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Gaming Lag - Firmware?
So here's my situation. Recenlty (last couple months) I have noticed significant lag wile playing COD on my PS4. At first I thought it was my controller, because my charactor was running around lik...
Thanks again for your help FURRYe38. I am not sure if I am going to go with another "gaming" router. I am exploring commercial solutions like Ubiquiti. Little harder to set up intially, rock solid once they're up and running. I do appreciate you pointing me in the right direction and for the advice. I will do some research on Netgear's higher end models and go from there.
What ISP Service do you have? Cable or DSL?
What ISP Modem Mfr. and model # do you have?
What ISP Modem service link speeds UP and Down do you have?
Seems like if you have tested a different router and used similar settings on the newer router, possible your current router maybe bad or faulty...
Can you use the older router as your main host router, disable the wireless radios on it, and connect up the Nighthawk router in LAN to LAN AP mode and use it in this configuration?
MY ISP has a direct fiber connection (no modem) coming into the house. I have symmetrical DSL @ 100Mbps. When testing the DL and UL speeds on wired and wirless devices, the results are fairly consistent between the wireless and likewise with wired. As expected, the wired connections test slightly over 100Mbps, and the wireless connections range from 60Mbps to 100Mbps (depending on device).
Testing the old router and the new router using the same configurations (except for QoS), the Nighthawk always lags and the old router doesn't.
In the next couple of days, I will try your suggestion for using the Nighthawk in AP mode, this is soemthing I did not think to try. I am guessing the results will be the same, but it is worth trying. Thank you for the suggestion and I will update with the results.
Are others online while gaming or you the only one.
YOu can try Voxels NG FW as well. Same NG UI, he just handles the back end better:
I was trying to find some Open-Source firmware to try, but the firmware this particular router is hard to find. Like the firmware in your link, I was only able to find V1 firmware, but my router is V2. Is the V1 firmware compatible with my router? Thanks.