[SOLVED] Lag issues and not sure how to fix

[Fourleaf01]

I'm not overly familiar with how to fix something like this, but I know it's a problem.
I doubt the total rates are supposed to exceed the speed of the network, doesn't seem right.
Any solutions to this? I began looking in the first place due to me suffering very intense bouts of lag in almost any online game I have played in the past few days.
I have a screenshot of what all is using my internet connection.
https://prnt.sc/qjpqfx
I have a Spectrum router, if that helps.
Any solutions would be very helpful.

 

[Lutfij]

I think you're confusing the rate of your wireless adapters equipped on each of the devices listed on the image with the speed you're paying for to the ISP. The data rates are the highest speeds the networking adapters will work, which are equipped on your devices.

From the looks of it, the wireless adapter in your desktop being located farthest or maybe having a less clear line of sight to the router is affecting the speeds of your wireless adapter.

I stand to be corrected, mind you!

Now to address the lags on your desktop, you should make sure you're on the latest BIOS update for your motherboard then check to see you're on the latest chipset and wireless adapter drivers. Then make sure your router is on the latest firmware version.

 

[bill001g]

Those number are not really a speed. The represent the way the data is encoded. In some strange lab test setup they might correspond to a speed but in the real world you get only a tiny fraction of that. In addition it only represents the speed between you and your router not the speed between the router and the ISP. If for example you had a 10gbit ethernet port your data would transfer between you and a buffer in the router at 10gbps but if say you had a 5mbps internet the data would then move from the buffer to the ISP at 5mbps.

Still all this doesn't really matter when you talk online games and lag. Games use almost no bandwidth. Most are well under 1mbps, many are well under 500kbps.

What games need is consistent latency because they use the time delays between packets to sync your client position to the server.

I would first try a ethernet cable to see if your router or maybe your Internet connection has issues.

Wifi unfortunately is subject to interference which causes random delays which causes lag in games. It has little effect on most other applicaitons. Wifi you are very limited in your options. You might try moving you pc closer or maybe change the wifi channels or use 2.4g if you are using 5g.

Problem is it might work for a while and then your neighbor makes changes or gets a new device and you get interfernce again. This is why it is recommended you not play games on wifi. If all else fails consider using power line networks instead of wifi.

 

[kerberos_20]

more devices u have connected to wifi network, more latency issues (lags) u get