Ping Spikes in the morning

[4mrtn1]

Issues:
- Large ping spikes in the morning before 11:00AM making gaming impossible, lag of around 100 - 150ping to servers. Happened 2 days in a row.

Setup:

- Wifi to Bell Modem (Giga Hub) - 5G - no other router

- Apartment complex

- Gaming on COD Black ops 6

Tests

- Tried wired and it's consistent 2 - 4 ping to 8.8.8.8

- Tried wireless and it's inconsistent between 10 - 50 ping to 8.8.8.8

- AFTER 11:00AM or so, the wireless ping goes back down to 2 - 4 ping

(I did not move the modem at all, it just magically starts being consistent again). 

Not sure what the issue is. 

[Vanadiel · Accepted solution]

Likely others using the same band for their WiFi. Common issue in an apartment complex. You can try manually moving the wifi band to a different one, but you would need to make sure the new band is not saturated either.

They have phone apps to scan areas for wifi signals and provide a visual overview of the various bands in use.

[4mrtn1]

Thanks for the help, do you have suggestions on an android or iOS app that can scan the wifi signals? 

[dks · Accepted solution]

There are apps in the App Store or Google Play. Free is good. You can expect lag when using wireless on a gaming device. A hardwired connection will give you a much better gaming experience. 

[Vanadiel · Accepted solution]

Net analyzer works well, free version.