provide better performance for everyone, but no dice. Owner is paranoid about security and is not technologically savvy (ideal combo there isn't it).

Guess Steam Link is out for me.

[MechaTails]

Originally posted by DannyBlaze:

Owner is paranoid about security and is not technologically savvy (ideal combo there isn't it).

How do they know you aren't trying to steal their secret lasagna recipes!? How would they know, Danny!? IF THAT'S EVEN YOUR REAL NAME!

[Alcarin]

Originally posted by MechaTails:

Originally posted by DannyBlaze:

Owner is paranoid about security and is not technologically savvy (ideal combo there isn't it).

How do they know you aren't trying to steal their secret lasagna recipes!? How would they know, Danny!? IF THAT'S EVEN YOUR REAL NAME!

Laugh it up now, but if you have to deal with this person irl, you would not laugh for long :P

Only reasons I'm living there is that I'm a student, price is low, and the house is kept clean and quiet.

[_I_]

internet connection speed is irrelivant unless you are streaming outside the lan
in-home streaming does not use internet, only lan
host pc <-> router <-> client

wifi n is 150mbps/stream (n300 is 2 streams, n600 is 4 streams)
ac is 300-400mbps/stream (upto 8 streams)

[D3matt]

It might work if you set up a static IP for your computer and steam link, but honestly it's not ideal (I'm not confident Steam streaming would work with 2 seperate networks on your PC, and if you disconnected from wifi you would have to be on offline mode and lose a lot of the convenience). You could get a wireless bridge/repeater, or a router in bridge/repeater mode and connect your PC and the steam link to that. Really though if you're that close to your PC, just buy a longer HDMI cable, you don't need a Steam Link.

Also your internet connection speed doesn't have any bearing on the performance of streaming on the same network. If you're able to get 180Mbps down over wifi it's entirely possible you'll be able to stream, that's some damn good wifi.

[Alcarin]

Originally posted by D3matt:

It might work if you set up a static IP for your computer and steam link, but honestly it's not ideal (I'm not confident Steam streaming would work with 2 seperate networks on your PC, and if you disconnected from wifi you would have to be on offline mode and lose a lot of the convenience). You could get a wireless bridge/repeater, or a router in bridge/repeater mode and connect your PC and the steam link to that. Really though if you're that close to your PC, just buy a longer HDMI cable, you don't need a Steam Link.

Also your internet connection speed doesn't have any bearing on the performance of streaming on the same network. If you're able to get 180Mbps down over wifi it's entirely possible you'll be able to stream, that's some damn good wifi.

Long HDMI cable wouldn't work because of the fact that I don't want a cable running straight across my room that I can trip on :P

I've considered a wireless bridge in the past, but I've looked as it as a wasteful approach of trying to solve the issue of crap Wifi quality in the house to help alleviate this and the lag I get with online gaming. Powerline is most likely also out of the question because the house is quite old and the wiring hasn't been touched or inspected for probably over a decade... or more.

I've tried streaming games before on my phone over the Moonlight app (open source version of Nvidia Gamestream), and I struggled with issues like dropouts and extreme controller latency with my bluetooth controller (which works just fine for everything else).