Need help with a USB network adapter

FirstContact · July 18, 2017

I own a Netgear WNDA3100v3 N600 USB Network adapter because the router is too damn far away for me to use an ethernet cable. Basically, this thing is fine for just browsing the web. But when I try to play games, the ping fucking destroys my ass. I'm talking jumps from 20-30ish to over 1000ms around once a minute-ish. Because of this I've been pretty much barred from playing any game at a level even close to competitive. I've spoken with Netgear support 3 times now. They're useless. First time the lady was supposed to call me back and didn't. Second time the guy got my email wrong (I told him to just send me the flowchart he was using), and the third time they finally got my email right and it was just some links to shitty articles with vague troubleshooting steps that I'd already seen multiple times. So that's why I'm here. I can provide logs where I ping my router or the logs of various ping tests for proof if needed.

PS: I've tested the ping of multiple other devices on this network to see if it was on my ISPs end, and they were fine. No spikes.

Thanks in advance!