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droesw
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Sep 01, 2019

Do other cords interfere with ethernet/coax?

I just moved and am setting up cords and everything in my room. I have an XR500, my isp is spectrum and we have cable internet. I’m just not sure if I need to keep space between certain cords with concern of them affecting my connection and latency, because everyone in my house is a gamer. The ethernet cable I have is cat 6a shielded, and my two roommates have cat 6 cables that doesn’t specify if they’re shielded and they’re more flexible than my cable so I’m assuming it’s not. Also the ethernet cables might end up directly next to the coax cable that plugs into my modem, power cords for my modem, router and tv, and then a surge protector which has a power cord to plug into the wall. Should I be concerned about my connection at all getting negatively affected by having so many different power cords, ethernet cables and coax cable being run by each other? My biggest worry is latency and anything else that can affect online gaming performance.

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  • I've never experienced any significant problem due to ethernet interference, but maybe somebody else on the forum has. The maximum throughput of ethernet is a lot higher than my bandwidth so if some performance was shaved off by interference I probably wouldn't notice.