Consider this a public service announcement:
An Ethernet connection provides faster overall speed, less latency & is more secure - in terms of security & reliability of connection.
If you are using your connection for work, set up a work area & get wired up directly to the router.
I know it's cool & fashionable to be able to use a device on the toilet or in the garden, but for actual work and not playing some silly game on your phone or tablet - Wi-Fi just doesn't cut it. It's choppy and the speed/latency can go up and down dramatically.
And yes, I know that Wi-Fi is amazing for it's ability to have many, many connections to a router whilst your standard router only provides 4 Ethernet ports, but maybe, just maybe, that's why your connection is slow, hmm?
Who knows, little Johnny might have left his gaming laptop/PC on upstairs and it's downloading a 100GB game from the Steam library while he's at school and that's why you keep getting drop outs and slow speeds, hmm?
Also there's the issue of Wi-Fi interference in built up areas that can massively affect the connection.
Not everyone knows about channels. Or cares.
Case study: A friend in Germany was using the laptop provided by her company for work, on Wi-Fi, of course they implemented a VPN for business security and so she could access the sensitive data from her work. Even though she had fibre at 300 Mb/s she was still getting drop outs and her Zoom calls where choppy and would even disconnect. Built up area, lots of other Wi-Fi around.
She asked me for advice.
I told her to go to Saturn (local tech store) and buy a 5m Cat6 cable (€10) connect it directly to the router across the room and into the laptop.
Her work flow is now 100% effective and others in the Zoom call are amazed at her steady 30 fps HD camera quality.
Just saying.
