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Random ping spikes on Wifi (not ethernet) every ~15 minutes when streaming on Mac OSX
Normally I have about 30ms ping when gaming on my mac, but about every 15 minutes I get a huge ping spike from 400ms to 3000ms for about a 2 minute period of time. I haven't changed any router settin...
I have resolved the issue. After testing my internet streaming connection on other apps it was something to do with a bug in the specific streaming app I was using. After deleting and re-installing the offending app it resolved itself.
I found this post about turning off location services which I have, but it hasn't fixed the issue. According to the response Apple still does some location service scanning even if it's off. The weird thing that confuses me is that this is a NEW issue that hasn't occured for the past month. Additionally, I haven't updated my software or added any new programs to the computer that would send pings or scans wirelessly. Hmm 🤔