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Rising Novice

3 months ago

Constant Latency Variation and Time Nudge

I've seen this posted around quite a bit, with differing solutions each time. All game modes have a constant latency variation and time nudge issue that makes the game feel sluggish. I've attached a...

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OskooI_007

Legend

3 months ago

NameWasWayTooLon there's definitely a ping spike problem with the Orbi mesh system.

I'm curious about how the PC is connected to the Orbi mesh system. Is the PC connected to main Orbi router, or is it connected to one of the Orbi satellites?

NameWasWayTooLon

Rising Novice

3 months ago

OskooI_007 Connected to the one satellite on the system. I just gave the Orbi a full reboot and am still having issues.

OskooI_007
Legend
3 months ago
NameWasWayTooLon having the PC connected to a satellite means the satellite is acting as the PC's wifi network card. I would try connecting the PC directly to the router like Trichomecookin recommended and see of that fixes the ping spikes.
The best way to deploy a wifi mesh network is to have each satellite connected to the router with ethernet cables. That way each satellite has a wired backhaul connection to the router which doubles the satellite's wireless speed.
Of course having a wired connection is inconvenient in most circumstances, but it does boost performance greatly.
- NameWasWayTooLon
  Rising Novice
  3 months ago
  OskooI_007 That makes sense. Going to order some MOCA adapters, a filter, and a splitter and get that set up. Moved the satellite to a more elevated position and that seems to have cleared up a decent amount. Ran another Ping Plotter test and am seeing 75% packet loss at a Comcast server(?) I believe. https://share.pingplotter.com/5yMDnfiZEKR
  - OskooI_007
    Legend
    3 months ago
    NameWasWayTooLon the ping times look much better. Not as many ping spikes.
    Hop 8 shows packet loss but hop 9 doesn't show any packet loss.
    So I wouldn't worry about the packet loss on hop 8 since it's not causing any packet loss on hop 9.
    I know I said earlier that low number hops can cause packet loss on high number hops. That's true they can, but it's considered a false reading if it's not affecting higher number hops downstream.