Network adaper vs USB

sanderse · 5 Mar 2012 at 18:39

I was wondering your opinions on this. Are PCI network adapters any faster
than usb wireless adapters? I'm only downstairs from my router and when playing online games my ping spikes from 50 to 700. This happens a lot and is a big pain making games unplayable. Wondering if my USB wireless adpater may
be the cause of this?

HecFam · 5 Mar 2012 at 19:32

I don't think there is a huge difference between the two, most adapters nowdays go to 150mb/s which is very much enough for most households.

I personally have a Tp-link usb adapter and i have no problems with it, If you have a big concern with it it may help to get a more up to date one of either of them.

sanderse · 5 Mar 2012 at 19:34

Ok thanks for the reply. My usb adapter is brand new (bought it 2 weeks ago) Perhaps there is another reason for my ping spikes. Could be Virgin internet playing with the lines but that fact that it occurs on a regular basis leads me to believe otherwise

ots3go · 5 Mar 2012 at 19:40

As long as your USB adapter is plugged into a USB2.0 or higher USB port, you should see similar results.

ecksmen · 5 Mar 2012 at 19:45

sanderse said:
Ok thanks for the reply. My usb adapter is brand new (bought it 2 weeks ago) Perhaps there is another reason for my ping spikes. Could be Virgin internet playing with the lines but that fact that it occurs on a regular basis leads me to believe otherwise

Ping something on your local network and see if it spikes, such as the default gateway. If this also spikes its a local issue or if its constant then it would suggest the issue is outside your local subnet.

Code:

ping -t 192.168.0.1

If you want to do it for a while then pipe it out to a text file if the command prompt buffers aren't enough.

Code:

ping -t 192.168.0.1 > c:\pingresult.txt

Replace 192.168.0.1 with your gateway.

Whats my gateway?

Code:

ipconfig /all | find /i "gateway"

sanderse · 6 Mar 2012 at 16:29

"Ping something on your local network and see if it spikes, such as the default gateway. If this also spikes its a local issue or if its constant then it would suggest the issue is outside your local subnet"

How do I go about doing this? Thx

ots3go · 6 Mar 2012 at 18:45

sanderse said:
"Ping something on your local network and see if it spikes, such as the default gateway. If this also spikes its a local issue or if its constant then it would suggest the issue is outside your local subnet"

How do I go about doing this? Thx

Open up command prompt.

Type the above command to find the IP address of your local gateway.

Then simply type "ping x.x.x.x -t" into the command prompt. (x.x.x.x being your gateway address).