Massive Ping spikes to Router

[Heksmeester]

Hi all,

I've noticed when playing games online, the reason for my horrendous lagging is because of huge ping spikes to my gateway. Granted, I do play on Wifi, but never had this problem before. I've tried changing the Wifi channel, updating my network card's drivers, etc but still get these spikes and the occasional dropped packet. Signal strength is at 100%.

Attached is a screenshot to better understand the problem. The router is a TP-Link Archer C20. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

How far are you from your router?

 

[Heksmeester]

About 5 - 7 meters. It's very close to where my computer is situated.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

About 5 - 7 meters. It's very close from where my computer is situated.

I had a really odd problem a couple of months ago. Our router was 20 metres+ away at the office because of the adsl line. We had no issues

We moved the line, and now it was about 3m away. My computer started blue screening with a network driver crashes multiple times a day. The person across from me, the network kept disconnecting multiple times a day as well.

After fiddling with the drivers and channels to no avail, I changed the TX power on the router and it solved our problem.

Am not saying that's what your issue is, but it's something to consider. I think that because of the short distance, the network cards were just seeing the router signal as noise. That's my 2c

 

[gregmcc]

Do you still have the issue if you go wired? If not then it points to the wifi.
Try factory reset, failing that try another AP if you have

 

[sajunky]

+1

Do a ping from other device gives the same spikes?
Do you use Windows 10?

 

[Rickster]

What does the app wifi analyzer report?

 

[syntax]

What frequency are you using?
Using or purchased any new bluetooth devices recently?

 

[copacetic]

"netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=yes interface="NAME OF YOUR NETWORK DEVICE"

If you need to connect again:

"netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface="NAME OF YOUR NETWORK DEVICE"

This sorted out my crazy, huge and consistent lag spikes (it's scanning periodically for new connections)

 

[Heksmeester]

Do you still have the issue if you go wired? If not then it points to the wifi.
Try factory reset, failing that try another AP if you have

I tested with an Ethernet cable this evening. Worked beautifully with absolutely no spikes. However, I would like to keep using Wi-Fi if possible.

+1

Do a ping from other device gives the same spikes?
Do you use Windows 10?

I have not tried other devices yet and I'm using Windows 10 Home.

What frequency are you using?
Using or purchased any new bluetooth devices recently?

It's on the 2.4GHz band. My network adapter does not support the 5GHz band.

"netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=yes interface="NAME OF YOUR NETWORK DEVICE"

If you need to connect again:

"netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface="NAME OF YOUR NETWORK DEVICE"

This sorted out my crazy, huge and consistent lag spikes (it's scanning periodically for new connections)

I've tried this. It seemed to help a little bit, but the spikes are still periodically there (Every 30 seconds or so), even after running the command line.

 

[sajunky]

I have not tried other devices yet and I'm using Windows 10 Home.

Check DPC latency. It is probably WiFi adapter driver, but not neccesary. Windows 10 has problems of its own. Avoid.

 

[craigcul]

Hi maybe also check if there are any other wifi n2etworks nearby on the same channel that you are using.

 

[Dirty Harry101]

If possible, try sit a bit further away and see what happens.
@Hamish McPanji - you created interference for yourself.

Best is to either turn power down a bit or move the devices further away from eachother.

 

[Heksmeester]

Check DPC latency. It is probably WiFi adapter driver, but not neccesary. Windows 10 has problems of its own. Avoid.

Interestingly, when testing on my Android device, I get no spikes nor packet loss whatsoever. Does this mean it's a Windows 10 issue? Or could it be driver related? I have updated all drivers on the PC to their latest versions.

 

[Necropolis]

Your Wifi adaptor on you machine might be on it's last legs...

Maybe get a cheap USB wifi adaptor and give that a bash ?

 

[sajunky]

Interestingly, when testing on my Android device, I get no spikes nor packet loss whatsoever. Does this mean it's a Windows 10 issue? Or could it be driver related? I have updated all drivers on the PC to their latest versions.

Yes, conclusive. It is Windows 10 internal problem. Go back to 7/8, Windows 10 is not a product ready for public release.

 

[gregmcc]

What drivers are you running with your wifi card? Generic MS drivers or the manufacturers drivers? What card do you even have? Do you have another you can try? Could be a problem with the card.

Try booting with a Linux live CD and run the wifi tests again. There is not even enough proof yet that its a W10 problem and already we have the W10 haters out.

 

[Heksmeester]

What drivers are you running with your wifi card? Generic MS drivers or the manufacturers drivers? What card do you even have? Do you have another you can try? Could be a problem with the card.

Try booting with a Linux live CD and run the wifi tests again. There is not even enough proof yet that its a W10 problem and already we have the W10 haters out.

The card is a D-Link DWA-548. I believe the drivers were installed by Windows during the OS installation. I will give the Linux live CD a go tonight and report back with the results.

 

[sajunky]

Try booting with a Linux live CD and run the wifi tests again. There is not even enough proof yet that its a W10 problem and already we have the W10 haters out.

Ho,Ho,Ho...Windows 10 is good, but we have W10 haters there...

Did you ever meassure DPC latency on Windows 10?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Just like any computer a Router uses a processor and memory.

If either of those are getting raped at 100% then you are going to suffer a performance issue...which in the case of networking means latency.