Help on Wifi Gaming

[Mhist]

I'm living in a small upper ground house with my mom and brother. Both of us play games while my mom watch a lot of streaming TV Series and Movies sometimes.

I'm Using a modem and a router for my connection. Router model is Asus RT-N56U. I play a lot of DotA games. If I'm the only one using the internet I get 19-25 ping, If I'm with my brother playing it goes 20-40 ping, sometimes also shoot up to 80. If we are all at the house and mom is watching, ping goes crazy high and unplayable. Our internet connection is 25mbps which should be enough but it isn't. The modem I'm using is from my ISP.

Should I get something like a new all-in-one (Modem + Router) for my connection to fix it or should I just change the modem or router? Not sure how to fix it. Doesn't have any problem with the signal as we all have strong signal through out the house. Never get one signal drop on wifi. No one uses a wired connection btw and we have 2 PC, 1 TV Box, 1 iPad, 3 Phones and 1 Wireless Printer and that's it. Thanks for any help solving it.

[Billy_Mays]

1 minute ago, Mhist said:

I'm living in a small upper ground house with my mom and brother. Both of us play games while my mom watch a lot of streaming TV Series and Movies sometimes.

I'm Using a modem and a router for my connection. Router model is Asus RT-N56U. I play a lot of DotA games. If I'm the only one using the internet I get 19-25 ping, If I'm with my brother playing it goes 20-40 ping, sometimes also shoot up to 80. If we are all at the house and mom is watching, ping goes crazy high and unplayable. Our internet connection is 25mbps which should be enough but it isn't. The modem I'm using is from my ISP.

Should I get something like a new all-in-one (Modem + Router) for my connection to fix it or should I just change the modem or router? Not sure how to fix it. Doesn't have any problem with the signal as we all have strong signal through out the house. Never get one signal drop on wifi. No one uses a wired connection btw and we have 2 PC, 1 TV Box, 1 iPad, 3 Phones and 1 Wireless Printer and that's it. Thanks for any help solving it.

I play with about 100 or even higher so it's not bad

[ARikozuM]

Can you wire the house for Ethernet? It's a bit expensive at about $400 USD, but it's worth every penny.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

at about $400 USD

how does one even estimate the BOM of wiring a house for ethernet if you dont know said house?

[ARikozuM]

5 minutes ago, manikyath said:

how does one even estimate the BOM of wiring a house for ethernet if you dont know said house?

 

15 minutes ago, Mhist said:

I'm living in a small upper ground house with my mom and brother. 

The wire (1000M), tools, plates, jacks for the wall plates, and jacks for the cables themselves. Cost for my house was ~260 USD. About $400 is the average price for the houses that I've done. It should be much lower if he only intends to wire for one room. 

 

8-port switches go for about $50.

[The Benjamins]

QOS can help when a lot of people are using the internet. Microwaves can interfere with WIFI a lot so keep the hot pockets to minimum.

If your house has good wiring a power line adapter can get around the WIFI interference issues.

[luigi90210]

set your QOS settings so your computer has priority over everyone else

[Lethalmonk]

Might not be your router nor modem. Call your internet provider and tell them to increase your bandwidth

[Mhist]

11 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

Can you wire the house for Ethernet? It's a bit expensive at about $400 USD, but it's worth every penny.

I'll probably do that if I own the house. I would prefer also a wired connection. I notice each room has a ethernet jack. Not sure if I can use it or do something about its wiring. I talked to my ISP before about it and told me that I can only use one ethernet jack and they need to activate it from the outside to be used so I can't just change the location of my Modem and Router.

10 hours ago, The Benjamins said:

QOS can help when a lot of people are using the internet. Microwaves can interfere with WIFI a lot so keep the hot pockets to minimum.

If your house has good wiring a power line adapter can get around the WIFI interference issues.

Not sure what you meant about to keep the hot pockets to minimum and how to avoid microwave from interfering? Does it only interfere when used or not?

4 hours ago, luigi90210 said:

set your QOS settings so your computer has priority over everyone else

Any help about setting that one up? Not sure how I suppose to do that.

4 hours ago, Lethalmonk said:

Might not be your router nor modem. Call your internet provider and tell them to increase your bandwidth

By Bandwidth you mean asking for a higher internet speed right?

[The Benjamins]

2 hours ago, Mhist said:

I'll probably do that if I own the house. I would prefer also a wired connection. I notice each room has a ethernet jack. Not sure if I can use it or do something about its wiring. I talked to my ISP before about it and told me that I can only use one ethernet jack and they need to activate it from the outside to be used so I can't just change the location of my Modem and Router.

Not sure what you meant about to keep the hot pockets to minimum and how to avoid microwave from interfering? Does it only interfere when used or not?

Any help about setting that one up? Not sure how I suppose to do that.

By Bandwidth you mean asking for a higher internet speed right?

The microwave only causes interference when it is in use.

 

[luigi90210]

23 hours ago, Mhist said:

I'll probably do that if I own the house. I would prefer also a wired connection. I notice each room has a ethernet jack. Not sure if I can use it or do something about its wiring. I talked to my ISP before about it and told me that I can only use one ethernet jack and they need to activate it from the outside to be used so I can't just change the location of my Modem and Router.

Not sure what you meant about to keep the hot pockets to minimum and how to avoid microwave from interfering? Does it only interfere when used or not?

Any help about setting that one up? Not sure how I suppose to do that.

By Bandwidth you mean asking for a higher internet speed right?

well google your router model and see if it supports QOS and if it supports QOS than log into your router and change the setting so that your computer/IP has the highest priority for all internet traffic. You might need to give yourself a static IP address to setup QOS. 

 

only downside to this is you will be slowing down your moms and brothers internet when you're online and it might piss them off.