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Best way to reduce lag on LAN?
So I have the XR500, and a gs108 switch. Currently I have the Xbox One and my PC connected to the switch as well as other stuff. Everything is Gigabit. When I stream my Xbox to my PC, I occassional...
diehardbattery1 wrote:So I have the XR500, and a gs108 switch. Currently I have the Xbox One and my PC connected to the switch as well as other stuff. Everything is Gigabit. When I stream my Xbox to my PC, I occassionally experience lag. I am thinking there might be a way to isolate these 2 devices from other LAN traffic to increase performance and hopefully eliminate the lag.
Back to the roots.
Permitting the game does run without an Internet connection ...
- Create a direct connection between the Windows system and the Xbox. I would assume both go to a ZeroConfig address (unless there are static IPs in place). And test.
- Create a dedicated connection with just the Windows system, link to the switch, link to the Xbox, Xbox. And test.
- Create a dedicated connection with just the Windows system, link to the XR500, link to the Xbox, Xbox. And test.
What appears like lag could be simply a massive packet loss and/or errors.
Another point worth checking: Some network interfaces come with really bad Windows drivers - which are leading to low performance in general.
The game is COD WW2, so I do need an internet connection for that. I've been running now for almost an hour with zero issues. I'm still at a loss as to what might be causing the lag spikes. I am now leaning more toward that there must be something on the network is doing this. When I check the network activity to see if I can find what device might be causing it, I'm not seeing anything definitive. The most I've seen other devices take is less than 5mbps of the internet bandwidth.
Well, in this case all other community members and Ian which talk about the router and Internet side are on the better path....
To remove the streaming link between the Windows system and the Xbox (what does certainly add additional load on the Xbox interface) - do you experience the same lag when using the Xbox direct?
I'm unsure what you mean by the term "using the Xbox direct?" If you are talking about just streaming either without a router or internet involved, such as System Link (or local) that would be impossible for me for 2 reasons:
First, all of my games are digital, requiring me to be signed into my Xbox Live account in order to be able to play them. Unless I'm mistaken, signing into Xbox Live requires an Internet connection.
Second, even if I were able to connect direct as you put it, my current situation is that I play multiplayer matches online, and would find it difficult to create a similar scenario in which to test given that I don't believe I would have internet access.
I'm sorry if I misunderstood your question.