Orbi for gaming, does PC or console connect to satellite or router?

[freebo99]

Hi

if your on a console or gaming pc and they are nearer the satellite not the router and connect to the satellite does this slow your ping, lag or slow your response time?

thx

[st_shaw · Accepted solution]

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@TheEther wrote:

2ms is 0.002 seconds or 1/2000 seconds.  It's not likely to be noticeable, unless perhaps you are a pro-gamer.  Another way of looking at it is that 2ms is the difference between 83 fps and 100 fps.

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1 ms is one one-thousandth of a second.  So, actually 2 ms is 2/1000 seconds, not 1/2000 seconds. 1/2000 would be 0.0005 or a half-millisecond.

The border of human perception is about 13 ms, so you won't likely be able to tell the difference between 2 ms.

[rhester72]

In my experience, the satellite backhaul adds roughly 2-3ms of latency.

Rodney

[freebo99]

hi

do you get the option to specify in the orbi router setting if you want to connect to the route or the satellite because if i get orbi the satellite is more for the tv and cable tv / satellite tv box and the router itself should be within good range for the pc and gaming console?

thx

[gfrey]

If you are worried about 2ms of latency then you should really hard wire your PC or console to the router.  I have my kids XBox hard-wired and I play some Warcraft on my PC via Wifi satellite.  I have never noticed any latency.  I have 1Gbps AT&T fiber and I get around 150Mbps from each of my satellites via Wifi.  I love the Orbi system!

[freebo99]

hi

am i right in thinking 1ms is 10th of a second? 100th if second, 1000th?

if  2ms is 2000th of a second then i guess that it isnt noticeable?

thx

[TheEther]

2ms is 0.002 seconds or 1/2000 seconds.  It's not likely to be noticeable, unless perhaps you are a pro-gamer.  Another way of looking at it is that 2ms is the difference between 83 fps and 100 fps.

[st_shaw · Accepted solution]

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@TheEther wrote:

2ms is 0.002 seconds or 1/2000 seconds.  It's not likely to be noticeable, unless perhaps you are a pro-gamer.  Another way of looking at it is that 2ms is the difference between 83 fps and 100 fps.

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1 ms is one one-thousandth of a second.  So, actually 2 ms is 2/1000 seconds, not 1/2000 seconds. 1/2000 would be 0.0005 or a half-millisecond.

The border of human perception is about 13 ms, so you won't likely be able to tell the difference between 2 ms.

[TheEther]

Oops.  Fat-fingered that one.  Thanks for the correction.

[st_shaw]

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@TheEther wrote:

Oops.  Fat-fingered that one.  Thanks for the correction.

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I trust you can do simple arithmetic.  These days it seems like they don't teach math the same way they used to though. 🙂