I’ve got spectrum on a Linksys Pro Mesh with three nodes. We can stream movies in multiple rooms, service coverage is fairly good. Playing COD MW2, I lag constantly. When I do a speed check, even while lagging I get over 250 Mbps with between 30 and 60 at worst ping over wi-fi. I play online over wi-fi about 15 feet from the parent node and I have the PS5 strictly on the 5ghz band. How can I find out if it is the COD network, my mesh network, the service from spectrum, or some other limitation? Would a hard connection make that big a difference?

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Posted by CAD703X

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Posted on 8/27/23 at 11:06 am to SFCSaint77

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Would a hard connection make that big a difference?

start here. Eliminate WiFi interference as step 1. Make sure it's smooth over Ethernet and if not you'll know which direction to take.

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Posted by SlackMaster

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Posted on 8/27/23 at 12:27 pm to CAD703X

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Make sure it's smooth over Ethernet and if not you'll know which direction to take.

This. It’s the best first step in the process of elimination. Plug it directly into the parent node with a long patch cable.

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Posted by captron

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Posted on 8/27/23 at 2:30 pm to SFCSaint77

If hard wiring helps a second step may be to check the amount of activity on the different WiFI channels. I don't know the density of where you live but if it's an apartment an app like this may help find lesser congested channels.

WiFI_Overview

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Posted by SFCSaint77

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Posted on 8/27/23 at 5:41 pm to CAD703X

Thanks, going to pick up a Ethernet cable tomorrow and try. Will follow up

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Posted by BrounHaller

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Posted on 8/28/23 at 4:42 pm to SFCSaint77

Use a Wi-Fi scanner and scan all the Wi-Fi access points in your neighborhood and find out what channels they are on. I use WiFi Analyzer and Scanner from the Windows Store. Once you find that out, make sure you don’t go on those channels by configuring your WiFi router in admin settings. If you need help, list the model number of the router and I can dig up some instructions.