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Punchtown91
Tutor
Jan 15, 2020

Nighthawk XR500 lag spikes

Hey Guys, I have the Nighthawk XR500 and lately I have been having very high lag spikes and the only thing that temporarily fixes the problem is by factory resetting the router. The problem it is t...
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Punchtown91
Tutor
Jan 17, 2020
Here is a screen shot of my current ping times.
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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner
Jan 21, 2020
Are you using QoS at all? Are ALL devices connected to the router? Also doing those kind of tests would be better on wired devices as wifi can be less reliable.