ASUS rn-n66u help!

goldhalo01

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Feb 11, 2018
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I have an ASUS router rt-n66u the speeds are great until it comes to online gaming on my Xbox one. It’s always laggy! Please help!
 
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Wireless is by its nature the worst possible choice for gaming since it has the highest latency.

Of course the best is an Ethernet cable and the second best is a pair of AV2-1000/1200 powerline adapters such as one of THESE.

With wireless only you need to be very very close to the router/AP, not be competing with other wireless traffic, and not have any interference -- and then you will have a lot fewer problems with latency. The only time that I found the AC66U (which is a great router) sufficient for gaming otherwise was to use a pair of them with the second in media bridge mode and then plug the XBox into the bridge unit.

RealBeast

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Wireless is by its nature the worst possible choice for gaming since it has the highest latency.

Of course the best is an Ethernet cable and the second best is a pair of AV2-1000/1200 powerline adapters such as one of THESE.

With wireless only you need to be very very close to the router/AP, not be competing with other wireless traffic, and not have any interference -- and then you will have a lot fewer problems with latency. The only time that I found the AC66U (which is a great router) sufficient for gaming otherwise was to use a pair of them with the second in media bridge mode and then plug the XBox into the bridge unit.
 
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