Router security = ping spikes?

[JerrBear]

I got a new router (https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC3200/)...

Now my router no longer bottlenecks the download speed, but the problem is that I have more ping spikes in online games or Discord.

My ping also increased by ~17 ms (to LoL) from my older, trash router.

 

I have quite a few security settings enabled, could it be those? What is the ideal settings to have to reduce ping spikes?

 

 

[AustinJ]

If you are using wireless turn things like msdu aggregation and mpdu aggregation off.

[JerrBear]

17 minutes ago, AustinJ said:

If you are using wireless turn things like msdu aggregation and mpdu aggregation off.

I'm using ethernet.

[AustinJ]

Just now, JerrBear said:

I'm using ethernet.

Well... maybe try turning down the firewall stuff. Did you replace the old router or is this one behind it.

[JerrBear]

Just now, AustinJ said:

Well... maybe try turning down the firewall stuff. Did you replace the old router or is this one behind it.

I replaced the old router. I'm going to try what you recommended and post the results tmrw.

[faziten]

2 hours ago, JerrBear said:

I got a new router (https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC3200/)...

Now my router no longer bottlenecks the download speed, but the problem is that I have more ping spikes in online games or Discord.

My ping also increased by ~17 ms (to LoL) from my older, trash router.

 

I have quite a few security settings enabled, could it be those? What is the ideal settings to have to reduce ping spikes?

 

 

17ms is a lot. Id expect it to be related to a high CPU usage in the router. Some QoS/Firewall/security config engaging, etc. 

 

I had to turn off Flood protections in my crappy tplink router while using Torrents with a relatively fast downstream... that piece of trash detected the 4MB/s (MegaByte, not Megabit) UTP stream as a flood attempt and it would block the connection for a few minutes.