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Okay, so I need some help. I've tried so many things and at this point I need to make a post for help. I'm down to try everything I've already done before in the off chance it works now or I did it wrong the first time. The Issue: When I run a speed test on my desktop pc I get about 400/500 down and 100 up. I'm paying for gigabit and expect to see at least 800 (which if I recall correctly, was what I was getting when I first built my machine). When I run the speed test using my old laptop through the same ethernet cable, I get around 700/800 down and around 300/400 up. On top of that and the main cause for me trying to fix this is my ping spikes, especially in online games. Randomly (about once a match in Overwatch so every 20 minutes), I get a massive ping spike where my in-game latency goes from around 30-40ms to 600ms+ for a brief moment and then back down to 30-40ms. Hardware: My pc is a self built desktop running Windows 11. GPU: RTX 4090, CPU: i9-13900k, Motherboard: Rog Strix Z790-e gaming wifi. My internet setup is ethernet with wifi disabled (pc) to a Netgear network switch. From there it goes to a Unifi AP in my room, then it goes down to the basement into another Netgear switch. From that switch it goes into the Unifi USG, finally chaining to a Verizon router which links to the modem and then out to the street. I have managed to narrow things down somewhat. I have tested all the cables with a cable tester down to the network switch in the basement. I have also determined that the ping spike issue is somewhere local. As I have a cmd window up pinging my router and whenever I get a ping spike in game, the time in the cmd window goes from <1ms to 40/50ms+ I'm at a pretty big loss on what to do / try next. Maybe something is wrong with my computer? Maybe something is wrong with the network setup but I'm not sure how to diagnose if it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I'd be happy to follow up with any further details if needed.

Hello, here is my issue (sorry for grammar, second language): So when playing CS:GO my ping is usually around 50 like always, but when playing on specific servers (Faceit or Community owned servers) my ping spikes to 150 for like 5 seconds then it goes back to 50, it happens randomly while playing on these servers but it happens every few minutes. When playing on official CS:GO servers owned by valve my ping is normal and there are no spikes at all, it literally won't move above 45. I also noticed some lag while playing League of Legends, so it's probably the same thing happening. I also downloaded Valorant to test my ping and it's the worst out of all, constantly jumping between 30-150, even worse than CS:GO where it's just sudden spikes for a couple of seconds. Things i tried to fix this issue: - Switch off modem and router for hours and restart them. - Reset my original router to factory settings. - Full, clean windows reinstall (formatted every drive). - Windows is on a completely separate SSD. - I changed the cables going from the modem to my router and the one going from the router to my pc to brand new ones. - I tried a different router, already with the new cables, no change at all. - I reset my network settings in windows 10. After this I switched off my modem and router for a couple of minutes and restarted them, and my ping was normal after this network reset on all of the servers I had issues on. But after like half a day the high ping was back. I did the network reset several times and it always helped but only for half a day. - Internet speed tests on different websites show that my ping and connection are fine. - I did a ping test to my router and it seems fine. - When I do ping tests to foreign websites there are huge spikes and timeouts while pinging. - I called my ISP several times, and explained everything in detail, and they just send me a message at the end of they day, saying they fixed the issue (nothing changed at all, even after restarting modem and router). - I have no idea how long this problem existed, because I only started playing again recently, a couple of weeks ago, and I didn't notice any other problems while browsing the internet, watching videos and other stuff. As I can recall my ping in CS:GO was perfect in march, this year on all of the listed servers, community owned or not. Thank you for your help.

Does anyone know how to fix my ping spike? because i got it randomly 4 days ago but my wifi is usually good. i have watched hundreds of videos on YouTube and none of them has worked out please help me so i can play with my friend without lagging every few seconds. Another thing to note is that there are 2 pc's in my room and both are connected to my gaming router but 1 of them doesn't have any problem while the one I'm using now gets ping spikes.

So I'm renting a room and the apartament also has a router with internet access, since the wall plugs didn't have lan connections in them, I bought a wifi card (COMFAST CF-WP1750 1750Mbps). I plugged it into my desktop and was amazed by the fast speeds of glass fibre internet and this presumably high speed wifi card. Suddenly without me doing anything i lost connection, then it connected again, worked for a while, then lost connection again. I investigated, reinstalled the drivers, used windows default drivers, plugged in and out, re-attached the antennas, tried putting a lan plug in the wall, but it still isn't working and i can't really investigate why because I don't have the network testing tools, neither have access to the router interface, since it's locked for anyone other than the apartament owner. I noticed the connection did something like this (notice the periodically appearing losses of connection): Pinging the router showed the same results, whereas in i.e. 10 pings, 9 of them were at a latency of 1ms and the 10th was at latencies near to 1000ms, this is extremly annoying when playing games and listening to online lectures. Sometimes it doesn't detect the 5GHz variant of the connection despite seeing many other 5GHz connections from other apartaments. The automatic energy saving mode on the wifi card is also turned off since I already saw many other forums on similar problems like this. Today for example in the night i sat to like 3 AM in the night and i had no problems at all with the connection and when I woke up today and wanted to turn on my online lecture it started cutting off all the time and it's persisting while i am writing this post. Could someone give me a clue on what is happening here and how i could possibly fix it? EDIT: I also noticed that when another person in the apartament in the room besides mine opens or closes the door, the connection seems to cut off (wierd, right??)

I'm getting really frustrated with this issue. I have been doing some googling, but I think I need more help in actually troubleshooting/narrowing down my issue here... Let me explain. I had a USB WiFi adapter fail on me a few months back and decided, while I was getting a new one, to splurge a bit and get a PCIe adapter instead of a USB one. I figured I might be able to get better and more consistent speeds out of it. It seemed to work fine for a few months until I was suddenly getting a TON of lag spikes and packet loss in online games (I noticed it particularly in Apex). I originally thought it was my ISP because coincedentally they were having network issues that were affecting customers with the modem HW ver I had. I had a sibling in another apartment down the road experienceing drops in connection at the same time as me, etc. SO there was definitely an issue there. Cool, cool. Got a new modem and figured it out, time to game. Yet the issue remained. No more drops in connection, but the lag spikes and packet loss remained. I just happened to plug in ethernet to see if that affected anything and voila... No more lag spikes/packetloss. So I figured maybe the card I had got had died on me it's relatively close to my GPU in my case, and I game pretty often. Maybe it had abunch of hot air blown on it and it got a bit cooked. It was a cheap TPlink card. Fast forward a bit, I have been running a long Ethernet cable all across my living room and saving up for a new PCIe card. Finally, I had saved up some more money and got myself a slightly more expensive "Gigabyte GC-Wbax200" and figured this would solve my issue. Install it, and now I have been tinkering with windows settings and scouring Google all day. I cant figure this out. The same ping spikes and packet loss seems to be there. So it must not have been the card before... But my problem is not having any experience with PCIe cards, and not having much experience in troubleshooting network issues (I have been lucky enough to not really have them until now). What should be my first step? I have been pinging an IP in cmd with "-t" (for example "ping 8.8.8.8 -t") and watching the time while I tinker with vcarious settings. Nothing has affected it. The time to make a trip jumps every few seconds (5 or so?) from 23ms to 600+ms . It's driving me insane. Most of the help threads I find on google have similar posts of "try turning off power management" or "I fixed by reinstalling windows" (which I am trying to avoid) if there are any solutions at all... Here's a shot from my cmd: The only thing I can think of (and I don't really know much, so this could be crazy) is since it's PCIe... could my GPU be throttling it and taking too much PCIe bandwidth? Streaming videos and stuff online (for the most part) seems fine. I only REALLY notice it while gaming (when the GPU would be most active). Edit: More info I have just discovered... My apartment complex has 2 modems/routers in it... Our complex buys in bulk from Spectrum and includes it in our lease. It's a slower speed than I would like though and so I opt to pay more monthly (on top of whats included in my rent) for a second line at a higher speed. This is what I have been using and getting these issues with ping on. Just on a hunch I tried connecting to the other modem/router and now, while pinging 8.8.8.8 in CMD I am getting no spikes. The modems are directly next to each other, so I don't think its a location thing... But somehow it might be related to the modem?

Hi there, I am trying to play League of Legends with my roommate, but am having insanely unstable ping and high ping spikes (200+). My ping is all over the place and fluctuates all the time. For periods of time it is stable, but then seemingly at random this behaviour starts again. The strange thing is that this happens on both my laptops, but not on my roommate's Macbook. His ping is perfectly stable at around 12, spare the occasional ping spike that stays below 50. We live in an anti-squat building and have to game on wifi. Running an ethernet cable is impossible since the router is located in another person's room. If I had to, I could try an 'internet over power' solution, but I don't know if that would work since the building is quite large and old. League runs fine on any other network (both via wifi and ethernet), and so does my internet connectivity in general as far as I have noticed. I ran PingPlotter on the League server and I have included the data in the attachments. As far as I can tell there is some packet loss and spikes in latency at the first hop. Also, I have no clue wtf is going on at hop 3. Things I have tried so far: - Closing all other applications while gaming - Factory resetting both laptops - Reinstalling League of Legends - Buying a wifi extender and connecting via its ethernet port (thought my wifi chip was broken for a while and it seemed fixed using this solution, but now things are f**cked again) - Making sure power settings are set to maximum performance for League of Legends - Making sure League of Legends is added to firewall exceptions - Running League of Legends' "Hextech Repair Tool" - Rolling back to older network drivers for laptop #1 Any help as to what the hell is going on would be greatly appreciated!! Edit: I forgot to mention that sometimes I have a friend over and the 3 of us play League. He also has a Windows machine and has never experienced ping issues. Laptop #1: 4700MQ, 765m, 16GB Ram, Windows 10 64bit (1903 I think) Laptop #2: 8130u, integrated graphics, Windows 10 64bit (1903) Roommate's laptop: Macbook Pro 13" (2018, touchbar) 104.160.141.3.csv 104.160.141.3.pp2

Hello everyone, a short time ago I have bought the Fritz WLAN AC 860 Stick, with that I have problems with 5Ghz, where I often have Ping Spikes Up to 500ms for one second. I had the same problems with other sticks too, is it a problem with the sticks, or could it also be my router? (Fritz Box 7560). If you need any pictures, let me know! Thanks for your help!

Hello, I have a serious problem. I have recently reinstalled Windows and my internet connection is really bad now. I am getting really huge ping spikes, low download and upload. On other devices the Internet works well. What could be the problem? I have tried switching WiFi adapters, it hasn't helped. Also I have tried both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, reinstalled network drivers. Help, please. Thank you so much

Alright so idk if this belongs here but my dad installed a new router and ever since then I've been getting lag spikes in (pretty much all) games in 5-10 minute intervals. My ping usually averages at about 20-30 but it jumps up to ~200 for about 2 seconds when it happens. I can watch videos and streams just fine, I can download and upload stuff as well. I'm connected via Ethernet Cable. I don't know much about PCs or routers or whatever so please be so kind and explain possible fixes in an easy way... Thanks in advance!! :)

Hello, for the past week or so I have been getting random ping spikes in games. I use a wireless adapter (Linksys AC1200). I have both a 2.4GHz and a 5GHz connection, but the ping spikes only seem to be happening on the 2.4GHz connection and not the 5. It would go from a normal 45 ping up-to 800 ping and come back down to normal within 2 seconds. The spikes are random and are in no pattern. This randomly started happening. I don't have access to Ethernet so that's out of the question. Is there any fix to this? Thanks.

So I have two questions. How is it possible to get super low ping in games like 9 or 20 and how is it possible to get ping spikes on a ethernet cable!!

Hi guys, I have this problem quite a while now and it keeps on repeating the same problem again and again. I have a TP-link Archer 1200 in my house, placed it downstairs in a 2-story house. I play online game such as CSGO and Dota2 a lot and for the first few month, things are good, stable ping, smooth download, easy to connect to the wifi. But now, I have problems connecting to the wifi with my phone. The speed of the internet sometimes slowed down and the ping for my online games starts to suffer ping spikes. - No router settings were changed - No computer wifi settings were changed - Asus X554L Laptop The problems resolved when i use a wifi adapter on my laptop. Before, I don't need a wifi adapter or a repeater. I bought a TP-link repeater hoping that it will help but it does not. Please help me, I wanna play games again

Every multiplayer game I play now I get horrible rubberband lag every couple seconds. It makes it impossible to play. There is no ping spikes or fps drops in the game while the rubberbanding occurs but I am 100% sure it has something to do with my wifi. I never gotten this lag before really but I've had it now for a month or 2 and I need to fix it. I have absolutely no knowledge of wifi and the terms and what it all means and it is very confusing to me. I have no clue what to do or how to fix it.

Some time ago I purchased a DWA-171 D-Link wifi adapter and I got ping spikes that caused my gameplay in Counter Strike to be unplayable. These spikes were around 600+ so there was basically no connection during them. I ditched the dongle, headed downstairs, and then I connected straight to the router and had a stable ping and flying speeds. http://www.speedtest.net/result/5045458879.png I decided that I should move back upstairs and take advantage of the PCI slot on my motherboard so I purchased an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260. Using the external antena I thought this card would be okay. I still recieve spikes that are playable but not enjoyable. Is this inevitable for me? Is wireless not an option?

hi guys, i bought a new router, and now i exprience lag spikes and rubberbanding on the games i play. the router i bought is TP-Link TD-W8951ND. its a Modem Router. from my old router i dont experience rubberbanding and spikes. is it a faulty router? I pinged my IP but I dont know what it means, so hope you can help me Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=345ms TTL=254 <<<<<< Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=342ms TTL=254 <<<<<< Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=517ms TTL=254 <<<<<< Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=254 And here is my Pinging of steam Pinging steamcommunity.com [23.32.92.160] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=535ms TTL=54 <<<<<< Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=321ms TTL=54 <<<<<< Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54 Reply from 23.32.92.160: bytes=32 time=307ms TTL=54 <<<<<< At first I thought it was my new router, but when i plugged in my old router and pinged it, it has the same result. what is the problem, please help. Old router I used my old router, but i still had lag spikes. wtf, now i dont know what to think. please help Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=228ms TTL=30 <<<<< Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=334ms TTL=30 <<<<< Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=30