Frequent WiFi lagspikes, changing channel helps temporarily

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Hi,
I am a regular CS:GO player, and it is really bothering me that I get 150 ping spikes every 45 secs or so. Usually, I get 30-70 ping when I'm not lagging. At least three or more times a hour, I am hit by a massive 300-950 ping lag spike. After some research, I tried changing the Wireless channel, and indeed it worked- only for 30 minutes though. Every time continuously have a lag spike for more than 20 seconds, I go to my router settings and change the channel, and it works- but only for less than 30 minutes.

InSSIDer informs me that people around me are using channels 6 and 11 mostly. I use channel 1.
I've tested browsing internet with my phone during the lag spikes, and the wifi is also very slow.
I have a ~2013 dual band router on the ground floor of my house. I usually don't use the 5ghz band, because it is quite unstable at times..
I do have ethernet wired through my house, but I think I need a switch for it to work.

What could be the problem?
Thanks!!!
 
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If you have wired ethernet then I strongly advise you use that. You shouldn't need any additional equipment, just plug one end of the cable into a port on your router, the other into your PC. Failing that you can try powerlines; they're a nice simple, fairly cheap way to get a wired connection wherever you need it without messing around with cables.

As for wifi... Wifi sucks. That's sadly the way of the world now. The airwaves are seriously congested and while for many people there isn't a huge problem because what they're doing isn't time sensitive, but for competitive gaming you really can't beat wired internet.
 
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jossrik

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With the newer routers you really need line of sight, I didn't really realize this until I found a pic of what the wifi signal in your house probably looks like, and it bounces off walls pretty easily. That's not to say that your wireless connection is the culprit. The most constant connection is gonna be a direct line from modem to computer, second, a wire from modem to router to computer, third, modem to router to powerline to powerline to computer, and as a last resort, wireless. I've had to use a wireless connection in my home for a couple years now, and I've tried everything, and I mean everything, there is no way to get it as good as a wired connection. I have not tried powerline adapters yet because from what I've read they should be on the same leg of power (through the same breaker) to work at peak efficiency, not sure what that means, but I know the wiring here is hit or miss. You can try bigger antennas, better wireless router/card/adapter, the more money you throw at it, it seems the better it gets. When you change channels all that happens is everything on your network takes a little bit of time to change over to the new channel. So I'ma say that a new router that can handle all the traffic in your house is in order. You'll have to do the searching on the internet as to which ones handle traffic the best, but that's what it sounds like from the symptoms you've posted. You've got a connection. It stays connected, sometimes it gets slow and you can remedy that for a short period by changing channels. Upgrade router.
 
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