Better to use Network Cable between satellite and iMac or settle for class N speed

[ed4becky]

My IMac is connecting to the satellite just fine, and the satellite speed is good.

However the iMac is late 2012, so no 802.11ac.  I see the signal floats between 54Mbps and 120 Mbps 

As a comparison, my MacBook, which does have 802.11ac support, floats at around 200-600Mbps

Would I do better to plug a network cable into the back of the satallite and connect to the iMac (which has a 1Gb ethernet port).  Or am I adding a cable for nothing (#ihatecables)

Not sure how to measure the improvement once I do.

[st_shaw]

Definitely a cable.  Always cable everything you can.

You can measure performance with iperf3 between your iMac and another computer.  This measures actual network data throughput, not just WIFi sync speed.