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Unplayable lag on wifi
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EDIT: Added a video. Excuse the crappy quality, it's the first time ive ever used xsplit and my laptop isnt exactly handling it that well lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNXqZeoPlQ

Basically i've got annoying as hell freezes every few seconds. My ping spikes to whatever huge number for a fraction of a second (doesnt show on the scoreboard, only shows it to like 160 on net graph 1, but the peaks are in the thousands on net graph 4) and my POV freezes for a second. This occurs every few seconds, it sometimes goes away on its own, sometimes it happens once every few minutes, other times literally every few seconds making the game unplayable. What's even weirder is, no one else notices it, i dont visibly freeze or teleport or glitch out on the server, it's just my POV that freezes. Even on recorded POV demos it's slightly different (in my live POV it just freezes, and on the demo it shows me as freezing and slightly moving my crosshair to some random direction). This has been going on ever since i got this laptop 2.5 years ago, regardless of the router, distance to the router - doesnt matter if im right next to it or on the other side of whichever house im testing this in, ISP or anything else. Ive tested it in 3-4 different locations all using a different ISP, different router, different everything. And in all of those locations, no one else had this issue.

This only happens while im on wifi, my connection is fine while playing wired. However, due to my IRL situation changing i can no longer play wired and im forced to play on wifi. Any help would be appreciated.

Here's a demo of me playing mge with a friend https://www.dropbox.com/s/1knvoycw1uia8y1/bluemge3.rar?dl=0 you can see the lag there. If you would like a live recording with net graph on the screen tell me and i'll provide it.

EDIT: Added a video. Excuse the crappy quality, it's the first time ive ever used xsplit and my laptop isnt exactly handling it that well lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNXqZeoPlQ

Basically i've got annoying as hell freezes every few seconds. My ping spikes to whatever huge number for a fraction of a second (doesnt show on the scoreboard, only shows it to like 160 on net graph 1, but the peaks are in the thousands on net graph 4) and my POV freezes for a second. This occurs every few seconds, it sometimes goes away on its own, sometimes it happens once every few minutes, other times literally every few seconds making the game unplayable. What's even weirder is, no one else notices it, i dont visibly freeze or teleport or glitch out on the server, it's just my POV that freezes. Even on recorded POV demos it's slightly different (in my live POV it just freezes, and on the demo it shows me as freezing and slightly moving my crosshair to some random direction). This has been going on ever since i got this laptop 2.5 years ago, regardless of the router, distance to the router - doesnt matter if im right next to it or on the other side of whichever house im testing this in, ISP or anything else. Ive tested it in 3-4 different locations all using a different ISP, different router, different everything. And in all of those locations, no one else had this issue.

This only happens while im on wifi, my connection is fine while playing wired. However, due to my IRL situation changing i can no longer play wired and im forced to play on wifi. Any help would be appreciated.

[s]Here's a demo of me playing mge with a friend https://www.dropbox.com/s/1knvoycw1uia8y1/bluemge3.rar?dl=0 you can see the lag there. If you would like a live recording with net graph on the screen tell me and i'll provide it.[/s]
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I got something similar to this except that it would show the disconnect message in the top right for like 1 second when I lagged and the issue ended up being my network card overheating

I got something similar to this except that it would show the disconnect message in the top right for like 1 second when I lagged and the issue ended up being my network card overheating
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deetrI got something similar to this except that it would show the disconnect message in the top right for like 1 second when I lagged and the issue ended up being my network card overheating

I added a video. Can you tell me if it's similar to your problem?

e: i love how there's someone randomly -fragging you just for the fuck of it

[quote=deetr]I got something similar to this except that it would show the disconnect message in the top right for like 1 second when I lagged and the issue ended up being my network card overheating[/quote]

I added a video. Can you tell me if it's similar to your problem?

e: i love how there's someone randomly -fragging you just for the fuck of it
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#4
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powerline adapter

I have this one - http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Adapter-Starter/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1442320514&sr=1-5&keywords=tp-link

works great

powerline adapter

I have this one - http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Adapter-Starter/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1442320514&sr=1-5&keywords=tp-link

works great
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wafflebpowerline adapter

I have this one - http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Adapter-Starter/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1442320514&sr=1-5&keywords=tp-link

works great

Since im a jew i was thinking more along the lines of a 15m ethernet cable

[quote=waffleb]powerline adapter

I have this one - http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Adapter-Starter/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1442320514&sr=1-5&keywords=tp-link&tag=teamfortresst-20

works great[/quote]

Since im a jew i was thinking more along the lines of a 15m ethernet cable
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#6
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Sentineldue to my IRL situation changing i can no longer play wired and im forced to play on wifi.SentinelSince im a jew i was thinking more along the lines of a 15m ethernet cable

gawhat

but anyways if u can ethernet cable is better than powerline

[quote=Sentinel]due to my IRL situation changing i can no longer play wired and im forced to play on wifi.[/quote]
[quote=Sentinel]Since im a jew i was thinking more along the lines of a 15m ethernet cable[/quote]
gawhat

but anyways if u can ethernet cable is better than powerline
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#7
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wonderlandSentineldue to my IRL situation changing i can no longer play wired and im forced to play on wifi.SentinelSince im a jew i was thinking more along the lines of a 15m ethernet cablegawhat

but anyways if u can ethernet cable is better than powerline

The modem and router are in the dining room. Last year i lived alone so i could play on the dining room table using a short ethernet cable. This year ive got flatmates and taking up the dining room table and screaming into my mic in a foreign language looks kinda autistic so id prefer to stick to my room while gaming

[quote=wonderland][quote=Sentinel]due to my IRL situation changing i can no longer play wired and im forced to play on wifi.[/quote]
[quote=Sentinel]Since im a jew i was thinking more along the lines of a 15m ethernet cable[/quote]
gawhat

but anyways if u can ethernet cable is better than powerline[/quote]


The modem and router are in the dining room. Last year i lived alone so i could play on the dining room table using a short ethernet cable. This year ive got flatmates and taking up the dining room table and screaming into my mic in a foreign language looks kinda autistic so id prefer to stick to my room while gaming
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#8
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yea id just run some cable (or if you have phone jack in your room you can put it through that, but you would still have to get to the splitter thingy.. idk what its called)

yea id just run some cable (or if you have phone jack in your room you can put it through that, but you would still have to get to the splitter thingy.. idk what its called)
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#9
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wonderlandyea id just run some cable (or if you have phone jack in your room you can put it through that, but you would still have to get to the splitter thingy.. idk what its called)

No need for a splitter. AFAIK the splitter is used for the cord that goes inside the modem, and then you connect the modem to the router via ethernet and the router has extra ethernet slots if you wanna make a wired connection do something despite having wifi

[quote=wonderland]yea id just run some cable (or if you have phone jack in your room you can put it through that, but you would still have to get to the splitter thingy.. idk what its called)[/quote]


No need for a splitter. AFAIK the splitter is used for the cord that goes inside the modem, and then you connect the modem to the router via ethernet and the router has extra ethernet slots if you wanna make a wired connection do something despite having wifi
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I just meant the box thing where you can patch into all the cat3/5 in your house, you could run the cable to that and then you can put internet through any phone jack in your house. thats how mine is setup. its not actually called a splitter but I have no idea what to call it

I just meant the box thing where you can patch into all the cat3/5 in your house, you could run the cable to that and then you can put internet through any phone jack in your house. thats how mine is setup. its not actually called a splitter but I have no idea what to call it
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