Wireless LAN and Gaming?

[BlehBlehAmiga]

Whoops, hit enter slightly too fast.

I just moved into a new place, and the cable jacks are in about the worst place they could be for running wire (it's an apartment so I can't go through walls, etc).

I was interested in setting it up wireless, which would make my life easier now and later in a house. I'm sure bandwidth will be ok if I set up a wireless network, but I'm a relativly competitive FPS gamer and latency/packetloss are a concern.

Anybody know a ballpark of what the wireless network would add to ping (from what I've read maybe 8-10ms, which isn't a huge deal), and if there would be significant packetloss?

Oh and if so, any good product recommendations aside from the Conventional Wisdom (tm) in Anandtech's wireless faq?

Thanks

 

[dakata24]

it's possible 😀

 

[sohcrates]

yeah, someone asked about this a few days ago, and the consensus was that a wireless lan works just fine for online gaming

 

[BlehBlehAmiga]

Thanks, I browsed the first few pages but must have missed it 🙂

 

[cipher00]

FWIW, I use a SMC Barricade 7004 AWBR and have had no problems with it. I like SMC because their documentation is very good, which helps since getting through to their tech support is a challenge, as it is with most companies.

 

[oldfart]

Works fine.