Internet stuttering and dropping connection possible fix

For those who don’t want to read too much:

If you have tried all other methods. An electronic connected to you network could be causing the issue. Disconnecting them from your network one at a time could help troubleshoot the issue. In my case it was my printer that is connected to my computer through ethernet but also was connected through Wi Fi. Turning off the Wi Fi (on the printer) fixed my issues.

For about a week I was having some internet issues where pages took very long to load, stuttering and pages refusing to load at all. I was worried that I had a virus or some other nefarious issue. But despite reinstalling my operating system multiple times as well as resetting my modem and router to factory settings it would still be giving me the same issues. Using windows security and Advanced System Care didn’t find anything either.

With that I decided to use Wireshark to see if I could detect any irregularities. I had to check a couple of tutorials but I won’t lie, I still have to actually learn how to use it. Having said that, after looking at the addresses that had too much wait times and packets sent. One thing I learned was that most of the addresses seemed to correlate to local and plug and play networks. AKA this was something connected within our house. To my luck on one instance I saw my printer scroll through the screen at some point. So on a whim I decided to turn off the Wi Fi on the printer. And as if by magic that fixed the issue. I’ve never had this issue before so this caught me by surprise. One thing that does have me curious is whether the router I bought from my ISP cannot handle the number of electronics anymore or if the printer specifically is causing the issue. Luckily I use my printer through ethernet so it doesn’t matter.

If you are having these issues and have tried all other avenues, just disconnect one electronic connected to your network at a time can hopefully help find find the one causing issues.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

September 12, 2024 0

XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro Lagging and a possible Fix

Why is my pen lagging on my XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro?

Quick answer for those who don’t want to read, disconnect anything on the USB ports that are on the XP-Pen tablet (The one’s on top of all the other cable ports).

So for a couple of weeks I’ve had to work with a sluggish/lagging tablet. And let me tell you, if recording my process was already slowing me down. This was so much worse. I didn’t know what was going on but I powered through it. But this week I decided to finally try and fix it. All my drivers were up to date, so were Windows updates. Re-installing the XP-Pen driver and art programs also didn’t help. I even went and bought some more ram sticks after closing as many internet tabs but seeing no change. The ram also didn’t help. Then I figured it would be a virus perhaps. So I erased everything on my hard drive and reinstalled Windows.

Now with a clean install it should work now right? No. It was still lagging. I even changed the canvas size but that didn’t help. Heck, even just testing the pen input was making it lag. Changing any settings within the art programs that were giving other artist problems was also a no go.

Feeling like I would just have to get used to it, I remembered that a couple of weeks ago I added my keyboard and mouse to the USB ports on the XP-Pen. In theory (I thought) they are only going through a passthrough so it shouldn’t affect the tablet. But at this point I just had to try anything. And much to my surprise, that’s what it was. Being able to paint with no lag was amazing.

I’m pretty sure I ‘m sending all data through the USB C cable, so either the port on the motherboard or the cable itself is not able to move the needed bandwidth thus the lagging issues. So if you have tried everything else and are still seeing lag issues try this possible fix.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

February 17, 2024 0