Wireless generally works well except for low latency, high bandwidth streams?

[mrtissues]

Hello I have a NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 router which my desktop connects to using an Asus ASUS Dual-Band Wireless-AC1900 (PCE-AC68) adapter.

Generally this combination works perfectly. However, I have been having issues when trying to stream things that need to maintain a constant high bandwidth stream with low latency. The use case here is Nvidia Gamestream. 95% of the time the stream is perfect, and then every now and then for about a second I will drop frames. I am sure that this has to do with my wireless because if I run ethernet across the house I do not have this issue.

Here is a video of this happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0S0W7HzAxQ

I have the latest drivers installed for the router as well as the wireless card. However, I am not sure if the wireless card drivers installed because I cannot open the Asus wireless card utility tool, it does not seem to have installed. I am running Windows 10 with all of the latest updates.

 

[ss202sl]

Could be some kind is interference with the wireless signal. I know that my microwave affects the wireless signal to the XBOX 360 I have in my room.

 

[mrtissues]

Are there any tools I can use to try to see if that is the issue? There is not anything specific that makes this happen like a microwave.

 

[ss202sl]

No. The only thing tools will tell you is what the network itself is doing. You would be able to see the network drop, but it wouldn't be able to tell why. It may not be interference, but it's likely since it is random and only lasts for a second. Maybe The A/C kicking on or something similar.

 

[mrtissues]

Is there a way to make sure I have the proper drivers installed? I used to be able to open a Asus wireless driver tool but now with the latest drivers/Windows 10 that tool no longer seems to exist.

 

[mrtissues]

Also I am the only person in my neighborhood that as an AC connection so it does not seem like there should be interference from neighbors.

 

[ss202sl]

The only thing you can do is check the Asus site. I don't think the drivers would cause this. They may have an updated(Win 10) version of their app.

 

[bill001g]

You may not see all devices that are using 5g. You really are only seeing the beacons from the routers and they do not really tell you what channels they use. 802.11ac uses 4 channels and there are only 2 blocks of 4 channels and if anyone uses even 1 in those blocks you have issues. If you can see anyone using 5g you likely are getting interference.

 

[mrtissues]

Only a clean install of Windows fixed this. There must have been some app interfering with normal behavior.