Windows Vista-Wireless Lan Lag Spikes Problem....( Please Help)

Hi, I just bought a new computer, and the interenet works fine for browsing/downloading, but for gaming I get lag spikes every 30-60 seconds or so.

Ive checked on the internet for the sollution, but I havnt been able to understand or find the correct drivers to fix this problem. Someone said to download Windows XP Drivers to replace my windows vista drivers. I have no clue where to find them or what drivers i need to fix these lag spikes.

Any help would be appreciated. Im using this:

HP Pavilion a6700f PC
AMD Phenom x4 9150e Quad-Core
Wireless Lan 802.11b/g
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition with service pack 1

When I go to Device Manager under Network Adapters I see this:

-Nvidia nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
-USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adapter

Ive had problems with running some games, but it was fixed by right clicking on the shortcut icon, and going to compatibility and checking "run Windows XP Service pack 2"

But I have no idea how to fix these annoying lag spikes... Or what my Wireless driver is. Someone said my wireless internet dosnt have xp drivers to dl or something.. Im running on Vista, but most problems have been fixed by running Windows XP service pack 2.

Please Help me, Id really appreciate it, Thank You!

 

I doubt that it is a Drivers problem (unless you are using the wrong drivers).

1. Make sure that the Wireless card is Not configure to Power Save.

2. Make sure that your Wireless SSID is broadcast.

3. Try all the channel in the Router and choose the one that works the best.

 

Thanks for the reply, but im totaly lost. I dont even know which of those two hardware I wrote about is my wireless card or w/e.

And if you google this problem, everyone says its vista, and they fixed it with downloading XP drivers for wireless. But I also read that my Wireless Lan dosnt have xp drivers.

I do have a receiver(wireless usb router) I used on my old comp that would probably connect to my router upstairs, would this make a difference I dont know. But Im using a "Wireless LAN" one that came with this computer currently...

 

Any word????

 

Still trying to fix this "Windows Vista" related problem, any help is appreciated

 

If you right click the wireless adapter and choose properties, you should be able to check through the advanced tab options for the Power modes to make sure it is not on Power Save.

To check your SSID broadcast, get into your router configuration pages and look for the option to enable Broadcast in the wireless settings.

There should be 11 channels to choose from in the router configuration pages under the wireless settings. You should see that option also when you are in properties of the wireless connection. You should match channels on both of them and see if that helps. Try a different channel if you still have problems.

 

K I took off powersave on both those things, I know you said one, but you confused me again by saying :

-Nvidia nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (This is your wired connection adapter.)
-USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adapter (This is your wireless.)

So when you said "Wireless adapter" id assume thats: Nvidia nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

or maybe its USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adapter, because it does say adapter(im sorry im kinda slow )

But they both have the option to remove powersave, so i did it, now im using Vista so its confusing on how to do this step: To check your SSID broadcast, get into your router configuration pages and look for the option to enable Broadcast in the wireless settings.

There should be 11 channels to choose from in the router configuration pages under the wireless settings. You should see that option also when you are in properties of the wireless connection. You should match channels on both of them and see if that helps. Try a different channel if you still have problems.[/

would i right click on properties for one of these?

-Nvidia nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (This is your wired connection adapter.)
-USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adapter (This is your wireless.)

Ive tried network settings in control panel i cant do anything :9 your helping me, but im still confused, thanks alot for your help/patience.

 

-Nvidia nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (This is your wired connection adapter.) would be a phyiscal cable plugged into your pc. IF thats not the case then anything your told would apply to the other device.

 

hey Relevance,

keep your vista drivers.

The problem could be related to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) router(s) that host's your internet connection.

1. Press and hold down the Windows key on your keyboard and then press the letter R.
2. Type cmd into the run dialog box and click OK.
3. Next, within the command prompt window type

tracert yahoo.com

and then press enter

If the ms (milliseconds) values are high (say 70 or above) within any part of the trace route path, then the ISP is the problem.

if this is the case, you can right click in the command prompt window and select all from the menu that appears and then paste the results in an email to your ISP's tech support.

as an example here's my results to yahoo.

C:\Users\Administrator>tracert yahoo.com

Tracing route to yahoo.com [209.131.36.159]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms netblock-68-183-224-1.dslextreme.com [68.183.224
.1]
3 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms sjc1.cr1.gig7-0-10.dslextreme.com [66.218.44.49]

4 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms PAT2.SJC.yahoo.com [206.223.116.16]
5 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms ae0-p171.msr2.sp1.yahoo.com [216.115.107.83]
6 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms te-8-1.bas-a1.sp1.yahoo.com [209.131.32.17]
7 9 ms 9 ms 10 ms b1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com [209.131.36.159]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\Administrator>

Techsent

 

Just because tracert comes back with a latency of over 70 ms doesn't indicate a problem. Depending on different connection types or back bone congestion, and just other general issues this may be higher or lower. Now i would suggest calling your isp to use if they may have any alternate dns servers that may help with resolving at a higher rate.