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Wi-Fi ping spikes every 10 seconds.
Ping jumps from around 5 ms to 100 ms every 10 seconds. The issue is reproducible only when connected via Wi-Fi. When connected to the router with an Ethernet cable, the problem does not occur. R...
my mistake, it even has 6E with 6GHz, but not wifi7 which should not be related to this case
Very thorough analysis. With no other devices connected to this router with WiFi (and the connection being 6GHz**), this appears to focus attention on the WiFi connection between the RS300 and the MacBook Pro. With the MacBook being portable, it might "wrap this up" if the experiment can be conducted on a different WiFi connection. (i.e. work, coffee house, friend, neighbor, etc.)
** if the problem happens with a 5GHz WiFi connection, there is always a possibility that some nearby WiFi system regularly creates network overload. Much less chance with 6GHz.
- Because 6GHz is relatively rare, and
- Because 6Ghz signal strength falls off dramatically faster than 5GHz.
in the office there are Cisco routers(don't know exact model) that worked in 6GHz mode, and starting from last week we locked on 5GHz because of issues with Windows laptops - and in the office there is no spikes at all, this is why I started digging in this issue in my home network (the issue is relevant MBP - RS300 on 5 and 6GHz modes)