A full highway can move slowly for each user (packet) but overall, it's moving a lot of traffic.
Nothing is really wrong here but if you want to prioritize your use (say for gaming) you look at a gaming router or router that can give your traffic priority.
http://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-WRT32X/
There is NO REASON to prioritize pint and traces. NEVER optimize that as what's really important is all other traffic.
Hello everyone,
I am having some real wifi problems. I recently moved in to an apartment with a couple flat-mates, and from the start the internet was terrible. The router was located in the room next to me and the connection was so unstable that my computer would disconnect every minute or so. To solve this, the router was moved to the hallway. While this has increased my signal (now that the router is located outside my door), the other roommates are facing the same problem now as I was before. Additionally, whenever there are multiple people using the network the latency shoots up to over 1000 ms. When I am the only one home, the internet is totally fine.
Here are the details: we have a Hitron Technologies router (supposedly terrible) running with 10 megs per second. Rumor is the building has somewhat old wiring that should be replaced soon. When I run a traceroute, the first hop is fine, and the second hop immediately shoots up to 1,000 ms (in the first column). Every hop from then on hovers around 1,000 ms.
Is there a way to tell if this latency is caused by the router, wiring, or simply having too low wifi speed?

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