Lagging with wireless

[Lep]

Got computer back from repair shop, mom switched internet to cable and me, my brother and mom all share the same connection. My signal switches between excellent and 4/5 bars so what's the problem? Even in the best world for my location I still lag once in a while. Not lagging as in fighting something and the screen freezes and I see like 6 damage splats, but lagging as in I see everything else moving and doing stuff/running around but even if I click somewhere, I don't move kind of lagging. How do I fix this?

[Skeptical]

It's possible that you have someone piggybacking: I have the same problem at the moment. What kind of security do you have set up?

 

Otherwise, is anyone torrenting anything? A movie or two from The Pirate Bay can slow a lightweight network down noticeably.

[Dracion1]

Stuff like youtube can cause lag too. I'd also check your connection speed at speedtest.net. If you've only got something like a 0.5Mbit/s connection, then you could well notice lag even if your wireless connection is good; especially if someone else is on the internet at the same time.

[Solartide]

start, run, cmd

 

ping google.com -t

 

Wait like an hour

 

ctrl+c

 

See how many packets you're dropping.

[Sbrideau]

I'd go with Solartide's suggestion, it seems to me like you're losing the packets you send.

[Lep]

Okay exactly 1 hour.

 

Packets: Sent = 2768, Recieved = 2567, Lost = 201 <7% loss>,

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 52ms, Maximum = 1423ms, Average = 66ms

 

I was browsing the web while this was going, don't know if that matters. So am I good or bad then?

[Lep]

I don't know if mines bad because no one answered, but I googled packet stuff and thought, how do I prioritze gaming packets before most other packets? If this is the problem that is.

[Solartide]

You're losing 7% of your packets.

 

Problem found.

 

If you're into online gaming, anything above 1% is unacceptable.

 

Resetting the router helps occasionally. Walls between you and the router is bad. If you plan on gaming a lot, go with a hard wire connection.

 

Also: Packets doesn't look like a word any more.

[Lep]

You're losing 7% of your packets.

 

Problem found.

 

If you're into online gaming, anything above 1% is unacceptable.

 

Resetting the router helps occasionally. Walls between you and the router is bad. If you plan on gaming a lot, go with a hard wire connection.

 

Also: Packets doesn't look like a word any more.

 

We have no choice but to have walls. =\ I've put my little brothers arial facing out the window though, and the window cill is where my reciever is. By hard wire, you mean I should have a router myself?

 

Edit: Would recuding graphic settings have less packets for it to send and make it a bit better?