Constant lag spikes

[tornados2111]

Hey, I play competitive vidya games so getting ping spikes is really really frustrating... It's just an hour a day that I need decent connection.

So my internet is actually ok, it seems like I get lag spikes when the other computer in the house is doing something. I've done extensive testing on this. I have tried doing QOS on my cisco router but that setting doesn't exist there...

I have tried a few different tests. Most importantly, set up a web page to automatically reload every 5 seconds on my computer, and try and play. Results are that I haven't gotten a single lag spike above 100 ping. Now repeat this, but have the same webpage reload on the other computer. Suddenly I am getting very often lag spikes. I am going to make some conclusions about this and you guys can tell me if I am right. Firstly, my internet speed is not a bottleneck since reloading on my own computer couldn't make the game lag. Secondly, to me it seems like the problem is therefore wifi interference. Both of these computers are over wifi. I should note that the other computer isn't loading videos or anything. Just loading a lot of ebay sites with pictures. So this is the only explanation I can think of. Please let me know if it could be something else.

In addition, i downloaded a program on the other computer called Netbalancer. My idea was to make 50kb/s the max speed which made pics load really slow but drastically decreased ping spikes and made them rarer.

 

This isn't a permanent solution and so I am wondering if buying ethernet would fix this problem. As a student, it's not easy to throw away money like that, especially considering it might take a 30m or even longer cable to run it to my room. Thanks for your help guys!

[tornados2111]

bump...?

[KTFO|SGTmoody]

Probably is due to the fact that the other PC is hogging your connection when its active over wifi.

What wifi is it that you have?   B, G, N etc?

are you a long way from the wifi point.  how many walls?

 

You will allways be better of with a cable.  You can get hold of 30m of cable quite cheeply if you know where to look    

IE http://www.amazon.co.uk/30m-Professional-Network-Cable-Black/dp/B002RSTXBK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1409688881&sr=8-4&keywords=cat5e+30m

[tornados2111]

Probably is due to the fact that the other PC is hogging your connection when its active over wifi.

What wifi is it that you have?   B, G, N etc?

are you a long way from the wifi point.  how many walls?

 

You will allways be better of with a cable.  You can get hold of 30m of cable quite cheeply if you know where to look    

IE http://www.amazon.co.uk/30m-Professional-Network-Cable-Black/dp/B002RSTXBK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1409688881&sr=8-4&keywords=cat5e+30m

yes, it's B,G,N as far as I remember. And I am about 15-20 metres from the wifi point, with 2 walls in between. I guess I will be looking for a cable then, thanks