Hello I come here with a big issue that I have had for awhile maybe 2 years?

[Danielh90]

So I play minecraft and when I try and connect to ANY server I get bad lag right when I login and sometimes I can't even play because it so bad. I have figure it out that is my internet but I have the best internet that I can get where I live so I was thinking I have ton of technology another computers phones, laptop etc I have 6 people living in my house right now. Its all going threw one router so after thinking about the router is getting hammered a ton. So I was wonder if I bought another router and split half of the device go on one and the other half go on another would that balance the internet and would that fix my minecraft issue? (Hope this all makes sense) 

[Skiiwee29]

4 minutes ago, Danielh90 said:

So I play minecraft and when I try and connect to ANY server I get bad lag right when I login and sometimes I can't even play because it so bad. I have figure it out that is my internet but I have the best internet that I can get where I live so I was thinking I have ton of technology another computers phones, laptop etc I have 6 people living in my house right now. Its all going threw one router so after thinking about the router is getting hammered a ton. So I was wonder if I bought another router and split half of the device go on one and the other half go on another would that balance the internet and would that fix my minecraft issue? (Hope this all makes sense) 

Classic wifi interference. If you do get a 2nd router and put it in Access Point mode only and on a separate wireless channel from your other router, it could help. Routers have channels on the 2.4ghz range from 1 to 11. Only 1, 6, 11 do NOT overlap. So best would be to get a wifi analyzer and check for interference around you before deciding which channels to set them at. 

[Danielh90]

4 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

Classic wifi interference. If you do get a 2nd router and put it in Access Point mode only and on a separate wireless channel from your other router, it could help. Routers have channels on the 2.4ghz range from 1 to 11. Only 1, 6, 11 do NOT overlap. So best would be to get a wifi analyzer and check for interference around you before deciding which channels to set them at. 

Ok my computer is ethernet connected not wireless. 

[Dargenfire]

First and foremost, try playing with your PC connected to your router via Ethernet instead of Wifi. If that doesn't help, we'll try other stuff.

[Danielh90]

1 minute ago, Dargenfire said:

First and foremost, try playing with your PC connected to your router via Ethernet instead of Wifi. If that doesn't help, we'll try other stuff.

My pc is connect to ethernet  still having the issue. 

[Dargenfire]

Are you able to access Quality of Service settings on your router? (QoS)

 

This is basically a VIP list that can tell the router to prioritise the packets of data Minecraft is sending through the router (basically skipping the queue that causes latency issues).

[Danielh90]

2 minutes ago, Dargenfire said:

Are you able to access Quality of Service settings on your router? (QoS)

 

This is basically a VIP list that can tell the router to prioritise the packets of data Minecraft is sending through the router (basically skipping the queue that causes latency issues).

I believe so Also I read something saying that routers can block ports if they get used a ton could that be the case? 

[Skiiwee29]

5 minutes ago, Danielh90 said:

Ok my computer is ethernet connected not wireless. 

if your ethernet, then likely getting a 2nd router will do nothing to help. You can have all the different routers you want, but it all still goes through one pipe, your ISP modem. Sounds like with many people on and using it, you are out of bandwidth and nothing you can do will help that unless you can get faster provisioning from your ISP.

[Danielh90]

2 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

if your ethernet, then likely getting a 2nd router will do nothing to help. You can have all the different routers you want, but it all still goes through one pipe, your ISP modem. Sounds like with many people on and using it, you are out of bandwidth and nothing you can do will help that unless you can get faster provisioning from your ISP.

Ok or remove devices? 

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, Danielh90 said:

Ok or remove devices? 

Yea, best thing to test this is to shut down/stop using those other devices and see if the issue continues. 

[Danielh90]

2 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

Yea, best thing to test this is to shut down/stop using those other devices and see if the issue continues. 

Ok Thank you