Why does it matter?!

RE: Why does it matter?!

DAB — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:44:04 GMT

Just because you are paranoid does not mean that someone is not spying on you.

RE: Why does it matter?!

robogary — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:27:50 GMT

At my home, between the multiple PCs, Fire TVs, tablets, printers, Wifi connected cameras, lighting controls, printers, cell phones, motion detectors, even my patio smoker/grill is wifi & BLE connected. Hardwired is not practical except for protected devices, like a dedicated transactional PC.

RE: Why does it matter?!

shabaz — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:07:26 GMT

Hehe controversial! ; ) I can't recall if the printer I use is wired or wireless (testament to how reliable it's been, I've never checked the connection), but I have to say, I love the capability to send it print jobs from the mobile phone. Or laptop, or if family members visit and bring their laptop for whatever purpose, and need to quickly print something without needing to find a cable for the printer (I think some laptops don't have USB type A any more).

It is an old printer model now, but the mobile capability is excellent for quickly printing off PDFs etc without needing to turn on the PC and re-navigating to whatever document I might have been looking at on the mobile phone. I'm sure there are far better printers now, mine is Brother MFC-L8690CDW if anyone is curious about the model. I've had it for 7 years so far, it's still on the original ink cartridges.

RE: Why does it matter?!

Jan Cumps — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 19:44:44 GMT

I'm wireless wherever possible. I rent an apartment. Can't put new wires in a wall and don't want network cables on the floor. Wirless printer allows me to put it aside, so that it doesn't use prime space on or near my work area. It sits in a closet.

I also move my work area to whatever is the nicest place that day. In the winter in the rooms where there is sunshine. In the summer to where there is shadow.

Even my HDMI for TV is wireless. Works really well, and I don't have an HDMI cable on the living room floor between access point and where the TV is. There is a walkway between those two points

Wireless equals freedom

RE: Why does it matter?!

kmikemoo — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 19:15:28 GMT

[emoticon:d6dd260102fd406884fc96b8bc59760b] I just installed a new (to me) Wi-Fi capable printer last night - and asked myself a similar question. Why would I choose the slower connection? Besides, I have a PLETHORA of USB cables. I was quite disappointed when I got new "cable" for the TV. I have a Cat5 drop right behind the TV, but the cable box only does Wi-Fi. I had to pull my range extender from the garage into the house to get a strong enough signal for the box to work reliably. Again... 3 foot of cable could have resolved that issue.
It's hard to beat the dependability of wired. It's just a PITA to install. [emoticon:d6dd260102fd406884fc96b8bc59760b]