Will an ethernet switch help me?

My parents use some device to stream in their Chinese TV shows, and it's through the internet. Currently, we plug an ethernet from my router to the device, and it allows them to watch whatever they watch. However, it's giving me terrible lag spikes. Normally, my games run around 80-90 ping. However, when they watch TV, I get lag spikes from 350-450 ping. It remains like that for up to 5 seconds, then goes down to 2xx ping, then will either drop to around 100, or rise again.

If I get gigabit switch (mobo is M5A78L-M LX), will it at all reduce my lag spikes?

Quote from ijamjl : My parents use some device to stream in their Chinese TV shows, and it's through the internet. Currently, we plug an ethernet from my router to the device, and it allows them to watch whatever they watch. However, it's giving me terrible lag spikes. Normally, my games run around 80-90 ping. However, when they watch TV, I get lag spikes from 350-450 ping. It remains like that for up to 5 seconds, then goes down to 2xx ping, then will either drop to around 100, or rise again. If I get gigabit switch (mobo is M5A78L-M LX), will it at all reduce my lag spikes?

It depends on your internet. If you are absolutely sure that the router is causing the lag, and not your internet then get it. how do you tell this? How fast is your internet. If you already have slow internet a new switch isn't going to help you.

Quote from ijamjl : My parents use some device to stream in their Chinese TV shows, and it's through the internet. Currently, we plug an ethernet from my router to the device, and it allows them to watch whatever they watch. However, it's giving me terrible lag spikes. Normally, my games run around 80-90 ping. However, when they watch TV, I get lag spikes from 350-450 ping. It remains like that for up to 5 seconds, then goes down to 2xx ping, then will either drop to around 100, or rise again. If I get gigabit switch (mobo is M5A78L-M LX), will it at all reduce my lag spikes?

What's your current set up? Router? Computers? Wireless? Wired? I mean the whole layout.

Quote from menace33 : What's your current set up? Router? Computers? Wireless? Wired? I mean the whole layout.

Modem (Earthlink) -> Router -> {at most 2 desktops connected via ethernet, at most 3 laptops connected via wifi, at most two phones connected via wifi}

My router is: Asus RT-N13U, with DDWRT.

EDIT: Oh, and now this stupid streaming device, via ethernet.

Quote from ijamjl : Modem (Earthlink) -> Router -> {at most 2 desktops connected via ethernet, at most 3 laptops connected via wifi, at most two phones connected via wifi} My router is: Asus RT-N13U, with DDWRT. EDIT: Oh, and now this stupid streaming device, via ethernet.

What is the device? If it does not have a gigabit connection on it then getting a gigabit switch won't help.

I think you have QoS issues and possibly internet speed issues, gaming should not take much bandwidth

It's most likely they are hogging all the bandwidth. What device do they use to stream the shows? Is it a computer? If it's a computer you can install something like NetBalancer or NetLimiter to limit the bandwidth it can hog. Also maybe just get faster internet...

it is your slow internet connection. if you pay for a faster internet connection you will be able to use more bandwidth hungry devices at once.

all a gigabit switch will do is allow for gigabit devices plugged into it to communicate faster between each other across the switch, which is behind the router.

It's called tvpad. Here's the link to their website:

http://www.tvpadcn.com/en/

Quote from ijamjl : It's called tvpad. Here's the link to their website: http://www.tvpadcn.com/en/

what is the speed of your internet?

go here [speedtest.net] to check your speed and then paste the result link back here.

Quote from ijamjl : It's called tvpad. Here's the link to their website: http://www.tvpadcn.com/en/

Does not support Gigabit, just Ethernet so skip that idea. How fast is your connection?

I get up to 15 mbps. Normally, when running speedtest.net, I receive a max of about 12 mbps.

Quote from ijamjl : I get up to 15 mbps. Normally, when running speedtest.net, I receive a max of about 12 mbps.

sounds like you have 10/1 with powerboost.

the powerboost stays on just long enough to fool the speedtest, showing faster then what you pay for.

so the speed is there, but something is causing high pings.

go to www.pingtest.net and check that w/o anything else running on the connection.

Quote from ReverseHandedJO : sounds like you have 10/1 with powerboost. the powerboost stays on just long enough to fool the speedtest, showing faster then what you pay for.

Probably. As you said, the "powerboost" TWC gave out advertised that we received 5 mbps more.

The results from speedtest.net, for those of you wondering, showed 12.44 mbps D/L, and .81 mbps U/L.


So what do I do now? How can I improve my situation?