High Ping on new ISP

Spiretec · March 17, 2016

I recently got a second isp. For the older one i had a plan of 2 mbps (which gave me the speed of 250 kbps) and the newer one the plan is of i guess 5 mbps (get 600 kbps download speed). Now the older isp used to give me around 100 latency in csgo on asian servers and 40 on dubai servers. speedtest gave me around around 20-30 ping. Now on the newer isp (with better speed) i get 200 latency on asian servers. around 100 on dubai while the local ping through speedtest is almost the same aroudn 20-30. I tried changing it to google dns but that doesn't help either. Can anyone please tell me how to fix my ping? Thank you in advance.

I also have another question.

is it possible to run 2 connections on the same computer? Like when i am playing csgo i connected my pc through the cable on the old router and after i finish playing i connect the cable to the new modem for faster downloads and streaming. Usually when i switch modem the internet never connects and i have to restart the computer to make it work again. Is there a way to fix this?

Thank you in advance

Naeaes · March 17, 2016

Running two connections is entirely possible. You just need two sets of everything. Two wirings leading to the house, two connections to the computer from the two interfaces.

For example, phone-line and a separate fiber Ethernet. A modem for one, a router for the other, two NICs (network interface cards) or a Wi-Fi and a NIC. Fastest and crudest way is to disable the connection in windows, you don't want to use and enable the other and switch between them to switch ISPs. Basically, what you cannot do, is run two similar connections over the same wiring like two ADSLs over a single phone line.

I'd be willing to bet, the issue is out of your hands. ISPs have to pay for connections so sometimes they route some of the traffic over cheaper routes. My connection from Finland might well route though Russia to Sweden to Norway to Estonia just because. If the ISPs have made promises about the latency, you could take it up with them, but they usually don't. Then again, things can and will change over time. Nodes get crowded and are de-prioritized. If you're interested, you could run tracert to the gaming server on both connections and see how the path differ and even determine at which node the latency is generated. If I'm right, the routes won't be identical and the latency comes from an IP that only the slower ISP uses.