<p>My son has the Dell laptop from W&M. His dorm (Yates) is described as wireless. Should we still buy an ethernet cable to connect directly in his room, or is this unnecessary due to wireless capability?</p>
<p>It’s not necessary, but plugging in an ethernet cable usually gets you faster speeds. IIRC, some non-essential and high-bandwidth activities are blocked on wireless (like BitTorrent) that aren’t blocked when you’re connected using a cable.</p>
<p>thanks javabyte. Does this look like the correct cable:
[25Ft</a> Cat5e Ethernet Cable](<a href=“http://www.cables4sure.com/proddetail~prod~1-25disc.htm]25Ft”>http://www.cables4sure.com/proddetail~prod~1-25disc.htm)</p>
<p>i think that cable is right… you just need a normal ethernet one.</p>
<p>Don’t need it, but I always bring one just in case. They’re cheap and you’ll never know if you’ll end up needing one at some point.</p>