game ping 80 speedtest ping 1

[babadoctor]

whats going on here

i ran the speedtest while game is running

ping is consistent at 70ms

[Oshino Shinobu]

Ping is a measurement of the time it takes to receive a response from a server. Needless to say Speedtest and CSGO don't use the same servers in the same locations with the same amount of hops to get there.  

[Slottr]

The game is connected to a different server than speedtest is. You probably just got a lousy server on the game.

[Enderman]

speedtest pings your closest server

the game server is running 2 blocks away from you, its running in another part of the world

of course it will be higher

[babadoctor]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

The game is connected to a different server than speedtest is. You probably just got a lousy server on the game.

EVERY SERVER I GO TO IS LIKE DIS

 

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

speedtest pings your closest server

the game server is running 2 blocks away from you, its running in another part of the world

of course it will be higher

speedtest is 12 miles away

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

EVERY SERVER I GO TO IS LIKE DIS

 

speedtest is 12 miles away

exactly

the game server is more like 120 or 1200 miles or whatever

[babadoctor]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

exactly

the game server is more like 120 or 1200 miles or whatever

but why is it like this now

it was never like this before

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, babadoctor said:

but why is it like this now

it was never like this before

??

are you using a vpn or some other thing?

maybe its just more people in your area using the internet

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

EVERY SERVER I GO TO IS LIKE DIS

 

speedtest is 12 miles away

The servers and networks are fundamentally different. Speedtest servers receive a ping signal and send back a pong signal pretty much straight away, as that's their primary function. A game server and the network is going to be checking and processing traffic, as well as doing other things. 

 

Distance itself also isn't a primary factor. You could have a server 100 metres away from you and another identical server 10 miles away, but if the server 100 metres away requires 5 hops to get to and the one 10 miles away only requires 1, chances are the one with a single hop is going to have better ping. 

[babadoctor]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

??

are you using a vpn or some other thing?

maybe its just more people in your area using the internet

i am not using a vpn

i have a cable connection. 

yeah, maybe it is because twc is more saturated than usual today

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, babadoctor said:

i am not using a vpn

i have a cable connection. 

yeah, maybe it is because twc is more saturated than usual today

maybe steam summer sale has something to do with it

anyway

i wouldnt worry about it unless its like that for several days or weeks without going back down to normal

[babadoctor]

3 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

The servers and networks are fundamentally different. Speedtest servers receive a ping signal and send back a pong signal pretty much straight away, as that's their primary function. A game server and the network is going to be checking and processing traffic, as well as doing other things. 

 

Distance itself also isn't a primary factor. You could have a server 100 metres away from you and another identical server 10 miles away, but if the server 100 metres away requires 5 hops to get to and the one 10 miles away only requires 1, chances are the one with a single hop is going to have better ping. 

how can i test how many hops it is to get to the server?

i have the ip

[Oshino Shinobu]

6 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

how can i test how many hops it is to get to the server?

i have the ip

I'm not aware of any tools to test and log how many hops it takes to get to a destination over WAN. You could have a look at Traceroute tools, but I've only seen them applied to local networks. 

 

EDIT: Cisco seems to have some Hop count tools, but I've never used it myself. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/pgw/9/feature/module/9-6_1_/FMHopFwdMap.html

 

I'd expect to encounter issues using them outside of private networks.