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Frequent ping spikes on wifi
Hello, I'm getting a lot of spikes when trying to ping my router, on wifi. Without an usb adapter, I'm getting about 5 replies in a row with over 100ms very often, before it goes down to < 1 again......
SOLUTION: After buying a new router, I was still having frequent ping spikes! With more investigation, I figured out my Intel AC-7260 Wifi card is actually the problem here... Yes the new router dramatically improved my signal, escpecially on the 2.4Ghz band, but the spikes were the same! The reason I find this so strange is that I was having spikes on another device I also tested (but that one apparently also had a flawed card haha), and since my USB Adapter didnt improve it...
So with some windows wifi settings that I found online I've managed to keep the spikes to only one at the time, instead of clusters of 3-6 packages of high delay. Sorry for the trouble, people who tried to help me!
Run speed test and watch if there is speed fluctuation. Also on wireless, signal strength should be good and steady with no or minimum inteference sppecially on crowded 2.4GHz band.