Intermittent Network Connectivity Interrupted. Please Help

[Netduma Fraser]

No worries take your time, hope that meeting went well!

[mygamertagsucks]

On 3/23/2026 at 11:11 AM, Netduma Fraser said:

Could you provide a video going through the different pages of the router or sequential screenshots please of how you have things setup? I think in this case it will help narrow down some things. What I'm particularly interested in is:

• Geo-Filter 
• Congestion Control/QoS
• Device Manager
• System Information
• Settings > Internet Setup
• Settings > WAN Setup
• Settings > LAN Setup

@Netduma FraserOn second hand, I can do this beforehand and will do this in one second. 

[mygamertagsucks]

Get ready for a deluge of pictures 

[Netduma Fraser]

Are you able to do it from a PC at all?

[mygamertagsucks]

On 3/23/2026 at 11:11 AM, Netduma Fraser said:

Could you provide a video going through the different pages of the router or sequential screenshots please of how you have things setup? I think in this case it will help narrow down some things. What I'm particularly interested in is:

• Geo-Filter 
• Congestion Control/QoS
• Device Manager
• System Information
• Settings > Internet Setup
• Settings > WAN Setup
• Settings > LAN Setup

@Netduma FraserOn second hand, I can do this beforehand and will do this in one second. 

[Netduma Fraser]

• For 5GHz WiFi change the mode down to the next option, I believe it's 2400Mbps.
• Change DNS to 1.1.1.1 & 1.0.0.1
• I can't see how you've set Congestion Control, could you show that please?
• I assume Bandwidth Allocation is just default for all devices?
• Traffic Prioritization you're not prioritizing gaming so enable DumaOS Classified Games and that will help.

[mygamertagsucks]

@Netduma FraserI'll be honest, I'm starting to second guess my router at this point. Of course, this is the first time I haven't gone in and manually assigned a static IP to my PS5, and port forwarded the required ports for Call of Duty Black Ops 7. I didn't think I still needed to. I did notice my nat type shows up with a checked box to make it strict, so I have to uncheck that. When I ran the congestion control setup, dl stayed at 100% and upload only went down to 93 or 98%.

I don't know if I have the geo-filter pics or not up there, but I didn't even mess with the geo-filter after seeing my unstable connection, I would shoot one minute and be across the map the next. 

AdmiMy modem is getting a good signal now. I replaced the cat5e cables with cat7 patch cables. It's down to the following, at least as far as I can tell.

1. Bad LAN port on my PS5, despite network tests showing 515.2 down, 36.5 up. (Later, unexpectedly dropped  06.20mbps up. 

2. My router is either broken, or setup improperly. A month now, and at least we have Wi-Fi. Subnet mask for LAN is correct but not wireless setup, even though the primary and secondary DNS servers are showing up correctly. 

Like I said. huge pain in the arse at this point. I only tried for 15 min before I got too pissed off and admitted defeat for the night.

[mygamertagsucks]

1 hour ago, Netduma Fraser said:

• For 5GHz WiFi change the mode down to the next option, I believe it's 2400Mbps.
• Change DNS to 1.1.1.1 & 1.0.0.1
• I can't see how you've set Congestion Control, could you show that please?
• I assume Bandwidth Allocation is just default for all devices?
• Traffic Prioritization you're not prioritizing gaming so enable DumaOS Classified Games and that will help.

I had disabled the cloud prioritization bc my Mom was playing something on her phone and for some reason, it seemed to be getting prioritized. I manually add my PS5 and should have a pic on here, as well as how the congestion control was set up.

[mygamertagsucks]

Those pics are how I try to basically convert the wifi into a dedicated gaming line. Probably not the best technique.

Edit to add: my wired connection from the router to PS5 is what is being affected only in game.

[Netduma Fraser]

You only need to set a static IP for the console once, you can also just set NAT to Open in WAN settings or put the console in the DMZ, no need to port forward. Yeah I wouldn't bother with the Auto Setup for Congestion Control, it's not very accurate, much better to fine tune it manually yourself, don't just stick with one percentage as it may not be the best for your connection, that being said, with the way you had it setup it was never triggering as your Traffic Prioritization wasn't getting triggered so either set to Always or ensure your game is actually getting prioritized when playing.

Not sure what you mean by "Subnet mask for LAN is correct but not wireless setup, even though the primary and secondary DNS servers are showing up correctly. "

[mygamertagsucks]

The subnet mask has always been 255.255.255.0, which is what the LAN setup shows, but the wireless, which I let the setup wizard handle (actually, the setup wizard did everything  is 255.255.248.0. My speeds in LAN port 1 are terrible, when tested on PS5. When I test it on port 2, I get great results (will post picture). Port 3 seems to be broken, as it doesn't register anything at all, and port 4 seems to be very inconsistent. Ran the PS5 speed test with and without the game going, which, I forgot would log me out of the game, but I was going to hop out of that silly mess anyhow. 

One question regarding congestion control (and I'm going to fine tune it, starting at 70 and working my way around if the MFer ever decides to connect, without me skipping, teleporting, and rubberbanding all to hell), let's say I assign my PlayStation 90% of the download bandwidth, and 90% of the upload bandwidth, and turn congestion control on, set at 70 down and up. Will my PS5 be limited by that 70%? The guide just says something along the lines of limiting how much a bandwidth hogging device can use, but my overthinking (poorly) ass over here is wondering if I'm limiting myself. I'll just turn the Playstation on and upload the results. I thought my PS app had the screenshots on it. Shocker- it doesnt.

 

[Netduma Fraser]

Where are you checking the LAN subnet mask as LAN Setup sets that for wired and wireless devices. You don't need to use Bandwidth Allocation you can just keep it on the defaults as 1) Share excess is enabled so it will get whatever it needs anyway and 2) Gaming barely uses any bandwidth so setting it that high wouldn't force it to use more but yes it still would be limited by that 70% BUT Traffic Prioritization supersedes Congestion Control so the game wouldn't be limited to 70% but other background processes on the console would. 

Maybe you do have a faulty router if the ports are giving wildly different or no results as there aren't any settings that would affect ports