Reasons to move player to wired ethernet?

[Goodsounds]

Yes, if everything is running stable, the main reason for switching to Ethernet in my opinion is to free up wireless bandwidth for other things. Let me see. Streaming a normal 44.1/16 FLAC uses around .76 mbps. A wireless-G router has ~54 mbps available (if the signal is good)..

Some years ago, Sean Adams (Slim Devices founder) shared a conversation he'd had with an engineer from one of the networking companies. This guy said the practical throughput to expect in a home environment (I think it was from G) was something less than 15 mbps. Is anyone doing anything better than that?

So, for one normal FLAC stream, switching to wired will save you ~1.4% of the available wireless bandwidth..

So at the reduced capacity, it's a bigger percentage, but I'd doubt for most home situations it would really matter. Most people use up their internet bandwidth long before they get near their home network's limits. Except for times of data backup or large file transfers, when having a wired connection does make a difference.