Ditch your Wi-Fi for cables

We’re living in an increasingly wireless world, as illustrated by the number of Wi-Fi-equipped gadgets that fill our homes. But we shouldn’t underestimate the benefits of Ethernet. Cabling your devices to your router may seem old-fashioned, but in plenty of cases it provides a more reliable connection than Wi-Fi and delivers consistently higher speeds - up to one gigabit per second on most computers.

Ethernet also has less latency, which is the delay between performing an action on your machine and the response on-screen. This makes Ethernet ideal for streaming video and games through your home. But not all Ethernet cables are created equal, with significant differences in speed and reliability. Before we move on to that, we’ll explain the