Does Ethernet Stabilize Wifi?

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Hi, lately my wifi has become absolutely unbearable and almost unusable for me. It's always been like this actually but the last 2 months it's been bearable with ping spikes only once maybe twice a day but now it seems to be almost constant. I play a lot of games so this has been giving me crippling depression this past week to the point where just breathing hurts my chest. I need this fix if I'm gonna stay alive much longer. I heard that Ethernet is supposedly free of any instability so I've been thinking of buying an Wifi extender and an ethernet cable to connect to my labtop but I wanna know if it'll actually help before going with it.
 
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As above, using a ethernet cable (either Cat5e or Cat6) is much better than using a wireless connection. Easiest way (and what I have being doing for years now) is to literally figure out roughly how much cable you think you need, go to Amazon, buy it, plug it in to your router, plug the other end into your PC and boom! Amazing internet.

About these ping spikes - it probably isn't this but when I was on Windows Vista I used to essentially disconnect from the internet every minute or so for about 5-10 seconds. It was something to do with my PC looking for other wireless networks to join but when it done so it would actually disconnect me from my current network (insane, I know).
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A wired connection is always better than any wireless method, especially for gaming. Your best bet is to have your PC wired directly to your router, not via a wireless extender or bridge.

Be aware that ping response times can also be affected by other users on your network or outside factors, so while a wired connection should improve performance, it may not completely eliminate issues.
 
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As above, using a ethernet cable (either Cat5e or Cat6) is much better than using a wireless connection. Easiest way (and what I have being doing for years now) is to literally figure out roughly how much cable you think you need, go to Amazon, buy it, plug it in to your router, plug the other end into your PC and boom! Amazing internet.

About these ping spikes - it probably isn't this but when I was on Windows Vista I used to essentially disconnect from the internet every minute or so for about 5-10 seconds. It was something to do with my PC looking for other wireless networks to join but when it done so it would actually disconnect me from my current network (insane, I know).
 
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