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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.
Glad you found something that works better.
AT some point you might try the R7800 or even better the XR500 gaming router. Awesome router.
Enjoy.
VillageIdiotwrote:Voxels doesn't have any firmware that will work on my V2 router, but I was able to find DD-WRT based firmware from Kong. I flashed the router and tested it last night. Initial tests are promising as I did not have the lag when other devices on the network were streaming. There were a few times that the game lagged, but that could have been normal COD lag. Over the next couple days I will put the router through it paces and see how the new firmware holds up.
Also, I did not turn on QoS with the new firmware. Not being familiar with the DD-WRT interface and options, I didn't get a chance to play around much and delve into those more advanced options. When I get some time, I will play around with some custom QoS rules to see if it improves the connection even more.
An interesting side-note that I thought of, while having connection issues with the stock FW, I also had a heck of a time getting ReadyShare and ReadCloud to work on the router. No matter what HDD or Flash Drive I plugged into it, it had a hard time recognizing it. Sometimes the drive would be available, other times not. I got so frutrated with it, I gave up. Might have also been related to corrupted stock FW on the router. Here again, I didn't play around enough with DD-WRT to see if it supports ReadyShare or not, but if it does, this might be something I will test as well.
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.
FYI. The KONG DD WRT will kill the USB3 port (It is non-standard) and the WPS button. It will also not use hardware acceleration. On my R7000 I could only get a max download of 150-160ish & 20ish up on a 300/30 ISP plan. The software works but you lose a lot using it. Check your speeds.
Using Kong's software, my speeds seemed to be consistant and about where I would expect them to be (wired and wireless). Unfortunately, after more testing after the FW change, my lag is back, albeit not as bad. I didn't feel the lag this time until multiple devices were streamign on my network.
My old router keeps dropping WiFi (I remember this is why I replaced it in the first place), so I borrowed a friends D-Link wireless to futher test my network. No lag no matter what was streaming - which is the same result as my old Netgear (minus wirelss dropping randomly). Again, this confirms the issue is the Nighthawk (using both stock NG FW and Kongs FW).
So, per a suggestion in this thread, I am going to test with my old router as the gateway and the Nighthawk as an AP. This will cure the issue with wireless dropping on my old router while also curing the inability of my Nighthawk to route traffic - two birds one stone. If this setup works, I will look at getting an Edgerouter-X or something similar to replace the old router and continue to use the Nighthawk's eth ports and WiFi for my network.
Thanks again for the suggestions and help!
IF your still seeing some lag, even with different FW, then issue may be elsewhere in the system or coming from outside of your system.
You should demo the NG XR500 router as well. Very impressed by it. I would investigate that issue and get it figured out before checking into another router...
VillageIdiotwrote:Using Kong's software, my speeds seemed to be consistant and about where I would expect them to be (wired and wireless). Unfortunately, after more testing after the FW change, my lag is back, albeit not as bad. I didn't feel the lag this time until multiple devices were streamign on my network.
My old router keeps dropping WiFi (I remember this is why I replaced it in the first place), so I borrowed a friends D-Link wireless to futher test my network. No lag no matter what was streaming - which is the same result as my old Netgear (minus wirelss dropping randomly). Again, this confirms the issue is the Nighthawk (using both stock NG FW and Kongs FW).
So, per a suggestion in this thread, I am going to test with my old router as the gateway and the Nighthawk as an AP. This will cure the issue with wireless dropping on my old router while also curing the inability of my Nighthawk to route traffic - two birds one stone. If this setup works, I will look at getting an Edgerouter-X or something similar to replace the old router and continue to use the Nighthawk's eth ports and WiFi for my network.
Thanks again for the suggestions and help!