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Wired or Wireless? The Best Connection for Your Crypto Mining Rig
In this digitally connected world, it is absolutely essential to have a stable and fast connection for all of our devices, including crypto mining rigs. Having a reliable connection can have a significant impact on a mining rig’s performance, potentially affecting its profitability. But which is the best choice for your crypto mining rig – wired or wireless?
Introducing the KD Box 2 Mining Rig
To answer this question, we tested two Goldshell KD Box 2 mining rigs, with one running on a wired ethernet connection, and the other on a wireless Wi-Fi connection. The Goldshell KD Box 2 is a powerful home miner that offers a 5 TeraHash hashing power while consuming only about 400 Watts, making it more energy-efficient compared to other mining rigs in the market. Notably, it also has a noise level of 35 decibels, making it suitable for home mining setups.
The Importance of Connection Quality
Before discussing the test results, it’s important to emphasize the importance of connection quality. The wireless mining rig was placed around three-and-a-half to four feet away from an access point, which was connected via ethernet to a network switch. This means that the wireless connection was both strong and stable, thereby proving to be an ideal setup for the test.
Wired vs. Wireless: The Test Results
After running both mining rigs for two weeks, we found a surprising result. The wireless mining rig managed to mine slightly more Cadena coins at 11.852187 compared to the wired mining rig, which mined 11.775988 Cadena coins. In terms of profitability, the difference between the two was just nine cents, or within a 1% margin of error.
When examining the mining rig’s hardware performance, it was found that the wireless mining rig had a higher average hash rate, both on the web GUI and pool level. However, it also had more hardware errors and a higher rejected rate than the wired mining rig.
The Role of Hardware and Silicon Lottery in Mining Rig Performance
Considering the minimal difference in profitability between the wired and wireless mining rigs, it can be concluded that connection type was not a significant factor in their performance. Instead, the hardware and silicon lottery were found to be the real determining factors.
For those who are unaware, silicon lottery refers to the natural variation in performance between supposedly identical devices due to factors such as manufacturing processes and material quality. In this case, it would appear that the wireless mining rig had better hardware that allowed it to maintain a higher average hash rate, outweighing any potential drawbacks from its wireless connection.
Conclusion: Wired vs. Wireless for Your Crypto Mining Rig
Based on the test results, it can be inferred that the quality of a mining rig’s hardware and its silicon lottery play a bigger role in determining performance and profitability than whether it is connected via a wired or wireless connection. As long as the wireless connection is strong and stable, there should be no significant difference in the mining rig’s performance compared to a wired setup.
Before making a decision on whether to use a wired or wireless connection for your crypto mining rig, consider the quality and distance of the wireless connection first. If the connection is strong and stable, going wireless should not result in any significant loss in performance or profitability. Otherwise, a wired Ethernet connection may be a safer choice for your setup.
In any case, investing in high-quality hardware for your mining rig will likely have a greater impact on its performance and profitability than simply choosing between wired and wireless connections. So focus on getting the best quality hardware for your mining rig, and let the connection type be a secondary consideration.
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Now you need to swap them and test vice versa.
Very good 😊 Information thank you so much
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It’s all about the asic you get
can you compare a long wire to short and also wireless at longer distance? cheers.
Your test is not thorough should use probablity and test both as wired to prove silicon lottery luck as well as both on wireless to see if wired is inferior… wireless should win since airspeeds are above 1Gbps. I use a deco mesh
I thought the wired one will do better than the wireless but I did not anticipate the results.
in ontario canada with a 0.10 CAD kwh cost this thing used to make over a dollar a day. because of those damn ka3s it is now 20 cents a day.
Good video, silicon lottery is a real thing, just like you said.
Few things, how far away from the access point was the wireless unit?
Was it in direct line of sight?
What category network cable was used to the hardwired device?
Was he hardwired and the access point the wireless unit connected to, both plugged up to the same switch?
What's the port speed?
Lots to factor in there, but excellent & informative video and definitely surprised by the results too 👍
I’m kinda new to mining ⛏️ and want to choose the most economical and best ASIC for:
DGB <accumulation. Any suggestions?
It probably only makes a difference solo mining.
Both are fine but I have found that more units on Wi-Fi cause glitches in my network. Maybe I’m Imagining it?
Surprising results, a smart experiment!
My experience with wireless is good. I have 12x Octominer X12 Ultras running wireless and getting full hashrate and rewards.
Only trouble with running wifi is is you are in an apartment building, or somewhere with lots of wifi interference/noise the results could possibly be much different. Is the wifi built into the device running on 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz? Because that could make a huge difference in areas with high interference/noise also. But that was a good comparison! Keep up the good work!
I run my non Wi-Fi ASICS thru an old Linksys router running DD-WRT as a wireless bridge. Haven’t noticed any difference from when they were running wired to my main switch. I do still want to run a jack to where the miners live but it hasn’t been a priority.
Good info, thanks for running the test.
I run several of my Goldshells wifi, inside a zipped up grow tent with no problems!
Wifi gives you more options for running in different rooms…
Good video, thanks.
I have done the same sort of comparison with the KD Box Pro, ipollo mini classic plus and mini doge pro. The results were so close that it didn't really seem to matter whether you used wired or wireless.
You can't say conclusively unless you reverse the asics connections… make the wireless one wired and vice versa. It is most likely silicon lottery.
I use a wireless repeater for my rig. It’s pretty reliable.