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Netgear A6100 Wifi Adapter suddenly get lagspikes
I've had an A6100 wifi adapter for at least a year now with no problems at all. Last week i suddenly get lagspikes at 3k+ ms. Phones and laptops at the same network is working fine, i have also trie...
I solved it! Yesterday I stumbled upon a thread completely accidentally where somebody was experiencing the same problem. Granted, this solution won't work for you unless you have a Roccat product though.
The problem is the Roccat Swarm software! Upon uninstalling it, my connection becomes completely stable, the problem was not with Netgear at all! Hopefully this can at least raise awareness of this issue, as suspecting a gaming mouse's software does not seem logical at all for networking issues...
It's worth noting that I was able to achieve a stable connection with my A6100 on Windows 10 Home using current standalone drivers (Netgear Genie not installed).
I solved it! Granted, this solution is probably only going to work for a select few people but I think people need to know, considering that the culprit wasn't even on my radar when it comes to wireless networking. I have a Roccat gaming mouse and it comes with a software called Roccat Swarm. Uninstalling it completely removed the problem for me, it had nothing to do with wireless adapters!
Got it from this thread:
https://forums.techguy.org/threads/frequent-latency-spikes-on-win-10.1166829/
Also worth noting is that I'm able to get a completely stable connection on my A6100, so the dongle itself can still function perfectly fine even with Windows 10 and current drivers (although my current build does not have Netgear Genie -> I have the standalone install).