Hardware, Halloween, and Other Updates · 7:20pm Oct 27th, 2017
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You know the deal, guys! It's a news post. And there's a lot of it this week, but I have categorized it, so skim through and see what the updates are!
Hardware Horrors
You might have noticed I've been quiet this week.
Like, quieter than normal. And it's not just here. I've been almost 100% silent across all my usual online hangouts. And the reason for that is actually pretty simple. Right now, I'm writing this post through a tethered connection with my cell phone.
No, Google Fiber didn't go down. My phone's buzzing through them. The ethernet port on my desktop shorted out. Thankfully, without taking the rest of my motherboard with it.
Yeah, I'm still nervous about that one.
For those who aren't computer literate, however, the ethernet port is what you plug the internet into if you're not using wi-fi. Desktops don't usually come with wi-fi, and I prefer the speeds and latency that a cable offers over a wireless connection (it's a bit more reliable).
In any case, I've ordered an ethernet card for my desktop, but it won't even ship until the 30th. So ... I'm a little disconnected at the moment. Which leads me into my next point here—
The ethernet port on my Desktop shorted out a few years ago during a storm (fried my router too, but that was covered under warranty), but rather than get a card I just got a USB > Ethernet adaptor, and that's been working fine ever since.
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The card was cheaper, lol.
That, and unless using USB 3.0, a ethernet USB port can't go past ~15 Mbps. With my gigabit internet ... that simply won't do lol.
I'd honestly like using an ethernet cable for speed and reliability reasons but it's too impractical in my case, so I've always used wireless for my desktop. Never really had any problems with reliabilty though, there are dips in speed to be sure, but generally you don't need 100% speed on your internet connection. At most I'm getting something like 65 Mbps on my 100 Mbps connection, though thats over 30 feet away from the router, and through two concrete(or whatever my building is made of) walls.
Ouch, that sounds like a pain. On the plus side, it does mean you have less distractions from writing Jungle so hopefully you can make more progress on that while you are waiting to get good internet again.