Persistent Lagspike. Help!

[n00by_NEWater]

This is an incredibly annoying problem that impedes my work and leisure. When I'm teleconferencing with clients on Skype the constant lagspikes are incredibly annoying. When I'm gaming in a FPS, my latency would grow from 5 to 999, swing back to 5 and spike to 999 again. In Mobas or RTS i.e. League of Legends and Wargame: Red Dragon, it would make me freeze up and eventually cause me to disconnect.

ISP: MobileOne Singapore
Type of Connection: Fiber
Router: TP-Link Archer C7
Firewall: Firewall temporarily disabled, problem still persists.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NEWater
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter VPN - VPN Client:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VPN Client Adapter - VPN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-AC-B2-89-56-C1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Windows Adapter V9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-93-08-2D-E2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Spotflux Virtual Network Device Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-6B-64-29-E1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FC-F8-AE-6D-34-2C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::596c:b757:81b7:1f65%4(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.110(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 26, 2014 2:33:07 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 1, 2150 10:44:34 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 83687598
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-85-08-92-00-90-F5-F4-98-87

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cyberpowerinc.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-F5-F4-98-87
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Windows\system32>

 

[andr3wyong]

This is an incredibly annoying problem that impedes my work and leisure. When I'm teleconferencing with clients on Skype the constant lagspikes are incredibly annoying. When I'm gaming in a FPS, my latency would grow from 5 to 999, swing back to 5 and spike to 999 again. In Mobas or RTS i.e. League of Legends and Wargame: Red Dragon, it would make me freeze up and eventually cause me to disconnect.

ISP: MobileOne Singapore
Type of Connection: Fiber
Router: TP-Link Archer C7
Firewall: Firewall temporarily disabled, problem still persists.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NEWater
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter VPN - VPN Client:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VPN Client Adapter - VPN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-AC-B2-89-56-C1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Windows Adapter V9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-93-08-2D-E2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Spotflux Virtual Network Device Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-6B-64-29-E1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FC-F8-AE-6D-34-2C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::596c:b757:81b7:1f65%4(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.110(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 26, 2014 2:33:07 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 1, 2150 10:44:34 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 83687598
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-85-08-92-00-90-F5-F4-98-87

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cyberpowerinc.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-F5-F4-98-87
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Windows\system32>

I'm using an Archer C7 at my current place (moved my good stuff to my new place ahead of moving) and I can tell you that it's a POS router with constant drops and practically non-functional 5GHz.

And this is the v2 hardware with updated 5GHz card.

 

[andr3wyong]

Also using an Intel AC 7260 with Windows 8.1 and latest Intel website drivers.

 

[n00by_NEWater]

I'm using an Archer C7 at my current place (moved my good stuff to my new place ahead of moving) and I can tell you that it's a POS router with constant drops and practically non-functional 5GHz.

And this is the v2 hardware with updated 5GHz card.

I have the exact same model.

My dad's having problems with a wired connection to his IPTV as well.

Should I change the router? And which brand/model/retailer would you recommend? I'm probably never going to buy from Challenger again.

 

[andr3wyong]

I have the exact same model.

My dad's having problems with a wired connection to his IPTV as well.

Should I change the router? And which brand/model/retailer would you recommend? I'm probably never going to buy from Challenger again.

If you are looking for an AC router then the safe bet would be a Broadcom chipset based router, off the top of my head,
- Asus AC66U
- D-Link DIR-868L
- Asus AC68U
- Netgear R7000

In somewhat ascending order of price. Asus is the safest bet in terms of overall package of firmware user friendliness, warranty and wifi performance.

 

[n00by_NEWater]

If you are looking for an AC router then the safe bet would be a Broadcom chipset based router, off the top of my head,
- Asus AC66U
- D-Link DIR-868L
- Asus AC68U
- Netgear R7000

In somewhat ascending order of price. Asus is the safest bet in terms of overall package of firmware user friendliness, warranty and wifi performance.

Thanks!

I managed to return the bloody thing just in time at Challenger, threw in an additional $110 and got the AC66U. This looks promising. Will report back on progress.

 

[geckoSG]

Do you need IP V6? If not, disable it

 

[VanSaim]

Thanks!

I managed to return the bloody thing just in time at Challenger, threw in an additional $110 and got the AC66U. This looks promising. Will report back on progress.

Why is your DNS set to the Router's Gateway?




DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1