Asus rt-ac68p Game Lags with Bridge

[cor_mann]

Hello,

I'm posting this question in the Asus forum because I have the rt-ac68p router, but my issue may not be router-specific. Someone please let me know if this is the wrong sub-forum.

When playing multiplayer games (specifically, Battlefield 4), I am encountering frequent, noticeable lag. Before joining a server, my ping is reported as low, but it invariably goes up once I join the server.

My connection is 1. wired gigabit ethernet on Windows 8.1 PC to 2. a WD My Net AC Wi-Fi Bridge wirelessly connected to 3. the Asus router. My firmware is Release 10 of the Merlin-Fork. Aside from gaming, all other WAN/LAN related tasks appear to work well (with the except of occasional sudden transfer speed drops when transferring files between machines on my local network).

I have tested the game on another machine directly wired via gigabit to the Asus router and it works fine. This leads me to believe that the issue is my particular setup (either wireless in general or Bridge specifically). Also, I have run various online bandwidth speed and quality tests using the "Bridged" PC and the results seem good (fast internet, no dropped packets, average-to-low latency, and little jitter.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[L&LD]

Are you running the older fork by john9527? Did you test different Tx power settings?

You may want to try hggomes fork which is based on the latest RMerlin release but fully unlocks the Tx power levels.

Either way, yes, your issue is some kind of interaction between the main Asus router and the WD bridge.

Try using a different channel for the bridge or even a different band. Try moving the router and / or bridge slightly with respect to each other and to their surroundings and also adjusting the antennae positions.

Could you draw even a crude diagram that indicates the relative positions of the devices in a 3D space and also indicates ground level too along with approximate distances?

I am guessing that using a different channel and /or band for the bridge will greatly improve your issues. Positioning of the router / bridge / antennae may give you the full improvement.

 

[cor_mann]

Are you running the older fork by john9527? Did you test different Tx power settings?

You may want to try hggomes fork which is based on the latest RMerlin release but fully unlocks the Tx power levels.

Either way, yes, your issue is some kind of interaction between the main Asus router and the WD bridge.

Try using a different channel for the bridge or even a different band. Try moving the router and / or bridge slightly with respect to each other and to their surroundings and also adjusting the antennae positions.

Could you draw even a crude diagram that indicates the relative positions of the devices in a 3D space and also indicates ground level too along with approximate distances?

I am guessing that using a different channel and /or band for the bridge will greatly improve your issues. Positioning of the router / bridge / antennae may give you the full improvement.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I am using john9527's latest fork version. I already used telnet to increase the Tx power levels. I'm going to try changing the channel or possibly band. I honestly don't think that it's the positioning between the router and bridge. I have multiple USB wireless cards that have no problem connecting to the router. They aren't as fast (wireless-N), but they don't exhibit the same problems (they do have higher latency, though). For the bridge, Netalyzer reports that it encountered bursts of packet loss, one of which was a 0.6 second outage. This doesn't occur with my other dongles. It seems that it's intermittent.

Thanks again. Are there any router settings that may help with online gaming?

 

[Rankdropper84]

Did you figure this out?