[SOLVED] Good internet but fluctuating ping

[class27]

Hello,

A few days ago I noticed my ping has been fluctuating a lot in games. Whether it be on my PS4, XboxOne, or my gaming PC. My internet is pretty good and I am wired into the modem. I have ran speed tests and I am getting around 100Mbps download. When I ping 192.168.0.1 in the command promp this is what I get:

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64

Now when I ping google, this is what I get:

Pinging www.google.ca [172.217.1.163] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.217.1.163: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=55
Reply from 172.217.1.163: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=55
Reply from 172.217.1.163: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=55
Reply from 172.217.1.163: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=55

Any idea what would be causing this random fluctuation? It has just started a few days ago and has been consistent since. I have contacted my ISP and they have said everything is good on their end. Maybe a cable or router issue then?

Any guidance or suggestions are appreciated,

Thank you

 

[ex_bubblehead]

There's nothing there to be concerned over. Return times can vary wildly as ICMP echo requests are (hopefully) given the lowest possible priority on routers. "Ping" was never intended to be used in the manner in which you (and others) are trying to use it.

 

[class27]

There's nothing there to be concerned over. Return times can vary wildly as ICMP echo requests are (hopefully) given the lowest possible priority on routers. "Ping" was never intended to be used in the manner in which you (and others) are trying to use it.

What could be causing the fluctuating ping all of the sudden in my gaming recently then? Obviously a broad question but just recently has this happened and is across all platforms and all games.

Appreciate the response, thanks

 

[bill001g]

If you really want to know you need to do more testing. There are all kinds of devices your passing through to get to google.

You want to do tracert and then ping the hops 1 at a time to see which is causing the problem.

In most cases you will not be able to do anything to fix it since it is completely outside your control.

The only one you have a chance with is hop2 in the trace which is the ISP first router that connects to your house. You can get ping spikes if you are over using your internet connection and data is being buffered. This problem is called bufferbloat. There are methods to reduce this but it is still fundamentally caused by you attempting to use more bandwidth than you pay for. The only true solution for this is to buy more bandwidth.

If the problem is past hop2 only your ISP can fix it and they likely don't care about small ping spikes. If you had a lot of packet loss they might look at it.