Modem with lowest ping

[mirhaddolic]

Like I said in the past I tried every modem and router out there and they all had different ping measures and I was just wondering if anyone out there knows which modem and router are the best for gaming and which ones have lowest latency?

 

[mirhaddolic]

the japanese linksys modems are the utmost that are out there , they also come with broadcom chipsets , they virtually rock

You kow which model might be the best or just any japanese linksys modem?

i know the x series which are router-modems come with broadcom chipsets , like the x-3000 , x-3500 and so forth , i used to own an x-3000 and it's really a decent experience ... the basic dsl modems are designated as WAG like wag-120 , 160 and so forth i'm not sure about them ... if i manage to save my money i probably buy another linksys modem myself

I need one for cable internet not dsl

 

[jimmyEatWord]

a router always makes it somewhat laggy , but not too laggy , maybe your xbox is updating something ? cause i've never heard of an isp not supporting a specific router , if the modem gets to pass the internet to the router , then the router's brand is non of their business

No the modem. They won't let me use my own modem anymore. It has to be one of their certified and supported modems. I use my router. Same one still. Nighthawk R7000

oh of course , if you are using cable then you probably HAVE to , use their own certified modems , like i moved from shaw in canada to cogeco in eastern canada and the modems were totally different , dsl i a whole different technology , if you move your isp and you own a linksys or a dlink you can probably keep it with the new company

 

[Rogue Leader]

DSL better than cable? You can't be serious. The fastest DSL you can get is only about 1.5mbps, cable goes as high as 100, even 300 or more mbps.

On top of that routers DO NOT have ping. You can't improve ping by replacing your router or modem unless they are literally broken.

Your Ping to your router at home over a wired connection should be about 1ms, your ping outside of your network depends on your network connection PERIOD. The only thing you can do to improve that (and some gaming routes do this automatically) is use QoS on the router to prioritize gaming traffic over all other traffic.

To compare ping between units you would need to ping the exact server from the exact same time and exact same location. Anything else is conjecture, time of day, network traffic, etc all affect it. You want to improve ping, find the physically closest server to you.

If you are trying to play multiple online games at the same time (say PC and XB1) or download huge files and play you are going to run into issues that look like ping because your connection isn't big enough to handle all the data. Especially if you are playing over WiFi.

 

[jimmyEatWord]

adsl can reach 23-4 mbps , other dsl technologies can go beyond that , of course not as high as 300 mbps , but ping wise (latency) dsl i would assume is much better , a cable internet is delivered via high voltage electricity , i don't think if that can deliver a good ping

 

[Rogue Leader]

adsl can reach 23-4 mbps , other dsl technologies can go beyond that , of course not as high as 300 mbps , but ping wise (latency) dsl i would assume is much better , a cable internet is delivered via high voltage electricity , i don't think if that can deliver a good ping

Did you just make that up? Cable internet is NOT delivered by high voltage electricity. That is the biggest phooey I have ever heard on here. Cable is THE BEST way to get high speed internet for normal people.

The "theoretical" max of adsl is 24 mbps. Good luck getting a connection that does that, it doesn't exist. The best you can normally fins is 8gbps and thats expensive.

Please avoid posting these types of things on TH, you are just going to confuse and misinform people.

 

[USAFRet]

adsl can reach 23-4 mbps , other dsl technologies can go beyond that , of course not as high as 300 mbps , but ping wise (latency) dsl i would assume is much better , a cable internet is delivered via high voltage electricity , i don't think if that can deliver a good ping

What?!?
As I asked of the OP here on the whole ping thing...please provide some documentation of this, other than IPIOOMA.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Open a cmd window

run :
ping www.google.com
The first two lines are the only ones that count.
From your PC to the router '<1ms'
From your router to your ISP (mine is 6-7ms to Verizon)

After that, you have no influence.

I have been following this thread, and tried the ping you suggested. I get 4 lines, all saying the same thing:
"Reply from 2607: etc... Time=68ms"

Then it says "Packets sent =4, received =4, Lost=0"

Below that it gives the min, max and average approx round trip times.

I am on AT&T uverse, Windows 8 Pro 32 bit.

How did you get the statistics from each leg of the trip? Just curious.

 

[USAFRet]

Open a cmd window

run :
ping www.google.com
The first two lines are the only ones that count.
From your PC to the router '<1ms'
From your router to your ISP (mine is 6-7ms to Verizon)

After that, you have no influence.

I have been following this thread, and tried the ping you suggested. I get 4 lines, all saying the same thing:
"Reply from 2607: etc... Time=68ms"

Then it says "Packets sent =4, received =4, Lost=0"

Below that it gives the min, max and average approx round trip times.

I am on AT&T uverse, Windows 8 Pro 32 bit.

How did you get the statistics from each leg of the trip? Just curious.

From a cmd window:
pathping
or
tracert

 

[mjslakeridge]

Thanks USAFRet. Tracert worked for me.

 

[RedJaron]

You can also ping your modem or router directly. Run "ipconfig /all" and note the default gateway's IP ( typically 192.168.1.1 on an ISP's provided hardware that hasn't been customized ). Then ping that address ( "ping 192.168.1.1" ).

Theoretically, yes, a modem or router can affect your overall latency to a game server, but only as the data packets are traversing the device ( meaning a modem or router may be slightly slower or faster in how it processes and hands off data packets, but it absolutely cannot affect traffic or latency on data that has already been transmitted by it ). It is possible you may find one that is faster than another in terms of latency ( overall bandwidth is another matter, as is QoS as RL said ). However, it will be imperceptible to you. Basic low-end modems are already at less than 1 ms in terms of the extra latency they add to the route. Paying extra for some premium modem just to shave 0.2 ms off your latency ( if that ) is ridiculous.