Is 5ghz basically mandatory for wifi streaming?

[Cyraga]

My crappy old laptop only does 2.4 and it's not really playable for the most part.

The ethernet cable is also longish (15m) between my pc and router which wouldn't be helping I suppose.

I don't think my router is the problem as it's a sexy Asus RT66NU (I think that's the model, the Asus batman router)

[Panzerknacker]

The issue with WLAN is normally that its latency is really high and thus you'd get "bad" service for real-time streams on most connections (tho i rarely have seen stable HQ streams for other purposes work) while not noticing much when e.g. downloading. On a sidenote, 15 Meters is a LOT below the maximum length a CAT5(e/6/7) cable and will have no measureable impact on the signal chain :) You could check the WLAN by causing traffic on it (start a big down- or upload) and do pings in both directions and see how bad the response times get.

Unfortunately i'm on a trip to asia soon, so i can't test it myself at the moment...

[powerarmour]

Latency isn't really the issue on WLAN connections, it's making sure it has a good and consistent signal strength. I've had as low as 14ms streaming latency over WiFi and others have had great results too :-

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/630802979130451288/

It's more important that your host and client are of the correct spec and suitable IMHO.

[Berserk Belta]

Originally posted by powerarmour:

Latency isn't really the issue on WLAN connections, it's making sure it has a good and consistent signal strength.

You know, these are not necessarily two exclusive things. The wildly frottling and gazorbing latency issues you can see when your radio signal is spotty will attest to this. :)

[powerarmour]

Originally posted by Berserk Smurf:

Originally posted by powerarmour:

Latency isn't really the issue on WLAN connections, it's making sure it has a good and consistent signal strength.

You know, these are not necessarily two exclusive things. The wildly frottling and gazorbing latency issues you can see when your radio signal is spotty will attest to this. :)

But WLAN itself isn't 'High Latency', that's the point I'm trying to point. It's as good as your signal, in clear line of sight, with an uncluttered channel, even 54Mbps 2.4Ghz is plenty fine for Steam IHS.

Granted if you live in a built up area with a lot of interference then it's advisable using 5Ghz frequencies, but as a network protocol 802.11 is fine latency wise.

[Mr Keefy]

I get about 5ms difference display latency when I use a wire than using the wireless also it depends on the game.
Wolfenstein new order is 30max wireless
HL2DM is 20 max wireless
Quakelive is 15 max wireless.
I think the more demanding the game the more latency.

Generally my wireless N router (BT Homehub3 It hink) is fine for streaming the games.

[Sup3rDave]

I'd be curious how well this works on my powerline ethernet connections, seems like in principal it would work well.