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The router is on the same room than me, no more than 2m away.
I can see the 1200mbs connection in VD.
Using the VD overlay I can see that my latency fluctuates between 42 and 45, with some spikes fast enough that I can not read (when the shuttering happens)
All the settings on the router were left by default except the dual band option so I can leave 5ghz exclusivity to Oculus.
I have also tried to lower to the minimum all settings on VD and on Alyx but the shuttering persist.
What do you have running on windows in task manager?
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Hmm.
Does it only happen to games on Steam? What about Oculus games using Virtual desktop
If it doesn't happen on Oculus Games in Virtual desktop. Then you should try rolling back the Nvidia drivers to 446.14. There a problem with the current drivers causing stuttering in Steam VR. Installing the older drivers might solve your problem.
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Hi all, sorry I have posted the same question in another thread but they are both related.
I got the Quest 2 for Christmas and as a big hater of cables I have bought the Honor 3 router so I could have an smooth wireless experience.
Unfortunately I get some shuttering while playing Alyx.
My set up is as follow:
My PC is a ryzen 3600x with a 3070.
Honor router connected by cable to the PC (gigabit) and 5ghz exclusively for oculus.
I have tried to play the game with oculus link and runs smooth as anything but VD is not behaving so nicely
Any suggestions? I have, tried with different codecs already, and lowering the bitrate to minimum on VD but no joy.
I had a very similar problem, I fixed this by clicking on the Half-Life program on the pc to make sure it was in front of other programs, if I'd VD or other programs at the front I would get stutter.
Strange issue but this fixed it.
I tried a few oculus games, they looked ok. Some of them smoother than others but none as bas as Alyx.
Unfortunately I can not try that Driver version as my GPU wasn't out yet and is incompatible with it. I have then tried updating to the very latest (from 2 days ago) and no joy.
I have also managed to decrease the latency to 35ish by changing some options in VD but the shuttering stills present
On some other forum they have told me that this is normal with Alyx and that VD is preparing a patch for it but I cannot find anything online about the matter.
Cat5e is plenty, unless the cable is faulty. The Max bitrate of Virtual desktop is only 150Mbs.
True... but I’m running out of ideas. I have bought a CAT 8 online as those are shielded. Probably won’t make any difference but I don’t know what else to try
If this works, it's because your current cable is faulty, not because you need Cat 8. An easier and cheaper way to check would be to swap the Cat 5e cable from something else and see does it still happen.
I have to correct myself, I have tried with a few oculus games and it is also happening there, it is not SteamVr exclusive
When using the Overlay there is 4 different sections. Network, Encode, Decode and Game. When the stuttering happens, what happens with those 4 values? Which ones spike the most.
And it happens in all games?
What version of Virtual Streamer are you running?
In the Virtual Streamer have you disabled "Automatically Adjust Bitrate" ?? And set the preferred codec to H.264.
In the streamer settings, Set the VR Graphics to high, VR bitrate to 90, FPS to 90 and enable spliced encoding.
When you say you have the 5Ghz exclusively for the Quest 2, is the Quest 2 the only device that connects? No other device can connect? Have you set the channel bandwidth to 80hz? Some routers default to 20/40hz. Also have you enabled wifi 6?
EDIT: just checking, is the Router setup as an Access point or is it the router used to access the internet?
Also, if everything else above fails, keep the same settings in Virtual desktop, but enable "Video Buffering" as well. It increases latency, but does reduce stutters.
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I don't want to say too laud, still some testing to do, but I think you nailed it!
I had the router configured as DHCP and I have changed it now to Bridge (AP) and that made a huge difference!
I can still see some ocasional shuttering and hand tracking tiny glitches, but this is playable now!
I had the router configured as DHCP and I have changed it now to Bridge (AP) and that made a huge difference!
I can still see some ocasional shuttering and hand tracking tiny glitches, but this is playable now!
sshhhh, quiet!! Don't jinx it
Hope it continues to work. Try a few of those other settings too. The 80hz mode and Wifi 6 mode, if you haven't already.
And some of the other Virtual desktop settings might be worth testing again.
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Please bear with me, networking is an unfathomable mystery to me...
My BT Homehub is downstairs, my pc is upstairs connected to the Homehub's WIFI.
I'm in rented accommodation and although I'd like to route some ethernet cable, I don't really want to go that route if I can avoid it.
I have just started playing around with Virtual Desktop using my PC's mobile hotspot (as a side note I've only once had an issue where it wouldn't share the 5Ghz, most of the time it just offers this straight away with no fuss. I'm on Windows 10 Home).
Using the PC Mobile Hotspot I played Skyrim VR yesterday and latency was a bit hit or miss. The best performance was latency at around 40 in-game but usually when I connect it's more like double that.
Knowing nothing about networks, and without researching properly, I went and got myself an Archer AX1800. Now that I have researched a little more I see that the AX1800 would need to be plugged directly into the Homehub via ethernet cable in order to use it as an Access Point. I cant do that without installing cat5/6 cable between the Homehub and the PC room.
-Can I simply plug the AX1800 into the back of my PC and then connect the Quest 2 to that via WIFI?
-Is there any point doing that anyway? Is it actually likely to work better than using the PC's Mobile Hotspot?
-if feasible, how would I go about installing it? Set the router as an Access Point, plug it into the PC and then connect the Quest 2 to the AX1800's WIFI?
Sorry for the n00b questions
[edit] I'm thinking about buying some powerline adaptors. Would this improve my situation if they play nicely with my home's wiring?
My BT Homehub is downstairs, my pc is upstairs connected to the Homehub's WIFI.
I'm in rented accommodation and although I'd like to route some ethernet cable, I don't really want to go that route if I can avoid it.
I have just started playing around with Virtual Desktop using my PC's mobile hotspot (as a side note I've only once had an issue where it wouldn't share the 5Ghz, most of the time it just offers this straight away with no fuss. I'm on Windows 10 Home).
Using the PC Mobile Hotspot I played Skyrim VR yesterday and latency was a bit hit or miss. The best performance was latency at around 40 in-game but usually when I connect it's more like double that.
Knowing nothing about networks, and without researching properly, I went and got myself an Archer AX1800. Now that I have researched a little more I see that the AX1800 would need to be plugged directly into the Homehub via ethernet cable in order to use it as an Access Point. I cant do that without installing cat5/6 cable between the Homehub and the PC room.
-Can I simply plug the AX1800 into the back of my PC and then connect the Quest 2 to that via WIFI?
-Is there any point doing that anyway? Is it actually likely to work better than using the PC's Mobile Hotspot?
-if feasible, how would I go about installing it? Set the router as an Access Point, plug it into the PC and then connect the Quest 2 to the AX1800's WIFI?
Sorry for the n00b questions
[edit] I'm thinking about buying some powerline adaptors. Would this improve my situation if they play nicely with my home's wiring?
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Please bear with me, networking is an unfathomable mystery to me...
My BT Homehub is downstairs, my pc is upstairs connected to the Homehub's WIFI.
I'm in rented accommodation and although I'd like to route some ethernet cable, I don't really want to go that route if I can avoid it.
I have just started playing around with Virtual Desktop using my PC's mobile hotspot (as a side note I've only once had an issue where it wouldn't share the 5Ghz, most of the time it just offers this straight away with no fuss. I'm on Windows 10 Home).
Using the PC Mobile Hotspot I played Skyrim VR yesterday and latency was a bit hit or miss. The best performance was latency at around 40 in-game but usually when I connect it's more like double that.
Knowing nothing about networks, and without researching properly, I went and got myself an Archer AX1800. Now that I have researched a little more I see that the AX1800 would need to be plugged directly into the Homehub via ethernet cable in order to use it as an Access Point. I cant do that without installing cat5/6 cable between the Homehub and the PC room.
-Can I simply plug the AX1800 into the back of my PC and then connect the Quest 2 to that via WIFI?
-Is there any point doing that anyway? Is it actually likely to work better than using the PC's Mobile Hotspot?
-if feasible, how would I go about installing it? Set the router as an Access Point, plug it into the PC and then connect the Quest 2 to the AX1800's WIFI?
Sorry for the n00b questions
[edit] I'm thinking about buying some powerline adaptors. Would this improve my situation if they play nicely with my home's wiring?
Yeah, Powerline adapters will work as long as the wiring in your house is ok. The problem with powerline adapters will be the latency when you are playing Multiplayer games. They do have more latency than running a network cable.
But, it will still be an improvement over your current setup. And for single player games like Skyrim VR, you will find it a massive improvement. A Wifi 6 router with a dedicated 5Ghz channel for the Quest 2, you will be getting under 40ms most, if not all, of the time.
As melmac says Powerline adapters are likely to be best option. I have used in the past and do work well. You'd run Cat5e patch lead to your downstairs BT hub and have upstairs powerline patched in to your AX1800 then your quest can connect to it. You'll likely be best to set up a 5ghz ssid/password on AX1800 so only have the quest 2 connecting to it. I don't do that on mine as have no devices other than quest connecting to my BT hub so others may advise better.
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@melmac & @koh thank you both 
So downstairs I would plug a powerline adaptor into a wall socket near to the BT Homehub and then attach it to one of the lan ports on the Homehub using a patch cable.
Upstairs I would plug the 2nd powerline into a socket near my pc and attach this using another patch cable to the Archer AX1800 (presumably via the WAN port?), and then plug the AX1800 into the PC (presumably using a lan port on the AX1800?)?
Is the AX1800 now an "Access Point" in this scenario?
Is this how it should look?
BT Homehub - powerline - [....dodgy home wiring....] - powerline - AX1800 - PC
or
BT Homehub - powerline - [....dodgy home wiring....] - powerline - PC - AX1800
I guess this mean I can ditch my mobo's onboard wifi for my usual PC online stuff since my PC will be attached to the AX1800?
Is this how it works in n00b-speak?:
My BT Homehub sends both the 2.4Ghz & 5GHz wifi signal through the house but I password protect the 5Ghz band on the Homehub so rest of the household can only access the 2.4Ghz band. I also password protect the AX1800 to make sure no one else can access the 5Ghz band from there.
Will my PC use just 2.4Ghz for browsing/gaming etc, leaving the 5Ghz available on the AX1800 soley for Quest 2 Virtual Desktop usage, or should my PC be able to use the 5Ghz band too?
Sorry for all the questions
So downstairs I would plug a powerline adaptor into a wall socket near to the BT Homehub and then attach it to one of the lan ports on the Homehub using a patch cable.
Upstairs I would plug the 2nd powerline into a socket near my pc and attach this using another patch cable to the Archer AX1800 (presumably via the WAN port?), and then plug the AX1800 into the PC (presumably using a lan port on the AX1800?)?
Is the AX1800 now an "Access Point" in this scenario?
Is this how it should look?
BT Homehub - powerline - [....dodgy home wiring....] - powerline - AX1800 - PC
or
BT Homehub - powerline - [....dodgy home wiring....] - powerline - PC - AX1800
I guess this mean I can ditch my mobo's onboard wifi for my usual PC online stuff since my PC will be attached to the AX1800?
Is this how it works in n00b-speak?:
My BT Homehub sends both the 2.4Ghz & 5GHz wifi signal through the house but I password protect the 5Ghz band on the Homehub so rest of the household can only access the 2.4Ghz band. I also password protect the AX1800 to make sure no one else can access the 5Ghz band from there.
Will my PC use just 2.4Ghz for browsing/gaming etc, leaving the 5Ghz available on the AX1800 soley for Quest 2 Virtual Desktop usage, or should my PC be able to use the 5Ghz band too?
Sorry for all the questions