Issues with lag spikes

[LoungeAct404]

I'm on a home network with about 9 computers on it, all of which have access to the internet. I have a DGL-4100 wired gaming router and before I got it, I could actually play online games without much lag trouble despite siblings and parents looking at things on YouTube and downloading things regularly. I can still play online games okay, but I have lag spike issues now.

When I play WarCraft III and host games I get lag spikes every 15 or so minutes that cause everyone in the game to whine and complain and sometimes drop half the players in the game.

I'm wanting to know if there's a way to single out which computer on the network is causing all the lag spikes, like if there's a program that can monitor internet traffic over my network.

 

[MikeShunt]

hmmm, I dont know about that router, so I dont know if it can tell you what you need to know.

one free way to find out is it install DU meter on all pc's so when a lag happens you can go back and look at the graphs.

http://www.hageltech.com/dumeter/

 

[LoungeAct404]

Wouldn't it happen on all of them, though?

 

[LoungeAct404]

bump (sorry but I really want to get this problem fixed)

 

[RebateMonger]

Every 12 minutes, Windows PCs on a NETBIOS network scan each other looking for a "Browser Master" which manages the list of PCs on the network.

Microsoft: Description of the Microsoft Computer Browser Service

Information on a "fix".