[SOLVED] Why am I lagging so much?

[Shadw123]

So my computer broke the other week and while I work to get some money to get new parts for it I have been using my laptop to play a few games that can be run on my laptop.

My issue is I always have ping issues in game and I remember when I was younger and I used a wifi adapter I had the same problems until I got an ethernet cord. Now that my computer is broken and I have to use my laptop I can't use ethernet because my laptop doesn't have an ethernet port. Does anyone know why my ping is so spiky if I don't use an ethernet cord?

I also used to use this laptop to play games at the house I lived at for college and it worked perfectly fine. It seems to just be the wifi at my actual house.

 

[richiestang_78]

So my computer broke the other week and while I work to get some money to get new parts for it I have been using my laptop to play a few games that can be run on my laptop.

My issue is I always have ping issues in game and I remember when I was younger and I used a wifi adapter I had the same problems until I got an ethernet cord. Now that my computer is broken and I have to use my laptop I can't use ethernet because my laptop doesn't have an ethernet port. Does anyone know why my ping is so spiky if I don't use an ethernet cord?

I also used to use this laptop to play games at the house I lived at for college and it worked perfectly fine. It seems to just be the wifi at my actual house.

It could be radio interference from other devices on your network or too many networks around you. It also could be if you live by a airport or broadcast antenna those are putting too much radio interference out.

If you have a smartphone you can download a wifi analyzer and see what sort of wifi signals are around you and try and find what wifi channel wouldbe vest

Another possibility is that something is wrong with your router. What make and model is it?

Also they do sell cheap USB Ethernet adapters

 

[bill001g]

It could the materials the house is made out of making your signal weak. The much more likely cause is you have one or more neighbors close by that uses a lot of wifi. Games are extremely susceptible even very small amounts of interference.

You best option is a USB ethernet adapter. You will not get gigabit speeds unless you have USB3 ports but it is not real important because you likely do not have gigabit internet and more important a game generally needs less that 1mbit of bandwidth other than for downloading patches.