Do I need more?

[Mojo24]

I currently have 150mb fibre broadband with sky. There is sky stream connected to the router, 1 tv in the bedroom, 2 iPhones, 2 iPads and 2 gaming pc all wireless.

I would say at peak time there will be sky streaming on the tv, 2 gaming pc playing online, 2 iPads streaming. Do I need more as I notice sometimes my ping is high and not sure if it’s because everyone using the internet or because it’s wireless.

Oh the router is in the living room nexts to the tv. Gaming pc’s are both in the kitchen. My pc is set to 5GHz.

 

[Caged]

Are you monitoring your usage to see what your peak demand is at? Anything that anybody says here will be a guess.

If we distil your actual question (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem) to "my ping is high when my connection is being used", then the most efficient way to spend money is to replace your router with something that offers good QoS options - I have had to assume you are using the Sky-supplied device here as you've not said otherwise.

 

[Mojo24]

Yes using the sky black router.

 

[ChrisD.]

Yes using the sky black router.

Well done, thanks for the insight.

 

[Caged]

Really getting frustrated with no-effort posting. Anyway, OP you have all the information from me that you need to investigate your issue and best of luck solving it.

 

[Avalon]

Really getting frustrated with no-effort posting. Anyway, OP you have all the information from me that you need to investigate your issue and best of luck solving it.

I thought it was just me, but i'm glad it's not

Op, run a cable (can be just temporary) and test what your ping looks like on wired vs wifi when you have an issue. It's a cheap and low effort way of identifying if it's a wifi issue, or a WAN and beyond issue. Not a lot of point in buying a new router/running a cable properly if the remote server is the issue.

 

[Mojo24]

Apologies the black router is Sky Broadband Hub Q Router 4.2 Hub Full Kit SR203 WiFi. Thank you for the info.

 

[opethdisciple]

First thing to try is using an ethernet cable to see if that improves things.

How far away are you from the router?

If it's impossible to run a cable you could try and ask ISP to send you a WiFi extender which will boost the signal.

 

[mattyfez]

Do I need more?​

I dunno, do you?

my ping is high

Define 'high', are you getting kicked from games due to ping, or do you experience a lot of lag or rubber banding?

My broadband is 150 and I don't have problems, but if there’s 5 people in your house all hammering the connection at the same time, that's a different story.