High Constant Ping Spikes (Up and Down Pattern) Video Games

HappyHorse

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Hello! I'm having trouble with my wireless connection.

- My Desktop is the Dell XPS 8900
- My Router: Asus AC3100
- The Model of my router is an Arris from Charter Spectrum.
Motherboard: Dell not sure which one
Power Supply: Also from Dell
Crappy Dell Wireless card
I am on Windows 10, with the Anniversary update.

- I have Charter spectrum, and using a 2.4Gz connection.
- There are usually 10-12 devices on my router, but before the wifi worked fine regardless of the amount of people on the router.
I'm receiving really high ping when playing League or Overwatch.
The ping is often spiking going from a low amount to a high amount.
Typically, it would go from 75 MS, and gradually increase up to 500 ms, it would then gradually decrease and the same thing would repeat over and over.

I have set the wireless mode to the b/g mode, and 20mHz only.

There's nothing else I can do but upgrade a wireless card?
I can't use Ethernet because my router is in another room.

Please help! Thanks.

 

Autocrat

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What speed is your internet? You have an awesome router, but if it is connected to a modem from an ISP providing a slow connection, while your have 10-12 people on it, you are bound to run in to trouble. 10-12 people on the internet simultaneously is A LOT for residential connection speeds unless you have a gigabit ISP.
 

HappyHorse

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13 ms, my internet while browsing the internet and watching videos is usually really fast. Having 10-12 people on my Wi-Fi does not affect anything at all, at least not very impactful. It could be a problem with my Wireless card maybe?

Thinking of upgrading to a Gigabyte or Asus, not sure yet.

Not 100% sure about the problem though
 

HappyHorse

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There is only either b mode or b/g mode. Is there a way to check encryption?