So basically I've spent the last 2 weeks relentlessly tracking a huge issue I'm having. One minute I'm getting speeds of 50,60, or even 70 Mbps then minutes later I'm getting 9, 6, and even as low as 0.8 Mbps speeds. Needless to say this causes me a lot if stress because one minute I'm killing on Call of Duty like a pro then the next thing I know I get hit markers for days while unloading an entire clip into my foe and he kills me with one bullet. I test the connection 10 to 20 times over a 5 minute span and the speeds fluctuate by as much as 70 Mbps in those 5 minutes. This is with a wired PS4 pro sitting literally 24 inches from the router. It's in the dmz, I've set UPnP on, I've got the best DNS set and my nat on COD is always open. I've even called my ISP and had a tech come out and check every single thing. I basically held him hostage until I was sure he did everything possible to ensure my connection was solid.
Fast forward a bit, I'm laying in bed still baffled by this issue. I spend hours looking online, looking on forums, looking on YouTube, and looking every place I can to see if anyone else has this issue. I find people with similar issues but they mostly complain about download speeds and the like. I've never found a solution to this issue but I have found the cause of it. The cause is the console. I own 2 systems. I mainly use the pro because it's "better" and my regular ps4 slim is for the kids. The slim sits in my room and is on 5g Wi-Fi. I couldn't sleep and was still battling this fascinating internet issue when I realized something. I used the regular ps4 slim at another house and the entire time I was unstoppable on COD. I could win matches at will (btw I'm really good at shooting games so doing poorly is unusual for me which is how I noticed the issue initially). All night long I was always top of the leader board getting 25+ kills per game. I tested The connection there and it was always 50+ Mbps. I just assumed they had better internet which is what prompted me to call my isp for tech help. So I'm laying in bed still obsessed with this and read something somewhere that says the PRO has a junk network adapter. So to test the theory I fire up the little ol PS4 SLIM and do test after test after test and guess what I find out... Nothing but consistently high speeds. I'm thinking maybe it's just cause its Wi-Fi so I hook it up to lan and guess what, even faster speed constantly.
This POS4 Pro is on its way back to Walmart. Better my *****... Better at messing up my K/D and causing me to lose sleep for 2 freaking weeks and thinking I'm getting to old for games. I literally thought my reflexes were shot or something because I don't lose unless I want to lose.
If you find your great one minute and suck the next test your speeds and see if they flex wildly like mine, if so chances are you got a dud. Take it back and demand Sony stop putting out junk consoles.