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Question

High Random Ping Spikes

Aug 5, 2019 8:31PM PDT

Internet,

This is my first post ever, so no judge haha. Anyways, I've been having quite large ping spikes from 100-999+. It makes all online games pretty much unplayable, I'm not quite sure what the issue is after looking at 10+ different website, nothing seems to work. I've tried switching wireless cards, editing some settings, turning apps off and on, and more, but nothing works. I'm not fully sure what information I need to provide, so if you all need more information, just tell me. I pinged my router, and these were the results:
156ms
5ms
1ms
5ms
2ms
62ms
1ms
3ms
2ms
4ms
2ms
1025ms
1ms
2ms
7ms
1ms
5ms
2ms
1ms
5ms
1ms
2ms
1971ms
5ms
1ms
2ms
2ms
5ms
3ms
1ms

I would've posted a picture, but guess I didn't know how to upload a screenshot as there's no option.

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That's sadly normal.
Aug 5, 2019 8:52PM PDT
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I would run over Ethernet, but that's not possible.
Aug 6, 2019 8:35AM PDT

I'm not going to post that profile to the web as it has my IP Address. Just tell me what you need to know, and I'll provide that information as I said above. I'm currently running Windows 10 Pro, 1803. Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac.

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Sorry no.
Aug 6, 2019 8:44AM PDT

We use the Speccy report a lot here and the IP address can help as it may show you are in Azil, Turkenstien or where you can't count on good service.

WiFi is nice and easy but subject to random interference so you have to try connecting to the 5GHz channel and reduce distance from you to the router along with changing the WiFi password so you don't share the air.

WiFi sharing is not possible if you want the best results. New to networking folk learn this in time.