Ping and internet speed

Fate Zero · 12 Jul 2016 at 23:28

I was having problems with my ping over wifi while playing games. I then got a powerline adapter and my ping is now nearly identical to what it was directly though Ethernet.

I was wondering though how else I can improve my ping. Does internet download/upload speed have any effect on speed? Also my modem (adsl) cable is ancient, would buying a new one of them or changing the adsl filters improve my ping at all? Thanks

Swifty55 · 12 Jul 2016 at 23:43

Wired will eliminate all problems on your network side.

Other than that, it's down to the ISP routing.

Steveocee · 13 Jul 2016 at 07:47

Direct cable in you should have a near enough 0 latency ***to your router. What are your power lines doing out of interest?

joeyjojo · 13 Jul 2016 at 08:13

As above there's nothing else you can do, other than change the type of connection you have or move house.

I've noticed Fibre is a lot faster (lower ping) than plain ADSL though. IIRC cable (Virgin) was good too.

Steveocee · 13 Jul 2016 at 08:18

Also wisely picking your servers helps. Probably goes without saying but try to stick to UK and EU servers rather than US ones.

Orcvader · 3 Aug 2016 at 16:59

Howardg said:
I am having some Internet speed issues too. When I test it with an online test, I get about 20mbps and 40ms ping. But anyway, I can't play most online games, it is unbearable

40ms is a bit high for my liking.

Are you connected to the router via wireless or cable? You can do this to check via command prompt/powershell the latency between your PC and router to see if the high ping is either your network or net:

Code:

ping 192.168.1.1

Or 192.168.1.254 depending on your router's IP.

bledd · 4 Aug 2016 at 08:27

The best thing you can do is run a network cable from the router to your PC.

Powerline and wifi will always be worse.