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Riftstar Posts: 5
Registered: 2006-4-15 14:52:13
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How well does WoW play on wireless? |
Buy a good wireless router and it should play well.
EDIT: Just re-read the part about "neighbor's wireless". I hope your neighbor doesn't mind sharing and has a good router. 
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TruthyID  Posts: 189
Registered: 2010-7-7 12:52:20
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In all honestly "wireless" is so vague that it's hard to give you any advice without more information.
There's a huge difference between using a wireless B card to connect to a neighbor who lives halfway down the block next to a cell tower and using a dual band wireless N card to connect to a network in an adjacent apartment.
That said, there are wireless setups that will give you more than enough bandwidth to play WoW without a hitch.
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heiromancerdrackus  Title: Is, indeed, a fat ass.
Posts: 274
Registered: 2001-12-24 17:04:55
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How far away is your neighbors access point? Does he know you are using it? If not, that shit is very illegal. Depending on the construction of your house, your signal might be fine. It might be terrible.
There is just a ton of variables to consider. For me personally, I get big spikes sometimes if I'm wireless. I also lose about 10 mbps of download, so I just ran a wire.
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Date Posted:
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How well does WoW play on wireless? |
TruthyID posted:
In all honestly "wireless" is so vague that it's hard to give you any advice without more information.
There's a huge difference between using a wireless B card to connect to a neighbor who lives halfway down the block next to a cell tower and using a dual band wireless N card to connect to a network in an adjacent apartment.
That said, there are wireless setups that will give you more than enough bandwidth to play WoW without a hitch.
This is a wireless connection from my mother-in-laws apartment downstairs from my wife and I. She (my wife) currently uses the connection already for her laptop and doesnt seem to have issues. I was planning on just using a USB wireless adapter to grab the same connection for gaming. Suggestions on a decent adapter?
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IndridCole Posts: 223
Registered: 2009-1-7 16:24:59
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I'm running a NETGEAR WNA3100 with a Linksys Wireless N router. Runs like a wet dream.
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Ugh_Lancelot  Title: Ooo...bouncy!
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Registered: 2002-6-17 14:37:05
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--Syrus-- posted:
I wouldn't suggest it. It works ok sometimes, and other times you'll have huge lag spikes. Its just not reliable. I had mine set up perfectly with in my own house, and I would have times where the game was unplayable other times it worked just fine.
If you are a raider, for sure no.
Casual and you can put up with that.. well still no.
Wireless is only sucky if your provider or adapter sucks balls. Using sucky hardware/drivers causes sucky performance? Whodathunkit?!?
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siujoey Posts: 280
Registered: 2001-12-26 09:10:44
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Ugh_Lancelot posted:
--Syrus-- posted:
I wouldn't suggest it. It works ok sometimes, and other times you'll have huge lag spikes. Its just not reliable. I had mine set up perfectly with in my own house, and I would have times where the game was unplayable other times it worked just fine.
If you are a raider, for sure no.
Casual and you can put up with that.. well still no.
Wireless is only sucky if your provider or adapter sucks balls. Using sucky hardware/drivers causes sucky performance? Whodathunkit?!?
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Date Posted:
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Wireless works just fine. I would recommend you get permission to leach. If not you should know that it is easy to see that someone unknown is on the system. It is also easy to block. I had someone doing that for a few days; which forced me to encrypt the system. Pain in the rear because I have to type that 22 letter code for any new device I get. I also have to type it in for family when they visit.
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Ballossom Posts: 8
Registered: 2002-1-7 15:12:02
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Me, my wife, and daughter alI play on wireless. However my access point is only about 15 feet from mine and the wifes my PC, daughter is upstairs about 25 feet. None of us have any problems.
edit: We are using the AP that is included with our U-Verse package from AT&T..
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heiromancerdrackus Title: Is, indeed, a fat ass.
Posts: 274
Registered: 2001-12-24 17:04:55
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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How well does WoW play on wireless? |
Ugh_Lancelot posted:
--Syrus-- posted:
I wouldn't suggest it. It works ok sometimes, and other times you'll have huge lag spikes. Its just not reliable. I had mine set up perfectly with in my own house, and I would have times where the game was unplayable other times it worked just fine.
If you are a raider, for sure no.
Casual and you can put up with that.. well still no.
Wireless is only sucky if your provider or adapter sucks balls. Using sucky hardware/drivers causes sucky performance? Whodathunkit?!?
You're aware that wireless signal is wireless, and by definition, may pass through other interferences to reach its access point, right? Not everything is so cut and dry with this.
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