High latency ping every ~10 sec
Hello,
I don't remember when it started due to I usually do not monitor such things, but recent weeks of monitoring I experience latency spikes over Wi-Fi.
That's MacBook Pro Mid'14, macOS 10.13.6, 5GHz Wi-Fi network.
This is ping log example, pinging the router itself:
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=4.849 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.251 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=114.318 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=103.978 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.773 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=1.597 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=1.850 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=1.495 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=1.875 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=1.714 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=1.731 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=0.979 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=1.706 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=1.657 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=1.221 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=70.333 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=55.125 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=2.002 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=1.966 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=2.004 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=20 ttl=64 time=4.241 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=21 ttl=64 time=1.960 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=22 ttl=64 time=1.963 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=23 ttl=64 time=1.894 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=24 ttl=64 time=1.800 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=25 ttl=64 time=1.884 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=26 ttl=64 time=1.719 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=27 ttl=64 time=12.004 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=28 ttl=64 time=48.278 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=29 ttl=64 time=43.852 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=30 ttl=64 time=0.962 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=31 ttl=64 time=2.006 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=32 ttl=64 time=1.237 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=33 ttl=64 time=2.000 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=34 ttl=64 time=1.891 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=35 ttl=64 time=1.814 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=36 ttl=64 time=1.921 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=37 ttl=64 time=1.838 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=38 ttl=64 time=1.841 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=39 ttl=64 time=1.838 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=40 ttl=64 time=134.111 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=41 ttl=64 time=1.295 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=42 ttl=64 time=1.166 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=43 ttl=64 time=1.486 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=44 ttl=64 time=1.968 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=45 ttl=64 time=1.938 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=46 ttl=64 time=1.993 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=47 ttl=64 time=2.089 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=48 ttl=64 time=1.963 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=49 ttl=64 time=1.948 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=50 ttl=64 time=1.922 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=51 ttl=64 time=2.171 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=52 ttl=64 time=1.735 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=53 ttl=64 time=101.663 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=54 ttl=64 time=129.190 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=55 ttl=64 time=121.007 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=56 ttl=64 time=2.311 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=57 ttl=64 time=1.627 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=58 ttl=64 time=1.719 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=59 ttl=64 time=1.705 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=60 ttl=64 time=1.861 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=61 ttl=64 time=1.391 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=62 ttl=64 time=1.813 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=63 ttl=64 time=1.655 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=64 ttl=64 time=1.805 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=65 ttl=64 time=1.911 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=66 ttl=64 time=51.665 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=67 ttl=64 time=80.377 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=68 ttl=64 time=69.308 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=69 ttl=64 time=1.639 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=70 ttl=64 time=2.518 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=71 ttl=64 time=2.059 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=72 ttl=64 time=1.634 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=73 ttl=64 time=1.634 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=74 ttl=64 time=2.042 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=75 ttl=64 time=1.746 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=76 ttl=64 time=1.591 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=77 ttl=64 time=1.676 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=78 ttl=64 time=1.968 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=79 ttl=64 time=9.848 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=80 ttl=64 time=38.987 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=81 ttl=64 time=35.375 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=82 ttl=64 time=1.760 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=83 ttl=64 time=1.907 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=84 ttl=64 time=1.723 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=85 ttl=64 time=1.662 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=86 ttl=64 time=1.978 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=87 ttl=64 time=1.804 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=88 ttl=64 time=1.639 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=89 ttl=64 time=1.783 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=90 ttl=64 time=1.738 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=91 ttl=64 time=2.058 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=92 ttl=64 time=1.574 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=93 ttl=64 time=1.084 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=94 ttl=64 time=1.374 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=95 ttl=64 time=1.886 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=96 ttl=64 time=1.272 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=97 ttl=64 time=2.017 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=98 ttl=64 time=24.860 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=99 ttl=64 time=1.815 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=100 ttl=64 time=1.780 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=101 ttl=64 time=1.899 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=102 ttl=64 time=1.364 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=103 ttl=64 time=2.585 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=104 ttl=64 time=1.838 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=105 ttl=64 time=29.843 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=106 ttl=64 time=1.308 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=107 ttl=64 time=1.384 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=108 ttl=64 time=2.074 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=109 ttl=64 time=2.043 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=110 ttl=64 time=1.812 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=111 ttl=64 time=1.853 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=112 ttl=64 time=2.120 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=113 ttl=64 time=1.993 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=114 ttl=64 time=1.777 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=115 ttl=64 time=1.791 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=116 ttl=64 time=1.000 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=117 ttl=64 time=0.906 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=118 ttl=64 time=122.207 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=119 ttl=64 time=119.560 ms
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
120 packets transmitted, 120 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.906/14.125/134.111/31.605 ms
And it looks like a software issue, due to if I do the same ping via Bootcamp/Win10 then I see a perfect picture:
Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 70, Received = 70, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 1ms
Do you have any advice regarding this?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)