Ping jumps from an average of around 13ms to 3000ms about every 8 seconds

[ThatGuyCody90]

Hey guys, I've gone through a couple of threads here with people who had similar problems but have been unable to find a fix, so hopefully you'll be able to give me a hand!

I've been at my current residence for a few months now(always using wireless) and have never had an issue with the internet, but the last three days my internet has gone all wonky. I've done ping tests on over ten IP's/URLs, all with the same outcome. My ping tends to hover at an average of 13ms for around 8 seconds, then proceeds to jump up to 2950-3000~ms for about a second or two, then goes back down. I've tried multiple channels, as well as both 2.4/5g bands without experiencing any change.

Now, one roommate has the router in his room and is connected directly through cable, so he has no issues, however my second roommate, who moved in at the same time and has also always used wireless, is having no issues at all. I had him ping test the same IP's/URLs and came out with a constant average of 13ms. I've had my roommate reset the router, tried swapping wireless receivers with my other roommate, reset my wireless receiver, as well as reinstalling/updating the drivers, all to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Edit: I thought I'd copy and paste one of my ping tests as reference. This one is from google.

Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=3003ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=2992ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=2979ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=61
Reply from 24.244.19.148: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=61

 

[bill001g]

You want to ping the router ip not some random ip on the internet but I suspect you will see similar results it just confirms it is the wireless network.

This is a very common thing to see. All that high ping time means is that the data got somehow corrupted and needed to be retransmitted a number of times which takes some time.

Why you can have 2 identical devices sitting next to each other and one has problems and the other does not is one of those mysterious things about wireless. There has to be some difference where one device is slightly more susceptible to interference than the other but the equipment to test and find this is not something any normal person can afford.

There is a small chance it is related to some software on the machine or some kind of so called network accelerator apps but it is unlikely.

Hard to say what to do other than not use wireless. This will have little effect on most things on the internet. Pretty much only games or something like live video teleconference will be affected. You might look into using powerline network devices if this is cause you actual performance issues.