Psy1280 If everything works with the ASIAIR’s Wifi, doesn’t that suggest that all of the ZWO cable are, in fact, working properly?
Hi Joe, the problem with WiFi is that it depends on your RF environment. If for some reason, the WiFi antenna's directivity favors a neighbor's WiFi signal, the ASIAIR may lose connection (or degrades badly). I.e., the problem is worse for people who mount their ASIAIR on the OTA, which moves through the night -- so the antenna can point to different neighbors through the night.
The reson for Ethernet is not really because of speed (the difference is not significant), but because of reliability. But it seems that Ethernet is unreliable for you.
However, if the Ethernet fails, even occasionally, especially with a short cable, there is something wrong with the ASIAIR or your router.
Do you have a Gigabit Ethernet switch that you can use this way:
1) connect ASIAIR to switch
2) connect your laptop to the switch
3) connect the switch to the router.
This will ensure that any packets between the ASIAIR and the laptop will not go through the router (that's what the switch does). If it works fine, then your router is the problem. If it still fall back to a minute download, then the problem is the ASIAIR.
The one minute latency with a ASI6200 is so suspiciously like the network is falling back to 100 Mbits/sec Ethernet. That would make 2.4 GHz WiFi much faster when WiFi works (tops out at perhaps 450 Mbits/sec). FWIW, I have four versions of the ASIAIR, and I don't remember seeing any of them fall back to 100 Mbits/sec.
Chen
