i lag so much while netflix is going

[diseasedkilla]

i get around 400 ping while netflix is running and im trying to play some online gaming. i got a pretty good router
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122326&Tpk=WNDR3700

i think i need to buy faster internet from xfinity i was thinking about buying the 50% internet where its 50 mbps

 

[diseasedkilla]

how do i fix this problem

 

[Eduello]

Well the thing is, loading videos uses a lot of bandwidth especially in hd. It also increases latency(ping). So what kind of a connection do you have when Netflix is not running? Download/upload speeds an ping?

 

[choucove]

Netflix, along with other HD sources of video streaming such as Youtube, are HUGE bandwidth hogs. Basically whatever you have available, it will use. So when you are trying to do both streaming HD and playing a game, you are going to be pushing more data through your connection. The higher the demand, the more latency there will be as services and devices fight for access to the available traffic. This increases your ping.

There are a few things you can do to help this. First, have a good quality router. The one you linked to should be a good quality router, so you are covered there. Second, run wired instead of wireless. Wireless connections always suffer from less quality, higher interference and possible packet loss, which overall will really increase your latency and ping rates. Wired connections have far less contention for bandwidth or other interferences, plus greater throughput except in extremely rare configurations. With some routers you can also set up quality of service, which will prioritize your game traffic above Netflix, but the quality of your netflix stream will suffer as a result.

In the end, even with a really decent bandwidth from your ISP connection, there is always going to be a huge consumption by Netflix. It's really going to take everything it can get. So the only real solution is don't stream while you are playing online games if you want to have good quality and low latency.