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    Wireless problem for games.

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by willhub, Jan 2, 2010.

  1. willhub

    willhub Notebook Geek

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    Hi.

    My rotuer is on 54mbps wireless I think, now in a game like UT2K4 on a fast server, I'm jumping all over the place for some reason, when I switched to wired, it is fine. Can wireless not cope with games?


    Thanks
    Will.
     
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  2. Mastershroom

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    Your router may be capable of 54Mbps, but is that what you're actually getting? Click the wireless icon in your taskbar, right click the network you're connected to and select "Status".
     
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  3. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Normally Lag is what kills you on a wireless. Most all 11g router will throughput ~30mbps after overhead is removed. Then if you have more than 1 device it's shared across the bandwidth.
     
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  4. willhub

    willhub Notebook Geek

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    Well it's the only device on the the router that is active atm, we only have this laptop and my parents PC, maybe my desktop at some parts of the year, but for now just this PC.

    I checked the status and it is indeed operating at 54.0mbps. Some other games seem ok, just UT2004 I'm standing there and I suddenly move like 2ft in game.
     
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  5. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    How much other wireless traffic is there in your neighborhood (i.e., how many other wireless networks can your system "see")? It's possible, in combination with the greater overhead wireless creates, that there is other wireless traffic out there that is causing collisions with your network (and thus slowing down your wireless network).
     
    Shyster1, Jan 3, 2010
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