IPad connected to a Ethernet cable

Good day David,

sshd-keygen-wrapper wrote:

ednesday 18 January 2022

Good Day Everyone!

The first question I have is the following. What are the pro and cons of having a Ethernet cable plugged into an iPad?

No real cons. Other than being tied to a cable rather than being wireless.

Is video playback quality when streaming from the internet better because of the faster download speed when connected by cable?

It can be, depending on the quality of the video you are watching, and wether the wired connection is indeed providing a faster connection than wi-fi. You can use the speedtest app to get the internet speeds in both cases.

Finally, what other tasks can be accomplished with having an Ethernet cable attached to an iPad regardless of the Category rating?

Nothing that can't also be done using Wi-Fi. Ethernet just offers a different way to connect to the internet, which can be faster and more stable than Wi-Fi, but does not do anything Wi-Fi can't also do.

Using a cabled Ethernet connection will theoretically benefit from faster network throughput. WiFi is shared media - the available bandwidth being shared by all devices that are using the same WiFi network segment. By contrast, the entire available bandwidth (potentially Gigabit) of the Ethernet connection is available to the iPad.

The Ethernet connection also removes all the variability associated with a WiFi (radio) connection - such as RF interference, reduced throughput due to retransmission, co-channel interference etc.

The disadvantage of a wired Ethernet connection is the cable-tether - reducing portability.