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Odd ping spikes during online gaming (& streaming Netflix) with Orbi RBR50 - lag but no packet loss
My son's computer connects wireless to Orbi mesh 5G but he's having network trouble with online gaming. During games (CS Go/Rocket League/etc), he'll lag horribly which kills the experience. Router i...
RLymburner wrote:
My son's computer connects wireless to Orbi mesh 5G but he's having network trouble with online gaming. During games (CS Go/Rocket League/etc), he'll lag horribly which kills the experience. .............
What other wired devices do you have connected to Orbi? Does disconnecting wired devices have any effect on the latency you now see with gaming?
ekhalil wrote:
RLymburner wrote:
My son's computer connects wireless to Orbi mesh 5G but he's having network trouble with online gaming. During games (CS Go/Rocket League/etc), he'll lag horribly which kills the experience. .............
What other wired devices do you have connected to Orbi? Does disconnecting wired devices have any effect on the latency you now see with gaming?
Let me come up with a network map, something is fishy. My main computer, hard-wired, is no longer reporting expected download speeds. While going through the Orbi menus, I saw the following speeds: (I expect up to 860 Mbps on Verizon Fios Gigabyte service)
SpeedTest Results: 12-13-18
Download:525.65Mbps
Upload:858.53Mbps
but on retests, I have dramatically slower throughput. Not sure why the huge drop, my daughter upstairs listening to spotify, but everyone else sleeping. What gives?
SpeedTest Results: 12-13-18
Download:83.50Mbps
Upload:94.36Mbps