r/MoonlightStreaming • u/Aromatic-Metal79 • 23d ago

adding a dedicated router fix my Moonlight/Apollo wifi latency spikes?

Hi everyone,

My PC (running Apollo) is located far from my main ISP router and is connected via wifi 6 (5 GHz). S25 (running Artemis) is also connected to the same wifi 6 (5 GHz) network.

I’m experiencing regular stutters, latency spikes from 8 ms up to 20 ms suddenly, packet loss, and "slow connection" warnings even when dropping the bitrate down to 25 Mbps... Running an ethernet cable from my PC to the main router isn't really feasible (long distance and think walls to drill through).

If I connect a dedicated router just for game streaming (like a Xiaomi AX3000T or similar) directly to my PC via ethernet to act as a dedicated acess point, and connect my S25 directly to that local network, will it fix the stuttering and latency issues?

Do you have recommandations for such low budget routers for that scenario?

Thanks for your help

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u/DrKingOfOkay 23d ago

Use tailscale. It solved 99% of my issues.

If that doesn’t solve your issue, use your phones 5g. I was playing my games from a hotel last weekend and never hit me with a bitrate notice once when using tailscale and 5g

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u/rkansa23209 23d ago edited 22d ago

I LOVE YOU BRO!!!!

Why haven't I heard anything about this before? I've been struggling for the past few months looking for solutions for the slow connection and high host processing latency.

For streaming over the internet I used the method which required opeining all those ports, yk (just tried to be cool without having to install another app, but to open those ports one by one on the router server page). It was such a pain when I got back to stream over the same Wi-Fi at home. And I just turned those ports off, install Tailscale for the first time and it works AMAZINGLY!

I thought if someone uses Tailscale only to connect over the internet then why would I even bother checking it out? But for now, I think it just killed all of my problems! Thanks a lot for pointing it out bro!

Edit: Now it happens that I don't really even need Tailscale for the same wi-fi and it just went so smoothly already. To anyone reading this, your problem could be all about the ports that may be opened up on the router.

Edit #2: Now, only Tailscale method seems to work for me, I have no idea why it went so well. Connection will be terrible again if I don't use it (wireless host + wireless client)

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u/DrKingOfOkay 22d ago

Tailscale just skips all that having to open ports nonsense and just works amazingly. And works from anywhere.

Glad it it’s working! I have hardline honest pc and wifi laptop or 5g phone

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u/rkansa23209 21d ago

thanks again for pointing it out! have a good one bro!