Ethernet vs Wifi

[Terence]

Hello. Sorry that I'm late to the Wiim party. i've spent a couple of days with the Wiim +, with only limited expertise. When I connect the ethernet cable to the Wimm plus, the app says my signal is Weak. When I switclh to Wifi, the signal. is very good. Am I doing something wrong? The ethernet cable is new, so I assume okay. And should I use optical instead of RCA? I'm connecting to a receiver and passive speakers. Or does optical work in this situation: no tv is involved....Thank you.

 

[Wiimer]

Hello. Sorry that I'm late to the Wiim party. i've spent a couple of days with the Wiim +, with only limited expertise. When I connect the ethernet cable to the Wimm plus, the app says my signal is Weak. When I switclh to Wifi, the signal. is very good. Am I doing something wrong? The ethernet cable is new, so I assume okay. And should I use optical instead of RCA? I'm connecting to a receiver and passive speakers. Or does optical work in this situation: no tv is involved....Thank you.

Hi,
If the Ethernet connection is established, the network status screen of the WiiM app will be displayed as follows.

You won't see "Wi-Fi strength" or "RSSI" here. If you see them, you're connected via Wi-Fi.

In this case, try unplugging the WiiM device's power adapter, stabbing the network cable, and turning it on again.

 

[Griff]

Hi,
If the Ethernet connection is established, the network status screen of the WiiM app will be displayed as follows.
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You won't see "Wi-Fi strength" or "RSSI" here. If you see them, you're connected via Wi-Fi.

In this case, try unplugging the WiiM device's power adapter, stabbing the network cable, and turning it on again.

Agree with @Wiimer it sounds like you are still connected to the WiFi and not ethernet. Do what he suggests, if that does not work try another cable.

 

[Terence]

That is very helpful. Thank you so much.

 

[Mr Ee]

And should I use optical instead of RCA?

Really, the only thing to do is try both and see which you prefer.

Or does optical work in this situation: no tv is involved..

I don't understand...

 

[wunderkind]

Your not using powerline for Ethernet are you?

 

[MrSoul4470]

I'm using Powerline to connect all my devices (also WiiM Pro) in the living room with the Internet coming from the bedroom. No issues at all. Why the question?

 

[Balthazar B]

I'm using Powerline to connect all my devices (also WiiM Pro) in the living room with the Internet coming from the bedroom. No issues at all. Why the question?

Perhaps @wunderkind happened upon the luckiest man in the world.

When we ran Powerline out of necessity a while back, it might work fine for weeks and then run into problems that would take hours or days to fix. We ripped it all out when we put in a reliable meshed WiFi solution that covered the entire property.

 

[wunderkind]

LOL! I don't know it was a brain fart from a time long ago using Powerline tech. Think the quality of the bandwidth depends on the home wiring and what not. I find it can degrade from socket to socket. That said, hi-res audio bandwidth requirements aren't high comparatively.