Hi there!
Like the title says, I have an N66U with 380.70 currently on it (latest supported version). Everything is working great (connectivity, range, customization is amazing) except for a ping/latency issue.
If I ping google from my PC connected to the router, every 5-10 seconds it spikes to 100-400 ms. It is a constant 40 ms save for these spikes. Pinging the router sees these same issues, spiking to up to 300ms at times (otherwise reads <1ms). Talking on the home phone has been very jittery and cuts out and these ping spikes make online gaming pretty unplayable with frequent lag spikes. These problems go away if I connect directly to the modem, at least with gaming on my PC.
I did some snooping around and I found that Merlin already talked about this issue in this thread (https://www.snbforums.com/threads/excessive-latency-on-all-connections-with-high-spikes.11171/), but the solution beta firmware he offers is from 2013. I wanted to know if anyone has had this problem recently and has fixed it. Should I use the latest firmware from Asus or another custom firmware? Or roll-back Merlin's firmware?
Thank you very much for the help.
Like the title says, I have an N66U with 380.70 currently on it (latest supported version). Everything is working great (connectivity, range, customization is amazing) except for a ping/latency issue.
If I ping google from my PC connected to the router, every 5-10 seconds it spikes to 100-400 ms. It is a constant 40 ms save for these spikes. Pinging the router sees these same issues, spiking to up to 300ms at times (otherwise reads <1ms). Talking on the home phone has been very jittery and cuts out and these ping spikes make online gaming pretty unplayable with frequent lag spikes. These problems go away if I connect directly to the modem, at least with gaming on my PC.
I did some snooping around and I found that Merlin already talked about this issue in this thread (https://www.snbforums.com/threads/excessive-latency-on-all-connections-with-high-spikes.11171/), but the solution beta firmware he offers is from 2013. I wanted to know if anyone has had this problem recently and has fixed it. Should I use the latest firmware from Asus or another custom firmware? Or roll-back Merlin's firmware?
Thank you very much for the help.