via WiFI ?

fyo · Oct 28, 2015

You can also use a wifi access point / wifi router instead of a dongle... After a move, my gaming computer wound up without a cabled connection (yet). I don't have a wifi dongle, but I did have a spare wifi router lying around. Hooked my computer up to that and set it to act as a gateway to my main wifi router (even on routers that don't support it, installing OpenWRT will often do the trick).

As for the ED, it does seem rater particular with regards to network usage. It's quite easy to saturate the bandwidth and kill ED performance. If you cannot or do not want to disable whatever is eating your bandwidth, you might be able to prioritize ED traffic (or your gaming computer's traffic) in your router setup.

Marak · Oct 28, 2015

NOT A JOKE:

Have you turned your router off & on again?

(Works for me...)

Tepescovir · Oct 28, 2015

As posted above, download any of the wifi apps to your phone and it will show you what channel you and neighbours are using.

SpeakerToAliens · Oct 28, 2015

Check that your PC's wifi hardware isn't set into a power-saving enabled mode. Amongst other things this reduces the transmit power it uses. Doing this helped me.

P.S. I don't mean the "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" option.

SirAdelaide · Oct 28, 2015

It's probably your internet connection is flakey rather than your WiFi. Is your ISP known for providing reliable low latency service?

LawHunter · Oct 28, 2015

Try setting up Firewall rules manually for all exe files in Elite folder to always allow.

High performance power mode in power options.

Check your Ping via Speedtest.net (and compare to when connected via Ethernet cable)

Set Wifi channel to something your neighbours don't have (e.g. 1) like someone posted above.

Make sure your not near any other wireless devices (wireless phone, mobile phone etc)

Make sure you are not near large metal things (e.g. metal bed frame) or thick walls between you and the router.

PublicWifi · Oct 28, 2015

whiteknight said:
Hi CMDRS

Im struggling to get the game to work over a wireless connection. Does anyone else play over a wifi network or is it a no go?

thanks

Zero problems with Wifi here.

knowles2 · Oct 28, 2015

whiteknight said:
Hi CMDRS

Im struggling to get the game to work over a wireless connection. Does anyone else play over a wifi network or is it a no go?

thanks

Mine works fine over wifi.

Zelos1983 · Oct 28, 2015

Game should run fine over wifi.

That said, wifi is generally only for laptops on the go and mobile devices. It will always be more cumbersome to set up, prone to errors and interference and have less bandwidth than wired connections.

If you have trouble, try and see if they persist when you play on LAN as well. Then continue troubleshooting either your access points or your WAN router based on your findings.

gazzareth · Oct 29, 2015

Wifi used to be a no go for me, then changed to Sky and got a new router, which I used with powerline adapters until one of them died. Now gone to wifi and it works fine, even on CQC which since I normally play in Mobius is probably the best test....

G