<p dir="ltr">If it's dropped packets then it could be the device. Crappy lag is usually between your device and the service. Also total bandwidth usage impacts lag and packets wait for the other kids packets.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That said, a faster wireless router is probably a good idea at least to get better software on the unit. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I should take my own advise and upgrade my 8+ year old wrt54g except it "JustWorks".</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 21, 2016 8:56 AM, "Boris Borisov" <<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Can wireless device wear out overtime? I have cheap N150 router which was acceptable so far. Kids were able to play online games without big ping times and jitter. Now is terible. Lag jitter and buffering pauses on video streaming.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I guess is time for next router.</p>
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