Hey guys, I recently got into PC gaming and I'm trying to find ways to increase my internet speed.
My house is an older house, and it isn't wired for ethernet. We have a router in the office, and the office PC is wired to it, but my gaming PC is on the other side of the house. I've been using the WiFi, but it isn't cutting it. Speedtest.com gives me a reading of 92ms ping, 37.61Mbps download, and 11.42Mbps upload. However, when I play games online (notably Battlefield 4), my server ping will fluctuate like crazy, sometimes reaching the max it will show on the menu (999).
I know WiFi is bad for multiplayer gaming, but since my house isn't wired for ethernet, I don't have much of an option. I bought a WiFi extender to help out a bit, and while I'm wired via ethernet into the extender, speedtest.com gives me a reading of anywhere from 10-110ms ping, about 42Mbps download, and 12Mbps upload. I haven't tried gaming online with the extender wired to my computer because I'm worried that the fluctuation I see on the speed test will transfer over to in-game ping.
My question is, short of getting my house wired for ethernet, what can I do to improve my internet speed? The office PC gets about 10ms ping and over 100Mbps download speed on the speed test, hooked up to the router. Should I buy a second router for my home network, put it in my gaming room, and hook it up to my computer via ethernet? Will that even work?
My house is an older house, and it isn't wired for ethernet. We have a router in the office, and the office PC is wired to it, but my gaming PC is on the other side of the house. I've been using the WiFi, but it isn't cutting it. Speedtest.com gives me a reading of 92ms ping, 37.61Mbps download, and 11.42Mbps upload. However, when I play games online (notably Battlefield 4), my server ping will fluctuate like crazy, sometimes reaching the max it will show on the menu (999).
I know WiFi is bad for multiplayer gaming, but since my house isn't wired for ethernet, I don't have much of an option. I bought a WiFi extender to help out a bit, and while I'm wired via ethernet into the extender, speedtest.com gives me a reading of anywhere from 10-110ms ping, about 42Mbps download, and 12Mbps upload. I haven't tried gaming online with the extender wired to my computer because I'm worried that the fluctuation I see on the speed test will transfer over to in-game ping.
My question is, short of getting my house wired for ethernet, what can I do to improve my internet speed? The office PC gets about 10ms ping and over 100Mbps download speed on the speed test, hooked up to the router. Should I buy a second router for my home network, put it in my gaming room, and hook it up to my computer via ethernet? Will that even work?