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RuneKR's avatar
RuneKR
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Dec 16, 2020

A6150, AC1200 getting high ping during games

Hello

 

I've bought a A6150/AC1200 Wifi USB Mini Adapter to get internet on my new PC. The purpose was to play some computer games. When I start a game it works fine for a while, however after some time the speed drops and I lag out of the game. I have done a ping test, when the lag starts and it shows some ping spikes where the ping goes from being around 100 ms to being 1-2k ms. I did a ping test on a laptop using the same internet at the same time. This laptop did not have the ping spikes. Does anyone know how to solve such an issue? Could it be due to the adapter overheating? 

 

I appreciate any help I can get. Thank you. 

3 Replies

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 19, 2020
    RuneKR wrote:

     

    I've bought a A6150/AC1200 Wifi USB Mini Adapter to get internet on my new PC.

    By no means the most power wifi adapter around. Pretty well bottom of the range.

     

    RuneKR wrote:

     

    The purpose was to play some computer games.

    People who play games tell me that wifi is never going to be as fast as wired Internet.

     

    RuneKR wrote:

     

    I did a ping test on a laptop using the same internet at the same time. 

    Wired or wifi?

     

    RuneKR wrote:

    Could it be due to the adapter overheating? 

     

    I have never seen that one mentioned here before.

     

    You don't say what device you are using for games, if it is a PC and you cannot run wires around the place, you might find Powerline Ethernet is faster than wifi.

     

    • michaelkenward's avatar
      michaelkenward
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jan 16, 2021
      PandoraSophroni wrote:

      I'm not using the wifi connected on my PC.

      I don't understand.

       

      Your first message said:

       


      I've bought a A6150/AC1200 Wifi USB Mini Adapter to get internet on my new PC.

       

      The A6150 is there to do just that.

       

      So, you have a wifi adapter to get wifi on your PC but you aren't using wifi on your PC.

       

      I'm lost.