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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!
Well, I assume the Netgear Genie is giving me proper numbers, and i also assume the 2-3 networks that occasionally pops up shouldnt affect it too much. Yes I've tried different channels where the network is alone. Signal is about -40 if I'm sitting right besides the router, and about -60 5 meters away, where I need the high quality. Not sure if you read my opening post, but here it is again... "ISP is providing me with a 60Mb/s network, and tells me the signal is good, with no problems. I've even had them replace the modem they've provided me with."
"Ping spikes pinging own router is hard to believe." I'm asking the router how long it takes for it to reply with a package. I'm also talking about pinging with that request being close to the only thing happening in that network... The same delay is noticable when I'm doing whatever requires the high speed... Sir, these spikes should not be too hard to believe.
Butyea I'm getting the high speed i require by being the only one on the network, and using the USB Adapter's Wifi 2, NETGEAR72. No other combinations are useable, but at least that one is good. I don't expect anyone to have a magical solution that would make this router perform better, anyways thanks for the suggestion guys. But if someone knows if the Airtime Fairness could be disabled, I would like to hear about it. I might try downgrading the firmwire version again.
-40 is a problem suggest you solve that problem 1st I'm sitting 20 ft from my r7000 with -29 2.4 and -31 5g
I agree. 40 seems to indicate something is not right with the router or whatever WiFi card it must be pretty cheap one. Secifically what model WiFi card is it? Pinging router does not involve modem... My Intel AC7260 card in the ASUS ROG laptop I use gives 17 and 21dbm ~3 ft. away . Ping time to router is 1ms. How about playing with the position of router? turning it 90 deg. CC or CCW. My ping time where I am to www.yahoo.com is ~75ms.
Oh, really -60 is considered too bad? And you're able toget -30~ 20 ft away?! Interesting... Well, placing the router in an open space with my computer right besides it, I can get it down to as low as -28, but doesnt take many steps away before we're back up at like 40, then 45, then 50, 55... VE6CGX, I'm also on a Asus ROG with Intel AC7260 actually! Could quality of modem also affect router signal?
Actually our home theater is located at downstairs family room. Using 5GHz band on channel 149/153 signal strength is barely ~60dbm. WiFi card is old Bigfoot Killer -N card(was best gaming card before the days of -AC mode) on an older MSI A10 based gaming laptop. Never have problems real time streaming. (otherwise wife will get really mad at me, LOL!) I don't think you did not mention what is your ISP given download/upload speed. If your ISP allows your own modem, you can try something else if you wish. Is the modem just free standig cable modem or DSL type? Oh, my router is located at loft upstairs. Router is facing family room broad-sided. And how did you configure the wireless on 5GHz. What channel did you select? Using WPA2 protocol? How did you set the speed? And there is some advanced setting on that WiFi card as well. Using latest driver for it?
my ping to yahoo is 35
WPA2-PSK [AES], currently 72: channel 11, 145Mbps, 5G: channel 44, 289Mbps. Both being alone on that channel. Switching the modes doesn't seem to change anything. 60 Mbit/s up, 20 Mbit/s down. Modem: Cisco EPC3010. To be honest I think I would try another router (Asus RT-AC66U) before I'd try a new modem.
My R7800 wireless setting is 2.4GHz upto 800, channel 1, 5GHz upto 1733 channel 151. ( I always get better signal on higher channels)
Setting at max speed you can bond two channels(primary plus secondary) giving wider band width to take advantage of faster mode like -AC.
On 2.4GHz 1 and 5, on GHz 151 and 53.
