[SOLVED] Lag ping on cs:go

[Munteanu Alek]

I'm having issues with my ping. Even though I'm using an ethernet cable (I must specify that the ethernet cable is plugged into a wireless extender), I'm still lagging very much. I have other connections, such like other persons watching 4K netflix, I think that is what is causing my ping. I would like to know how I can resolve this problem.

 

[nigelivey]

Whats your bandwidth from your ISP? A Wireless extender really isnt helping!!

 

[gggplaya]

Wireless extenders suck and have aweful bandwidth. Dependending on your living situation, I've had better luck with powerline ethernet extenders or Moca Adapters.

 

[Munteanu Alek]

My wireless extender is from tp-link

 

[gggplaya]

Brand doesnt matter, they’re inherently flaky based on how the operate, especially if you like in a wifi congested area like an apartment building, or suburb with small lot sizes.

 

[bill001g]

A wireless extender connected via ethernet will more or less be the same as USB connected wifi nic except the ethernet can go farther. It all depends on where the extender is, if it is in your room it will get the same crappy signal a USB device would.

You still have a wifi connection between your pc and the router which can cause issues for games. In some cases when you live in a area with many neighbors you can get interference even with a extremely strong signal from your router.

Maybe move the extender closer to the router and see if that helps.....then again you might consider running the ethernet cable all the way to the router.

 

[gggplaya]

Bottomline is that wifi extenders don't have very good bandwidth, especially in wifi congested areas. This is because they have to use the same atenna's to receiver and also transmit back to the main router. This effectly cuts any available bandwdith in half and introduces latency and potential bottlenecks. They may advertise 300mbps or whatever but in my experience helping people with wifi problems in their homes, they get more like 5-80mbps of actual sustained transfer speed depending on the amount of walls and distance. That's bits, not bytes, it's really pathetic. On a connection like that, when someone is streaming netflix off the same repeater, you're pretty much saturating your connection and ping will spike like crazy, and you'll get dropped packets.

For most people, I try to run ethernet up through their attic or basement to the other side of the house, and added an access point with the same SSID name and password. In one extreme case where that wasn't possible, I had them buy some burial capable ethernet cable and we ran it outside their house to the other side by digging a little 1foot deep trench.

But in many cases, I was able to find both ends of a Coaxial cable, with a multimeter by shorting 1 end, already installed in the house. Disconnect the coax from the main splitter, and install MOCA adapters on both ends. This setup works extremely well without running any cables, and gives you 90% of full sustained gigabit speed and is very reliable.

If none of those are an option because you live in an apartment and the MOCA adapters don't work due to not being able to access cable splitters, then powerline extenders are usally the way to go.