I do not understand networking. I have terrible ping in-game.

[iamdarkyoshi]

But not on speedtest.net? I am playing rocket league, both me and my brother have the same issue. 

 

This is what speedtest.net looks like for me:

 

I normally get twice the download and upload speed, but my mediaserver is performing an enormous data backup/restore to the internets.

 

Why would this have such a massive impact in game though?

 

 

I normally get 20-80 ping in rocket league.

[KraftDinner]

But not on speedtest.net? I am playing rocket league, both me and my brother have the same issue. 

 

This is what speedtest.net looks like for me:

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I normally get twice the download and upload speed, but my mediaserver is performing an enormous data backup/restore to the internets.

 

Why would this have such a massive impact in game though?

 

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I normally get 20-80 ping in rocket league.

Your mediaserver is eating up your bandwidth

[P e r s e p h o n e]

Maybe the increase latency is derived from your network having to communicate back and forth between different devices and tasks. That's assuming you don't already have an answer for that. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Your mediaserver is eating up your bandwidth

So why would this still get normal ping on speedtest.net with half of my promised speeds still availible?

[ThatOneRussian]

The speedtest uses the closest tower right? And the game uses different ones Im not sure just a possibility

[iamdarkyoshi]

Maybe the increase latency is derived from your network having to communicate back and forth between different devices and tasks. 

Would a shitty ass router have anything to do with this?

[iamdarkyoshi]

The speedtest uses the closest tower right? And the game uses different ones Im not sure just a possibility

Yup. But I normally get less than 35 ping in game unless my network is having a shit fit.

[AMICLG]

Speedtest.net is not accurate as it's flash based. The back up is most likely saturating your connection and/or your router can't handle that much bandwidth.

[Guest Kloaked]

Does the game have dedicated servers? Are you connecting to ones that are long ways away from your locations?

 

Do you have any special routing privileges enabled/disabled on your router? 

[petem]

Is this ping lag only happening when the server is active?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Is this ping lag only happening when the server is active?

This is the first time I have had this and the first time the server has done this, so I would assume so.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Does the game have dedicated servers? Are you connecting to ones that are long ways away from your locations?

 

Do you have any special routing privileges enabled/disabled on your router? 

I am connected to the US Western servers.

 

Not that I know of. It is a consumer grade derprouter. Everything else is business grade lol

[P e r s e p h o n e]

Would a shitty ass router have anything to do with this?

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Yeah. In general most wireless routers communicate to one device at a time, unless you've got a solution setup for it like 802.11AC Wave2

[petem]

If you have a smart router, and it allows this, set it to prioritize your game packets.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Yeah. In general most routers communicate to one device at a time, unless you've got a solution setup for it.

Hmm... All I use the router for is one output and no wireless. Is there any "Router" with only one LAN port and one WAN port, and no wireless?

[petem]

let the server get the lag, not you 

[iamdarkyoshi]

If you have a smart router, and it allows this, set it to prioritize your game packets.

My router is a turd. Probably wouldnt have these features, or any others for that matter.

[petem]

Better routers have QoS (quality of service) settings that will allow you to bandwidth limit lower-priority services (for example, your little brothers porn torrents :blink:)

[iamdarkyoshi]

Better routers have QoS (quality of service) settings that will allow you to bandwidth limit lower-priority services (for example, your little brothers porn torrents :blink:)

Looks like I need a new router

 

@Iamdarkbowser, stop torrenting porn.

[petem]

Hmmm, sounds like it's back to that old tried-and-true method: old school active routing, where you turn off your server until you are done gaming :lol:

[iamdarkyoshi]

Hmmm, sounds like it's back to that old tried-and-true method: old school active routing, where you turn off your server until you are done gaming :lol:

Lol. Might have to do this. Family photos and documents can wait, I want to play soccer with cars!

[P e r s e p h o n e]

Hmm... All I use the router for is one output and no wireless. Is there any "Router" with only one LAN port and one WAN port, and no wireless?

Sorry this took awhile, for some reason I couldn't quote anything. Isn't your router communicating to a file server and an access point which then communicates with other devices?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Sorry this took awhile, for some reason I couldn't quote anything. Isn't your router communicating to a file server and an access point which then communicates with other devices?

my modem goes to the router, the router to a switch, the switch to a dedicated AP, and the mediaserver is using a spare router flashed with ddwrt to act like a wireless adapter (until we properly hardwire things) my pc is hardwired to the switch.

[iamdarkbowser]

I am connected to the US Western servers.

 

Not that I know of. It is a consumer grade derprouter. Everything else is business grade lol

Yet everything comes from the derprouter which is likely the bottleneck.

[iamdarkbowser]

Hmmm, sounds like it's back to that old tried-and-true method: old school active routing, where you turn off your server until you are done gaming :lol:

The only issue with this is that "old schools" don't have what we call "technology"