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Having large lag spikes on WiFi every 10-15 seconds
Good day forums, I finally made the jump to a mesh network last month with the RBK50, one additional satellite, and one plug in satellite. So far it has been great- I have a large old home with thi...
When the PC is wired directly to the Orbi router, gaming operates as you expect, but when using WiFi, there are regular interruptions about every 15 seconds. And, both the PC and a Mac have the same problem on WiFi. How did you arrive at the measurements of 22ms vs. 2500ms?
The obvious conclusion is that something is affecting your WiFi signal every 15 seconds. Many WiFi analyzer apps are set to sweep once per second. When you watch the "moving graph" of the signal levels of access points (yours and others nearby), does your router signal drop every 15 seconds. (The analyzer on my Android phone app calls it "Time Graph".) It is normal for WiFi signals to "appear and disappear", but a regular pattern may indicate that some neighbor's system is affecting yours.
With a house full of devices, there is a chance that you have inadverdantly created a network loop that is allowing broadcast packets to create a "storm" that overwhelms the WiFi signal. Some networked sound systems have been reported to have issues when connected to the home WiFi network and their own private WiFi network at the same time.
When you connect to the Orbi "debug page" (usually 192.168.1.1/debug.htm), what does it show for CPU load? (i.e. every time the screen pops up, immediately refresh the screen. For example, my Orbi reports values from 6% to 45%, but is typically between 10% and 20%.
Agree with CrimpOn that it can be some of your attached devices which is impacting the performance of Orbi.
What other wired devices do you have connected to Orbi? Do you have any wired mesh speakers? Any IPTV services?
Ugh, man this is killing me, these 2500 spikes are destroying my expereince.
Connected Devices -
2 Nest Thermostats
5 Nest smoke detectors
1 Ring Doorbell and 3 Ring cameras
1 Smartlock
4 Google Home speakers
1 Apple TV
50+ Smartlights
Important to note, nothing is actually running through a direct connection to the router or satellits, everything is wi-fi enabled. I moved my channel to one that was not occupied by my neighboorhood as well.
So, I would try this, factory reset and setup from scratch. This time, set up a different SSID name. This will prevent current wifi devices from connecting to the system. Lets isolate the system from everything else. Wire connect just one PC to the system.
Check for spikes.
Add just 1 wireless device, start with a phone.
Check for spike.
Let us know what you find here. I'm wondering if there are spikes with mimimal devices connected.
You can change the SSID back to what you had been using.
Destructormode wrote:
Ugh, man this is killing me, these 2500 spikes are destroying my expereince.
Connected Devices -
2 Nest Thermostats
5 Nest smoke detectors
1 Ring Doorbell and 3 Ring cameras
1 Smartlock
4 Google Home speakers
1 Apple TV
50+ Smartlights
Important to note, nothing is actually running through a direct connection to the router or satellits, everything is wi-fi enabled. I moved my channel to one that was not occupied by my neighboorhood as well.
