Ping times all over the place...

This is pinging from my laptop to the AP to a server in my basement that is also wireless.

When i set this up a couple weeks back, pings were steady between 30-60 ms and I could stay connected vid RDP to the server without issue.

I noticed last weekend when I was unable to connect my pings were all over the place. I didn't have time to look into it until now, and a whole week later its still on going.

I have power cycled every device involved. I have tried to think of any new electrical device that might have been introduced to create this issue but I cant think of anything that might be creating interference.

Whats a good next step on figuring this out?

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--chris--

Right now I am thinking something is wrong with the wireless USB adapter. If I put my laptop right next to the server (both wireless) and ping the AP, I get two very different pictures. From the server above, you see what I get. From my laptop, I get pings that avg 6 ms and no packet loss.

Something to sleep on....

iBrokeIT

What does the server's ping to the AP look like? What does your laptop's ping to the AP look like? Are there any APs in the area that are on the same channel?

Asif Dasl

Yeah, I would be checking if someone is on the same channel as you or on an overlapping channel. If you have an Android phone or tablet WiFi Analyzer is a great app to check the channels in use. You want to use 1, 6 or 11 - you probably know that already but just thought I should mention it anyways.

--chris--

iBrokeIT wrote: »

What does the server's ping to the AP look like? What does your laptop's ping to the AP look like? Are there any APs in the area that are on the same channel?

The pic I posted above is from the server to the AP.

When I put my laptop near the server then ping to the AP my pings average 6 ms. I live in the sticks w/no neighbors, but just to be sure I downloaded an analyzer and did not find any other APs.