Suddenly high pings with ethernet -- very strange!

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Hi,

Recently I switched over to using ethernet over wireless, in order to get a more reliable connection. I have had NO problems until yesterday..

Around 5:30pm I noticed my net speed slowing down, I pinged google and my pings were huge (1500ms)..so I switched to wireless and I'm pinging at like 30ms.

I've done everything I can think of (reset router, restart pc, release/renew ip, reinstall drivers etc) but why is this happening? I dont want to use my wireless as it sometimes disconnects and as I play games a lot it is extremley frustrating.

Can anyone help?
Thanks

edit: just want to add, I installed NOTHING on my pc all day.. i was playing WoW all day and changed nothing on my pc
 
So let me get this straight..

You switched to wireless to get a more reliable connection (lol?) And you've said "I pinged google and my pings were huge (1500ms)..so I switched to wireless and I'm pinging at like 30ms." So you switched from wireless to wireless?
 
No. He switched from wireless to ethernet and found he got high pings.

Not really sure what the problem could be...try an updated lan driver? And can you try another router? I know some routers (cough dlink cough) can be utter crud when they want to be.
 
Just saw you already tried re-installing drivers. The only things I can think of to try are, get a second router from somewhere and try it? And maybe get a pci lan card and try that?

And is the cable ok? Wires arn't loose at the plug are they? And what'r the ping time to the router like?
 
hmm, i really dont want to have to get a new router tbh i dont think the problem lies there, i do have another cable ill try it in the morning.

it might be good to note that it is not like a direct connection to my router, i have this thing that runs the connection through the electrical wires in my house, so i have it like:

router --ethernet wire>> box thingy (lol) --electric wires through my house>> another box --ethernet wire>> my pc

maybe a problem is coming from here?
the boxes are "Netgear Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter HDX101"

thanks for the help so far
 
I bet if you ran a cat5 cable from your PC to your router, rather than using the power over ethernet you wouldn't get the problem!
 
your probably right, but im 17 and still live home and my parents wouldnt let me have such a long wire cus my pc is miles from router
 
I've been using wireless for years and never had a problem with dropping connection on my home network. My brothers wireless router would drop connection all the time when set to b+g mode, but if set to g only it would be stable as anything :)

When I was 17 I had a 10m (or 15m) cable that plugged in to my ADSL filer on main phone socket in my hall way -> Router (modem at the time actually) which was in my bedroom, it did look messy though lol!
 
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fobose said:
I've been using wireless for years and never had a problem with dropping connection on my home network. My brothers wireless router would drop connection all the time when set to b+g mode, but if set to g only it would be stable as anything :)

When I was 17 I had a 10m (or 15m) cable that plugged in to my ADSL filer on main phone socket in my hall way -> Router (modem at the time actually) which was in my bedroom, it did look messy though lol!
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my router only has settings: b/g/n, b/g, b

how can i make just g avaliabkle?
 
my pings to bbc.co.uk is 34ms google.co.uk is 48ms (to router or modem 1ms)

DSL Status: UP
DSL Modulation Mode: Auto
DSL Path Mode: INTERLEAVED
Downstream Rate: 7392 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 448 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 4 db
Upstream Margin: 23 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 37
Upstream Line Attenuation: 42
Downstream Transmit Power: 19
Upstream Transmit Power: 11
LOS Errors: 0
 
Clairvoyant said:
my pings to bbc.co.uk is 34ms google.co.uk is 48ms (to router or modem 1ms)

DSL Status: UP
DSL Modulation Mode: Auto
DSL Path Mode: INTERLEAVED
Downstream Rate: 7392 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 448 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 4 db
Upstream Margin: 23 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 37
Upstream Line Attenuation: 42
Downstream Transmit Power: 19
Upstream Transmit Power: 11
LOS Errors: 0
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umm..thanks?
i dont really get what ** trying to say
 
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