I am having high latency/ping in games

Ken blank

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Oct 1, 2014
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I have been miserably lagging lately in games lately. For example when i play BF4 i will have CMD pinging the server for the game while i am playing. It constantly jumps from my average of 40ms to 1500-4000ms. I am on wireless but it has never been an issue until the last month or so. Ideas please. Feel free to ask about tracerouting or my hardware and so on. I appreciate the look.
 
Solution
Try to use another machine and ping the router and see if that machine also see a increase when you are seeing errors on your game machine. If it does not then it is something with the software on the pc causing issues. I have seen people say they change the video resolution settings and it magically fixes the ping times. Video resolution has nothing at all to do with the network delays but I have seen multiple people report this so there must be something. Not saying it is your issue it just that it can be pretty much anything when you are talking software on a machine causing issues.

If the problem occurs on a completely different machine then something is overloading the router. This one too is almost impossible to find...
What kind of environment are you in, as an example wireless at apartments can be really inconsistent as they are a lot of wireless signals going on. Also how many users/devices are using the same wireless connection.

Also its always good to check to see if there inst any malware/adware draining your internet connection.
If you don't have any tools Malwarebytes is a great free tool to just run a scan.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
 
Heres my ping from the last BF4 game and no other device is on the internet right now and when i did this.



Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping 75.102.40.202 -t

Pinging 75.102.40.202 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 75.102.40.202: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=117
Reply from 75.102.40.202: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=117
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Hello Ken blank!

That sudden lag spike might be either caused a) by the ISP, b) by your router, or c) by your computer network card.

Can you tell me if the modem/router is provided by your ISP and if it's a modem and router combination.

Thanks! :)
 
Malwarebytes Result. Sorry for the wait i let it run overnight and we had a brownout.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
www.malwarebytes.org

Scan Date: 10/2/2014
Scan Time: 6:29:20 PM
Logfile: l.txt
Administrator: Yes

Version: 2.00.2.1012
Malware Database: v2014.10.02.10
Rootkit Database: v2014.09.19.01
License: Trial
Malware Protection: Enabled
Malicious Website Protection: Enabled
Self-protection: Disabled

OS: Windows 8.1
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS

Scan Type: Custom Scan
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 670228
Time Elapsed: 3 hr, 7 min, 2 sec

Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Enabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Enabled
PUM: Enabled

Processes: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Modules: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Values: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Folders: 1
PUP.Optional.WeatherAlerts, C:\Users\Kenny\AppData\Local\WeatherAlerts, Quarantined, [4243c12efb80f244b3fa0dd5d1317a86],

Files: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Physical Sectors: 0
(No malicious items detected)


(end)
 
Also if it helps





Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>tracert google.com

Tracing route to google.com [74.125.228.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 22 ms 29 ms 30 ms cpe-98-30-185-1.woh.res.rr.com [98.30.185.1]
3 11 ms 10 ms 11 ms 98.30.200.66
4 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms tge8-1.rcfroh0201h.midwest.rr.com [24.33.162.98]

5 21 ms 23 ms 24 ms 24.33.162.102
6 21 ms 18 ms 23 ms 65.29.1.34
7 31 ms 31 ms 30 ms bu-ether15.atlngamq47w-bcr01.tbone.rr.com [107.14.19.36]
8 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms ae-1-0.pr0.chi10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.155]
9 28 ms 30 ms 30 ms ix-17-0.tcore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [63.243.129.21]
10 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]
11 40 ms 30 ms 42 ms 209.85.244.3
12 29 ms 30 ms 32 ms 209.85.254.240
13 43 ms 41 ms 42 ms 72.14.232.70
14 46 ms 39 ms 55 ms 72.14.236.149
15 39 ms 39 ms 41 ms 72.14.238.173
16 42 ms 42 ms 41 ms iad23s05-in-f8.1e100.net [74.125.228.8]

Trace complete.





C:\WINDOWS\system32>tracert yahoo.com

Tracing route to yahoo.com [206.190.36.45]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 35 ms 27 ms 29 ms cpe-98-30-185-1.woh.res.rr.com [98.30.185.1]
3 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms 98.30.200.66
4 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms tge8-1.rcfroh0201h.midwest.rr.com [24.33.162.98]

5 22 ms 23 ms 19 ms 24.33.162.102
6 20 ms 19 ms 18 ms 65.29.1.34
7 31 ms 31 ms 30 ms bu-ether35.cr0.chi30.tbone.rr.com [107.14.19.60]

8 44 ms 30 ms 28 ms 107.14.17.147
9 29 ms 32 ms 30 ms 216.1.123.17
10 92 ms 95 ms 95 ms 207.88.14.193.ptr.us.xo.net [207.88.14.193]
11 94 ms 95 ms 94 ms te-4-1-0.rar3.denver-co.us.xo.net [207.88.12.22]

12 93 ms 95 ms 94 ms te-3-0-0.rar3.seattle-wa.us.xo.net [207.88.12.81]
13 * 103 ms 104 ms ae0d0.cir1.seattle7-wa.us.xo.net [207.88.13.141]

14 93 ms 92 ms 92 ms 216.156.100.54.ptr.us.xo.net [216.156.100.54]
15 131 ms 97 ms 96 ms ae-5.pat2.gqb.yahoo.com [216.115.101.197]
16 106 ms 97 ms 107 ms ae-0.msr1.gq1.yahoo.com [66.196.67.1]
17 96 ms 97 ms 111 ms UNKNOWN-67-195-1-X.yahoo.com [67.195.1.197]
18 109 ms 108 ms 108 ms et-18-25.fab2-1-gdc.gq1.yahoo.com [98.137.31.170]
19 113 ms 109 ms 110 ms po-10.bas1-7-prd.gq1.yahoo.com [206.190.32.15]
20 104 ms 96 ms 97 ms ir1.fp.vip.gq1.yahoo.com [206.190.36.45]

Trace complete.





C:\WINDOWS\system32>tracert youtube.com

Tracing route to youtube.com [74.125.225.78]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 21 ms 28 ms 19 ms cpe-98-30-185-1.woh.res.rr.com [98.30.185.1]
3 11 ms 10 ms 11 ms 98.30.200.66
4 9 ms 11 ms 11 ms tge8-2.rcfroh0201h.midwest.rr.com [24.33.162.100]
5 22 ms 19 ms 22 ms 24.33.162.104
6 24 ms 22 ms 23 ms 65.29.1.34
7 35 ms 30 ms 31 ms bu-ether15.atlngamq47w-bcr01.tbone.rr.com [107.14.19.36]
8 30 ms 29 ms 30 ms ae-2-0.a0.buf00.tbone.rr.com [66.109.1.42]
9 28 ms 27 ms 28 ms ix-17-0.tcore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [63.243.129.21]
10 28 ms 30 ms 32 ms fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]
11 30 ms 36 ms 31 ms 209.85.244.3
12 29 ms 30 ms 30 ms 209.85.250.30
13 29 ms 33 ms 30 ms ord08s07-in-f14.1e100.net [74.125.225.78]

Trace complete.





C:\WINDOWS\system32>tracert thecoolclass.com

Tracing route to thecoolclass.com [67.222.60.234]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 7 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 26 ms 28 ms 28 ms cpe-98-30-185-1.woh.res.rr.com [98.30.185.1]
3 10 ms 11 ms 12 ms 98.30.200.66
4 9 ms 11 ms 11 ms tge8-2.rcfroh0201h.midwest.rr.com [24.33.162.100]
5 22 ms 19 ms 22 ms 24.33.162.104
6 21 ms 18 ms 23 ms 65.29.1.34
7 123 ms 121 ms 124 ms bu-ether15.atlngamq47w-bcr01.tbone.rr.com [107.14.19.36]
8 134 ms 133 ms 133 ms ae-0-0.cr0.chi10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.20]
9 143 ms 70 ms 177 ms ae1.pr1.chi10.tbone.rr.com [107.14.17.194]
10 127 ms 124 ms 128 ms v396.core1.chi1.he.net [184.105.255.29]
11 171 ms 177 ms 171 ms 10ge3-2.core1.den1.he.net [184.105.213.86]
12 169 ms 179 ms 178 ms 10ge4-2.core1.slc1.he.net [184.105.222.154]
13 86 ms 95 ms 99 ms ace-data-centers-inc.10gigabitethernet1-4.core1.slc1.he.net [66.160.133.118]
14 287 ms 103 ms 104 ms rtr-b.unifiedlayer.com [199.58.199.118]
15 87 ms 87 ms 86 ms 67-222-60-234.unifiedlayer.com [67.222.60.234]

Trace complete.





C:\WINDOWS\system32>tracert hackthissite.org

Tracing route to hackthissite.org [198.148.81.138]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 3 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 141 ms 128 ms 83 ms cpe-98-30-185-1.woh.res.rr.com [98.30.185.1]
3 11 ms 10 ms 11 ms 98.30.200.66
4 12 ms 11 ms 11 ms tge8-2.rcfroh0201h.midwest.rr.com [24.33.162.100]
5 22 ms 19 ms 22 ms 24.33.162.102
6 45 ms 66 ms 45 ms 65.29.1.34
7 39 ms 43 ms 40 ms bu-ether25.cr0.chi30.tbone.rr.com [107.14.19.16]

8 125 ms 121 ms 121 ms ae-0-0.cr0.chi10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.20]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 80 ms 30 ms 28 ms agg-eth-2-pe05.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [75.149.230.69]
11 33 ms 31 ms 31 ms he-2-0-0-0-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net[68.86.86.33]
12 60 ms 63 ms 63 ms he-1-15-0-0-cr01.denver.co.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.85.114]
13 59 ms 59 ms 60 ms xe-0-0-0-0-pe01.910fifteenth.co.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.84.18]
14 59 ms 59 ms 59 ms edge.xe1-comfluent.den.sharktech.net [70.39.96.225]
15 59 ms 105 ms 65 ms hackthissite.org [198.148.81.138]

Trace complete.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
 
It's alright for the late response.

The router doesn't seem to be the problem, provided it's being programmed properly (192.168.1.1).

It's either your ISP or your computer's network card.

Can you provide me with information regarding your network card?

I would also contact the ISP and see if they have any clue why the lag spikes occur.

Good luck! :)
 
Your issue is that you see very random and intermittent issues. It may or may not show up on the traceroutes depending on if you get lucky and there is no issues when you are running it.

Your best bet is to open multiple CMD windows. Then run continuous ping commands to the end machine causing the issue as well as the first 2 or 3 ip in the traceroute.

When you see issues errors in the ping to the end machine what you want to look for is if you see issues in the other pings at the same time and where they start.

If for example the problem was in the first hop that would be a issue between your machine and your router. It should cause issues on every hop beyond that point. The second hop represents the connection between your house and the ISP. This would generally be a cabling issue or something wrong with the wire in the street or something. Past this point it is in the ISP network but a ISP might be kind enough to check and see if they see something at that node.

I would strongly recommend you run on a wired connection for a period of time to verify it is not the wireless. Wireless causes very hard to find network issues so before you spend lots of time running lots of ping test you need to eliminate the wireless as the cause or you will be at this forever.