Lately my desktop has had some issues with wireless internet. First off I ran a speedtest several times, my ping was between 45-50, downstrea/upstream speeds were normal. The trouble was the connection itself. The chart for download/upload was like a very deadly mountain. It went from absolutely nothing to its peak in a very dodgy manner. I am unable to play any online games for I am constantly getting 4-5 fps on everything.
So I swapped out 3 wifi adapters, the speedtest result was the same for them all. I have 5 bars of wifi so my signal is just fine.
I then ran a pingtest, everything was okay there as well. No packet loss, low ping, and 1-2 jitter.
I am unable to make a wired connection. I never had these problems with my desktop before.
And if that wasn't enough here's the kicker, my phone and laptop all maintain a smooth connection, so it's not the router.
Try changing the channel on your router 1,3,5,7,9 usually work best. Another thing to try is a clean install of your wireless drivers. Make sure other devices aren't eating up your bandwidth. Net lag should also have no effect on your framerate, I would make sure you get decent framerate on singleplayer games as well. if that all fails check for spyware and viruses.
Hey, thanks for the quick reply.
However net lag does effect frame rate in online games. Also I've ran a full system scan and clean installed all of my drivers. I run max fps on all of my single player games. And I don't think it's a router issue since my laptop can run online applications just fine.
Not trying to be an ass, but I feel like I've tried everything.
Are you using USB wireless adapters or PCI/e? If usb, Try different ports if PCI/e try a different slot. What specs do you have for your PC and how old is it?
Its usb and I've tried several ports, specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8150 (not OC'd)
Memory: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Storage: 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
GPU: EVGA GTX 670 FTW edition
PSU: 850 Watt Corsair HX850
Best thing to do at this point is to do a direct connection to your router and if that still doesn't work connect it directly to the modem and try again. This will determine if the USB wireless adapters are crap or not. You mention you can't do a direct connect, why? It is sometimes the only way to troubleshoot any issues with net. Also do not always trust the signal bars, sometimes they give a false reading. If you absolutely can't direct connect under any circumstances move the PC to different rooms and try again. Also stupid question at this point because you may have done it a dozen times but did you powercycle the modem and then the router?
Or make life easier and test the USB device in another computer to see if it is the USB adapter being the culprite
The OP mentioned s/he tried 3 on his/her desktop, this is why I'm jumping to suggesting the direct connect.
I COULD direct connect it'd just be a pain in the ass because I'd have to go up 2 flights of stairs with my comp, monitor, keyboard, mouse. If it comes down to being my only option I will get to that eventually. But my frustration is that my laptop works perfectly, sitting on the desk next to my failing desktop. My issue seems to make no sense lol.