Worth Upgrading? - Gaming pings
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:46 am
Hi,
I am considering purchasing a new router to allow me to run Gargoyle (currently looking at the TP-LINK TL-WDR4300).
The problem I am having is high/spiking pings in online games when my housemate is downloading on the wi-fi.
I have tried setting up QoS on my current modem/router which is a Netgear DGN2000v4, but this has not been very effective at all, pings still spiking from 30-40 ping to up to 200 when the wi-fi is in use.
I have an adsl2 connection with roughly 16mbps down and 1mbps upload speeds. I am wondering how effectively I could control bandwidth via QoS or throttling with Gargoyle? Is it likely that I could set up it in up such a way as to maintain low pings while gaming despite what ever else is happening on the network, or is it likely that I would still experience disruptions?
All of my experiences with QoS in the past have been less than impressive so I just wanted to get some opinions before I shell out for a new router.
Thanks,
Andy
I am considering purchasing a new router to allow me to run Gargoyle (currently looking at the TP-LINK TL-WDR4300).
The problem I am having is high/spiking pings in online games when my housemate is downloading on the wi-fi.
I have tried setting up QoS on my current modem/router which is a Netgear DGN2000v4, but this has not been very effective at all, pings still spiking from 30-40 ping to up to 200 when the wi-fi is in use.
I have an adsl2 connection with roughly 16mbps down and 1mbps upload speeds. I am wondering how effectively I could control bandwidth via QoS or throttling with Gargoyle? Is it likely that I could set up it in up such a way as to maintain low pings while gaming despite what ever else is happening on the network, or is it likely that I would still experience disruptions?
All of my experiences with QoS in the past have been less than impressive so I just wanted to get some opinions before I shell out for a new router.
Thanks,
Andy