Can being to close to the wireless router actually be not good ?

I have my XPS 15 laptop downstairs and my wireless router upstairs work just fine. I was thinking of moving my laptop permently to the same room where my wireless is. I thought I read somewhere in general about your wireless devices being to close to the router that the online exp might suffer is this true ? By the way the laptop will be approx 12 feet away from the router on the other side of the room. Have any of you guys ever heard of this problem before or is it only a problem when it's like 5 feet away or less ?

I could get a 12 foot cat 5 cable and hard wire it, but is that worth it ? What would you do, thanks

By the way have any guys done tests to see if you get even more speed by hard wiring it to the router ? if what precentage in speed increase did you get ? 10% faster maybe ?

 

It's said you shouldn't be any closer to the router than 6 feet.

As for speed increase- Ethernet is a lot faster than wireless. 802.11n 300mbos only in very good signal conditions can achieve speeds faster than 100mbps Ethernet. If you're talking about internet speed though- 802.11g peaks about 20mbps. If you have a 802.11g router or a client and pay for more than 20mbps connection- you would see an increase in speed.

 

don't forget that wireless speeds are rated in perfect environments, ones with no interference, etc, etc. It's very easy to have a wireless hookup that connects, but then performs like crap because of many outside factors.

 

Too strong of a signal can cause receiver overload. It shows up as a severely distorted received signal. Better designed receivers may automatically attenuate the signal, thus removing the overload.