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[Ltrustman]

hello everyone this is starwolf reporting, i was playing GRO and my wireless adapter (USB) caused a blue screen (linksys 2500) it is up to date, is there a better wireless adapter i can buy? thats actually worth the money

[Freelancer852]

Wireless and gaming are never a good mix. I'd buy a long Ethernet cable and go wired, run it through the cold air ducts in your house. You can probably buy an Ethernet cable of appropriate length and a "wire snake" to fish through the cold-air ducts for the price of a quality wireless card.

[Compassghost]

Lies, I streamed wireless from my Verizon FiOS @ 5mbit and it beats my wired 3mbit upload Comcast any day of the week _-_

That and Comcast seems to enjoy throttling my upload now _-_

[Freelancer852]

ISP has nothing to do with a wired or wireless home network, that's all controlled by our own personal router. Never use the provided modem/router combos that ISP's offer, they're usually really limited in capability.

Not really sure what you're talking about Compass. Your Verizon FiOS speeds are better than your Comcast speeds because the plan you have from Verizon is better.

A wireless connection from your computer to your router is worse than a wired connection ten times out of ten. Wireless is slower, and can experience interference that can disrupt speeds or completely degrade your connection.

[Compassghost]

Wireless is slower than cable, but 802.11n has sufficiently advanced to the point where a 2000-3000kbps stream can be uploaded with no interference, and unless you're streaming inside a steel and concrete reinforced bunker, to a router outside the bunker, there is now virtually no hiccuping to be expected using wireless. I used to shudder at the thought of being forced to stream on wireless, but now, I could care less. If I had the choice, I'd dump my Comcast wired connection right now for FiOS, even if it meant wireless only.

Wireless 802.11n has a theoretical cap of 300mbps. Cat6 has a cap of 1gbps. Both of these values are significantly larger than the 3mbps data stream that is being piped up and downstream.

The transfer rates of data are sub-millisecond from computer to router/modem. If I were trying to use wireless from 100 feet away through several walls and microwaves, I might see noticeable difference, but for the average person, you will unlikely be able to notice any sort of recognizable slowdown using 802.11n technology.

Edit - Here are examples of 802.11n transfer rates. I personally haven't ever attempted anything about 2mbps while streaming because my computer whines about being made to work extra, http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2136647 but you can see that, given the settings, you can pretty much get a reasonable bitrate to upstream through the modem with no visual drawbacks.

[perfectOzerO]

Anyways, I don't think the blue screen was caused from the wireless adapter directly. Probably a driver issue involving the wireless adapter. Is the USB adapter plugged through the front or the back of your computer. Voltage issues with USB ports on the motherboard can also cause blue screens. Most likely a driver problem though in my opinion.