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submitted 1 year ago by scutiger@lemmy.world to c/steam@lemmy.ml

Anyone have any experience playing over Steam Link on wifi?

It seems like no matter what I do, the performance is really shitty. Both the host and the client are in line of sight of the router, and I can get 500+ mbps and my latency seems good, but the performance is garbage. As soon as I go wired, I can get great performance at 100mbps or less.

Is there a good way to mitigate this? Am I doing something wrong?

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[-] AletheCrow@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It is shittty. I wish I could find my power cable for the actual Steam Link Device.

Tested this out the other day. pC hardwired to router and laptop literally 2 feet away. It was entirely unplayable.

[-] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I never got it working well on wifi and ended up cutting a hole in my wall so I could run Ethernet between the rooms

[-] CarlosCheddar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I recently set up a Sunlight server to use with Moonlight on my Steam Deck and the quality and latency are better than Steam’s native streaming option. You might want to try that.

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. It only worked well for me when at least one side (Link or PC) was wired. If both were wireless, it didn't work well.

[-] VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mine actually works pretty flawlessly over 5ghz even a couple rooms over. It seems to have improved when I got a better router, which is this one

https://www.asus.com/us/networking-iot-servers/wifi-routers/asus-gaming-routers/rt-ax82u-gundam-edition/

Edit: just to mention, I am using the actual steam link device.

[-] Mixairian@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

A few months ago I was having issues using Remote Play over WiFi to my Steam Deck.

These are the steps I took to troubleshoot the issue and overall I ended up with a much superior Steam Link experience as well.

My Steam Link is hard wired but my computer is wireless. I recommend trying to adjust some of the settings I listed in my Steam post.

Best of luck, and I'll happily answer any questions that I didn't address in my original post.

[-] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Only over a 5ghz wireless network connection.

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