WiFi might be the main cause of the ping issues. I would test on Ethernet to rule it out.
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QuincyPigBoy@lemmy.world 2 days agoI’m honestly not sure. I think it might be. When I play games, my ping is high. I’m not sure if you play anything but battlefield 1 was around 100, even though I think that’s an issue with the lobbies. Arc Raiders is giving me regular network/performance issue icons. I’m getting a ping and packet loss notification multiple times per game.
I’m on xfinity in Massachusetts so it supposed to be one of the top performance providers in the country.
And yeah, I’ll likely ditch the Eero and buy Orbi satellites if I don’t get rid of it all and start with a new system.
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 day ago
Test your real ping from the modem and from a wired connection directly (no wifi).
That will give you a good reference of what to expect in term of latency and bandwidth. Do the test multiple time at different moment of the day. The best results are usually during the night, after midnight. If you have optic fiber, the difference should not be so big.
If the ping is bad from this point, no materials in the home would fix that unfortunately.
For gaming, it’s better to rely on wired connection than wifi. Even more if the wifi is bouncing from wifi relay to the modem.