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Jedos
New Contributor
6 years ago

High Latency Spikes Causing Issues with Online Gaming

I have been having issues with lag spikes during online games. I was able to do a ping plot to the server that the game is on and found that the second hop is where these spikes originate. I am hard wired to the router and have separate router and modem. 

Ping Plot to the game server:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/spldsv7wyl8vxvd/Lag%20Spikes%20to%20Apex%20Server.PNG?dl=0

Ping Plot to the suspect hop IP only:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyiy9uuk77ck53g/Lag%20Spike%20to%202nd%20Hop.PNG?dl=0

  • CarolLM's avatar
    CarolLM
    Former Moderator
    6 years ago
    Hi Jedos, are you able to bypss the router and hardwire directly to the modem to see you get different results? -Thanks, Carol
      • ChrisL's avatar
        ChrisL
        Former Moderator
        6 years ago
        @Jedos

        From what you've posted without the router it doesn't appear this result is actually showing any latency. I understand you may be concerned about hops 4 and 5 however you're reaching the intended destination without latency suggesting that what you're seeing is actually ICMP de-prioritization. Have you tried the online game in question without the router attached?

        -Chris