Lag

Hey guys, I got a D-Link wireless router to go with my DS rig and everything's been working fine except for one thing: LAG
Every ~2 minutes I get horrible lag spikes! If I'm just surfing the internet, then it'll make pages take forever to load until the lag goes away, and when I'm playing games like TF2 and CS:S, it'll just freeze... then 2 seconds later speed up to where I should have been. It's getting really really annoying (not to mention causing a lot of deaths lol) so I've been asking around and people on CS:S are saying that I'm experiencing "packet loss" due to my wireless router. They said that if I simply physically connect my computer to my router (get a wired connection), it'll fix the problem. Now, the reason why I got a wireless router in the first place is because a wired connection will be a pain in the to set up. But if it will fix the problem, it'd be worth it So I guess my question is, will getting a wired connection from my router to my PC fix the lag spikes that I'm getting?


Edited by Nomad - 09 Apr 2008 at 1:38pm

Bah, Bfrank likes to whore it up with his team medic so my hits don't hurt him.    

Although I like the convenience (for general use), I'm not too fond of wireless connectivity myself. It's never solid. I will never play online over a wireless connection, I just don't trust it, for the same reason of this post.

How many bars are you getting on your wireless connection? I know my laptop at home will cut in and out sometimes at 3 bars out of 5 (windows reports this as a "good" connection). I also notice that the weather plays a role too. Sometimes on cloudy days the signal will be low. How far away are you from your router? Try re-locating the router, move it somewhere higher. You can also try changing the wireless channel, sometimes that helps. Also microwaves and cordless telephones can also interfere with wireless signals so keep the router away from those.

Other than that, it could just be the Vista Phenomenon problem that Bfrank mentions.

Originally posted by Nomad Hey guys, I got a D-Link wireless router to go with my DS rig and everything's been working fine except for one thing: LAG Every ~2 minutes I get horrible lag spikes! If I'm just surfing the internet, then it'll make pages take forever to load until the lag goes away, and when I'm playing games like TF2 and CS:S, it'll just freeze... then 2 seconds later speed up to where I should have been. It's getting really really annoying (not to mention causing a lot of deaths lol) so I've been asking around and people on CS:S are saying that I'm experiencing "packet loss" due to my wireless router. They said that if I simply physically connect my computer to my router (get a wired connection), it'll fix the problem. Now, the reason why I got a wireless router in the first place is because a wired connection will be a pain in the to set up. But if it will fix the problem, it'd be worth it So I guess my question is, will getting a wired connection from my router to my PC fix the lag spikes that I'm getting?

You need to go to Linksys website and read the forums about the D-Link Router.  You either love it, or you hate it.  I would also always stay wired to the main source.

Sorry that didn't work for you, but at least you had an option to go wired.  I'm renting right now, my office is on the second floor, and Comcast won't install any new service above ground level - idiots and ladders don't mix apparently.  So my options were either to go wireless, run a 100' of coax down the hallway, or say goodbye to my security deposit and start drilling holes in the walls.  I put up with the lag for a while but tired of dying in BF2 in the middle of a one-on-one shootout when I'd lag out and come back to a prone lump yelling "medic, medic."  I have a linksys wireless draft-N router and adapter which may be the difference in Anti-Lag working or not.
Oh well, happy lag-free frag-fest to you...

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