GT-AXE16000 Lag Spikes

[CPRO]

Hello,

I have been having some internet issues for a while specially lag spikes while gaming. I mainly play blizzard games (wow,D4) and my latency shoots up from 50-70 to 2000+. Ive done a trace route test and everything comes out fine. I've contacted my ISP and they replaced my entire tap and cable line all the way to the house. They also replaced my modem to try to get to the root of the issue. 

I had a AX11000 router which i replaced with the AXE16000 thinking that it would help. Ive installed merlin firmware and enabled cake QOS and that seemed to help for a bit but the lag came back. 

at this point I have no idea what to do...

In this log i restarted the modem and router once. I had 2 major lag spikes that lasted a few minutes and kicked me off the game. 

I am hoping that somebody here knows how to read this and can possibly point me in the right direction to fix this problem. 

here is the latest system log : 

https://codeshare.io/Bd6Vlx

I reached my 20k character cap 😞

[Saltgrass]

I will look through what you have available, but I need to know some time frame when this happened.

You could put your full log on some hosting site or you OneDrive and give us a link.

It would also be best if you had erased the log just before it happens or at least before it happens, if you can't guess the time.

I don't do online gaming, but have you looked at the Game Radar section to see if anything there might be relevant?

[Saltgrass]

That log , for 42 minutes, shows the entry below.  Near the end, it happens over and over again.  The only time I see the Mastiff:init on my system is when it is rebooting. 

If you are using Wi-Fi, is your signal strength sufficient?

Do you have IPv6 enabled?

Mastiff: init
rc_service: watchdog 2732:notify_rc stop_aae
rc_service: watchdog 2732:notify_rc start_mastiff
rc_service: waitting "stop_aae" via watchdog ...

[CPRO]

All of my latency issues are happening when connected via ethernet. 

I have a deco mesh set up that handles all of the WIFI in the house. The only thing I use the AXE16000 for is for 3 ring cameras and my main gaming PC via ethernet. 

I am using 3 ports on the asus router. 

1 port - DECO mesh access points

2 port - Gaming PC

3 port - Gaming PC

Do you think the deco system is causing issues with the router? 

I just plugged in my gaming PC directly to the modem and the lag spikes disappeared. I played for a good 20-30 minutes with no lag. So the issue has to be on my end unfortunately lol 

[Saltgrass]

I don't know about the TP-Link Deco, but if it shows as being compatible with the AXE16000, it may be OK.  Easy to check.

If your router is doing what the log shows, I could understand problems might happen.

I asked about IPv6 because it is normally disabled in Default settings.

Since you are using Ethernet, do the two Gaming systems have anything in common that might be confusing the routing on the router?  You only had on connected when you went straight to modem.  I suppose you have tested with just one connected to the router.

Have you verified the capability of your Ethernet cables?

[jzchen]

I actually haven't reached the post size limit, but you can attach files to posts here so you don't reach the limit too soon)...

I also have a (single) Deco as well as AiMesh.  Since I was having performance issues and my local Micro Center (computer store) had a very good sale I picked up an ACER Predator Connect W6 and installed it in my son's room.

How have speed test results been?  Currently uploads seem to be worse for me.  (OnePlus Open WiFi, connected to a wired node.  All my nodes are wired Ethernet Backhaul).

[Frelanhardware]

Have you tried isolating the problem by connecting directly to the modem, bypassing the router? This could help determine if it's a router issue or something upstream. Also, consider checking for interference from other devices on your network or nearby WiFi networks.

Have you monitored your CPU and GPU temperatures during gameplay? Sometimes, hardware issues can manifest as network problems.

Lastly, you might want to try a different DNS server, like Google's (8.8.8.8) or Cloudflare's (1.1.1.1), to see if that improves stability.