Wifi vs wired internet for the rig

[mak013]

I have also tested this many times and I hardly see much of a difference. 10% sounds like a lot. What is the quality of your router and wifi, is it some cheap chinese junk? From what I can see there is less than 1% difference between wired and wifi.

MikroTik RB2011. I dont think that it looks like "cheap chinese junk". I was not looking where is problem. I had seen the difference and solved this problem with wired connection.

[thefaucetrunner]

i dont recommend wifi as your connection to your rig, i will not take my risk since there are many connection problem using wifi in your mining equipment, do play safe with wired internet. but if i find reliable wifi connectiom i will try it too, its seems very awesome, anyway i do really avoid chinese product on my mining equipment, i know its cheaper but it will only last for a couple month.

[Uju4real]

My current rigs are all using wired connection through wifi adapter. I am planning to move to use usb wifi adapter. The reason is to make rig more compact. Any suggestions from the community. My worry is that wifi connection may not be good due to proximity of GPUs. Any recommendation for the USB wifi adapter would be appreciated. Thank you.

Wifi is a no go area for me, I don't really know why it has never favoured me and always disappoint when I need it the most. Please go for Wired

[arnoldrimmer]

Wifi is always bond to have connection issues that's  why I never go for it, I prefer the wired  connection and that's what am using

[lobat999]

I would prefer a wired network especially on mining rigs since they are much more easier to troubleshoot than a wireless one. The best thing to do is select a  high quality network cable  and see to it that its connectors are well crimped and maybe you could also increase your subscription bandwidth for improved connectivity. Imho.

[mojoxc]

I have also tested this many times and I hardly see much of a difference. 10% sounds like a lot. What is the quality of your router and wifi, is it some cheap chinese junk? From what I can see there is less than 1% difference between wired and wifi.

MikroTik RB2011. I dont think that it looks like "cheap chinese junk". I was not looking where is problem. I had seen the difference and solved this problem with wired connection.

MikroTik is a security nightmare...backdoors and vulnerabilities.

Go wired with more than 2 rigs period, otherwise you start losing rewards significantly.  Even with 1 rig it will slow you down a bit but impact started showing up after 2  rigs when I tested it.

[dentolas]

Wi-fi is always a gamble and much more prone to problems, especially if you have a mine with several rigs and/or if the wi-fi is used by more equipments in the house...
I've adopted this logic and went for cables, but I can also tell you that in my experience these also bring you trouble, they also go bad once in a while... and it is a pain because at first this is the last test option that cross your mind.... 

[mak013]

MikroTik RB2011. I dont think that it looks like "cheap chinese junk". I was not looking where is problem. I had seen the difference and solved this problem with wired connection.

MikroTik is a security nightmare...backdoors and vulnerabilities.

Go wired with more than 2 rigs period, otherwise you start losing rewards significantly.  Even with 1 rig it will slow you down a bit but impact started showing up after 2  rigs when I tested it.

LOL what? Looks like you advise me to use D-Link or TP-Link. Try to reset default configuration and write new by yourself for your security prefences.
Later, when i had got fully wired connection - i shutted down wi-fi.

[Beyerd17]

Cheap and crappy wifi = problems. High quality wifi = no problems. There is no need to use wired, yes it's slightly better and somewhat cheaper. But you don't lose out much if you use good quality wifi.

Also it's a much cleaner setup and you don't have to have cables running all over your floor.

[Soyen]

For sure it should be a wired connection. Wifi device it's a separate thing which you put in USB-port of your rig and it may cause issues with the stability of your system. Especially if you have numerous GPU's there.

[Beyerd17]

For sure it should be a wired connection. Wifi device it's a separate thing which you put in USB-port of your rig and it may cause issues with the stability of your system. Especially if you have numerous GPU's there.

Buy a motherboard that has wifi integrated in it, very stable and solid signal. Don't buy cheap Chinese junk that will only give you problems. Good quality = zero problems.

[mak013]

For sure it should be a wired connection. Wifi device it's a separate thing which you put in USB-port of your rig and it may cause issues with the stability of your system. Especially if you have numerous GPU's there.

Buy a motherboard that has wifi integrated in it, very stable and solid signal. Don't buy cheap Chinese junk that will only give you problems. Good quality = zero problems.

Cheap and crappy wifi = problems. High quality wifi = no problems.

+ i`m not sure, never watched attentively but i dont remember mining motherboards with wi-fi.
For home miners high quality equipment may become a problem due little profit. And i`ve not seen any big miner with wi-fi connetcions.

[evenotto]

My Wi-Fi and Internet provider itself are too unstable to use them smoothly. So the solution for me is just connecting over the wire

[swogerino]

If you want to go for wireless which I suggest if you have money to spend,I think Netgear Tomahawk 1900Mbps Ac Router, wifi extender plus many Netgear wireless Usb will save you the trouble of cable management if you have a lot of devices.We all know wired ethernet is usually better but in some specific cases and when we have money I would go with the wireless solution I pointed above.

[Lucky-marsik]

never trust wireless networks as delivered not a little trouble, only a wired connection. the best, fast and stable.

[Christinebeauty]

If you have the chance to choose from wired connection and WiFi, I would recommend the hard wired connection because the WiFi connection has so many connectivity issues which you wouldn't like to experience

[ashmodeus]

idk why people still asking what the best internet connection for rig,because we know exactly wired still the best.
i using wired connection for my PC and my rig since 2017 and never get any problem about internet connection.
although, my bill payment for it x3 higher than using wifi service. but it's worth.

[asder250]

Of course you need stable internet connection. Wifi is totally unstable. I prefer fiber optic wire internet to ensure maximal profits. But I understand that in some places in the world still fiber optic is not possible.

[TheHas]

Big caution based on my own experience....

I could not get Linux/Ubuntu to work with Wifi on my mining rig.

Windows works fine, but Linux just refused to work as you need to get the drivers working separately, and some had issues etc etc. In the end, I just went with Windows.

In fact, if you start typing into google - 'Ubuntu wifi..' the second drop down for autocomplete is 'Ubuntu wifi not working'. So think on that.

I am a hobbyist miner, so perhaps there is a way around this, but it was not worth the time for me.

Hopefully you're using Windows, in which case driver installs should be fine. I've had limited/no stability issues with wifi on windows.

But if you're using Linux/Ubuntu... maybe your move to Wifi will also be a move to Windows.

[mak013]

Big caution based on my own experience....

I could not get Linux/Ubuntu to work with Wifi on my mining rig.

Windows works fine, but Linux just refused to work as you need to get the drivers working separately, and some had issues etc etc. In the end, I just went with Windows.

In fact, if you start typing into google - 'Ubuntu wifi..' the second drop down for autocomplete is 'Ubuntu wifi not working'. So think on that.

I am a hobbyist miner, so perhaps there is a way around this, but it was not worth the time for me.

Hopefully you're using Windows, in which case driver installs should be fine. I've had limited/no stability issues with wifi on windows.

But if you're using Linux/Ubuntu... maybe your move to Wifi will also be a move to Windows.

It wasnt a problem for me to make it work. And now there are different mining OS, that can solve your problem. For experiments i tried wifi in HiveOS - it works fine.