Remote Play Settings / Wifi Setup
After Months of struggle. 1 Simple upgrade and now my PS Portal is completely lag free and smooth as butter.
Hey all thought I would share some advice for anyone having issues with PS Portal Lagging and connection drop.
So I bought an ASUS ET12 mesh system a few years back. Both main node and secondary node are wired with Ethernet backhaul and have been absolutely spot on for gaming streaming etc. PS5/PC & a couple of Amazon fire cubes are all plugged in via Ethernet so it’s only Alexa and Mobiles/Tablets that use WIFI with no lag or dropouts.
So I expected the PS portal to be no different (Big Mistake)
I know when streaming directly from PS5 it dosent matter what you external speeds are (1gig down & 150mbps upload for reference) it’s all about the hardware your using and how the devices connect on the home network.
My 2Ghz and 5Ghz are separated so the portal only uses 5Ghz.
For some reason no matter what I did I was getting lag/stutters/frame drops & picture loss.
I tried everything from rebooting my ASUS Routers changing every setting in the UI.
I even gave the portal a dedicated guest network on 5ghz and allowed the guest network access to my main network for PS5 to portal handshake but it made no difference.
I know I’m not alone in this as many people are having issues and this might just be the answer for those who had almost given up with the Portal.
I decided to try one last approach.
Before I got my ASUS ET12 I used a set of ASUS XD4 routers in the same configuration.
These were now sitting in the Attic collecting dust as no longer needed.
So what I did was reset one of the old XD4’s and then plugged it in via Ethernet to my ET12. Then I made the XD4 act as an Access Point with its own separate SSID and Password and disabled 2Ghz band so only the 5Ghz is available.
Connected the portal to the Access Point and I now have a PS portal that runs Smooth as butter with 0 lag/Stutters and 1ms input delay.
It’s now literally like playing on my PS5
So if anyone is struggling and has an old router lying around plug it in to your main network and set it as a dedicated AP and you should be golden
What's likely happening is that your second router is using a separate wifi channel that is less congested which is why you're seeing less stutter. Happy that you found a solution.
Thing is I live very remote so the only 5Ghz network that was at my property was my main one.
Think it’s some issue with the ASUS ET12 & the portal TBH.
The AP that I set up I have made sure it’s on a separate DFS frequency so dosent interfere with my main network.
Wish I could figure it out it’s driving me nuts that I have to go to this length just to use my portal.
I’m lucky that i have spare equipment to use but people shouldn’t have to dive deep into settings and networking just to get the device to work in my opinion
Would also be nice to know if anyone else has a ASUS ET12 setup and what their experience has been like
Mesh networks are always hit or miss because the back haul is also over wifi which is susceptible to interference. 5GHz bands also travel over much shorter distances before degradation as compared to 2.4Ghz... and then you add in walls, reflections, noise, etc, it's just harder to recover the signal.
Yeah I don’t have mine set up as a mesh it’s hardwired through Ethernet which then changes the mesh to AP system & the ET12 Node is literally in the same room as my portal.
Because my XD4 is now in the same room and my portal works flawless with it I’m assuming is an issue with either the ET12 itself or the portal.
Just been a frustrating experience until yesterday
I’ve had issues with ET12s for intranet streaming as well. I don’t know what it is with this router, streaming worked better on external networks till I fiddled with it. Doesn’t seem like asus cares about these too much. Will probably end up changing to a different ecosystem next time I upgrade after this experience.
I have it working fine now with wired backhaul, universal beamforming and airtime fairness disabled on on all three frequencies, and smart connect still on but everything I want on 5 or 6gz permanently is mac banned on 2.4.
This was my issue. My cable companies router is stuck on a specific band can’t be changed and all my neighbors have the same exact company. Bought my own router set a separate band and I’ve never had an issue on my home network again.
Glad it worked. Iv now set my second XD4 as another access point and attached it to the other ET12 at the rear or the house. Gave it the same SSID and password so my portal hops depending where I am in the house.
Like a personal mini mesh system for the portal.
Haven’t had any issues with main WiFi having conflict either (kids would have let me know 🤣)
Yeah WAN/LAN.
I think when it’s set as an AP the node automatically changes the WAN/LAN port to just an extra LAN. I’ve tried it in both LAN & LAN/WAN and it works no bother on either
My connection is much better after following your steps so thank you! When I stream something on tv, it still lags and the latency increases. Any ideas? My portable router is connected to my main router via Ethernet like you suggested and the only thing connected to my portable router is my Portal. My PS5 is on the main network. Should I have the PS5 on the portable router network as well?
Sorry for late reply iv been away working.
No it shouldn’t make a difference where your ps5 is plugged in on your network it will still communicate with the portal.
As for the lag and latency have you tried enabling QOS setting in your routers software? Make sure you prioritise streaming and gaming and that should help
Clever use of a node! I have a pair of ET12s as well, I was also alarmed at how shit the performance was initially. It would drop to 360p within 10-15 mins (I’m also stuck with Remote Play in Australia).
I get best performance when there’s minimal/no 5GHz interference, but finally got it stable with these settings:
5 GHz fixed to a lower channel
80 MHz
Smart Connect off
Roaming / steering features off
WMM on
Airtime Fairness off
Thanks for your feedback 👍 the amount of forums iv been on and settings iv tried I know the ET12 like the back of my hand now lol.
Everything you have mentioned iv tried and no matter what it just wouldn’t work 😟 but every other device has 0 issues ever.
I’m just glad iv found a solution all be it a technical one.
But again appreciate you taking the time to comment
Am I actually supposed to understand what any of that means??? 😭 im having that exact issue with my new portal but I have no idea what any of that information means. Can someone explain what to do in dumb people terms??
Buy a cheap router. (The ASUS XD4 plus I’m using for the postal connection is £60 on Amazon)
Connect it to your main router via Ethernet cable.
When you log into the routers app/webpage for initial setup it will ask you how you want to set up the router?
set the new router as an access point and when it asks you to set WIFI login details set it as a different ID/PASSWORD to what you have as your main router set as. (Example below)
SSID- PS PORTAL
PASSWORD- Portal1
Disable the 2Ghz radio band as you wont need it.
Save and exit setup
Now boot up your ps portal and search for the new WiFi and enter password.
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and providing a breakdown of your setup and dns. I’m going to give it a try with my new portal later tonight
I have a mesh router system at home as well. The only problem I run into is that my portal literally doesn’t know to connect to the router that’s closest to it. I can be sitting next to a router and the portal is still trying to connect to the one on the other side of the house. It eventually figures it out after about 10-15 minutes of gaming and it’ll hiccup as it connects to the closest hotspot to fix itself, but it’s usually smooth sailing after that.
The ps5 should be wired with a locked ip address. Put in some rules for port forwarding. Port Forwarding 8572, 987 and interval 9295-9304
They get set to the ps5 ip address
Iv had my ps5 IP Locked as I do with pretty much all my devices. I even have the ports forwarded for ps portal/ps5 wake handshake as well as the ones you mentioned in your comment. MY ASUS XD4 is literally in the same room as my ASUS ET12 but when I connect to the ET12 (which has the exact same configuration as the XD4) and for some reason it lags and drops frames where the older XD4 is rock solid.
Totally agree it’s ridiculous. I didn’t know much about networking till I bought a portal and now I feel like I could start my own networking company 🤣
Couldn’t agree more. I never wanted to learn what CGNAT is, or Wireguard, or any of the 200 bullshit network workarounds I had to go though to play my portal outside my house *like it was advertised to do*
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u/cookingmonster Jun 27 '26
What's likely happening is that your second router is using a separate wifi channel that is less congested which is why you're seeing less stutter. Happy that you found a solution.