I just got a brand new series x and am getting ping spikes playing r6 randomly. Once every 30 seconds I’ll spike up to 300 ping from around 25 and it will make my game glitch. It’s the most frustrating thing. I tried resetting my modem, router, console. I tried playing without wired internet and it’s the same issue. I don’t know what could be causing this.
#Ping spikes with cat6 wired Ethernet?
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sand mirage
using a web browser from your computer, go to fast.com and click 'show more info' and then provide the 5 numbers.
Do this twice, waiting several minutes between the two runs.
small edge
Download 130 mbps
Latency: 17 unloaded, 207 loaded
Upload 12mbps
Don’t see a 5th number
sand mirage
oh yea, I can't count. lol.
did you get a very high number like that 207 loaded both times?
small edge
Yeah this 2nd time it was 202
sand mirage
unloaded latency is your just normal ping when nothing is going on.
loaded latency is your ping when the network is actually being used.
That 'loaded' number is the one that matters. 200 is well beyond where you'd start seeing lag and would potentially result in rubber banding in the game or maybe for some games actually getting disconnected.
small edge
Yeah it seems quite high
sand mirage
Start by rebooting your router, making sure you arejn't also downloading files or streaming videos or whatever on other computers, etc.
sand mirage
there's a different test that i know exists but have never really used... 'buffer bloat' is a thing related to lag... it kinda sorta shows either poorly configured computer network stack if you're on a computer or a poorly designed router?
since you're on a console if the test shows something is wrong then upgrading the router might be the only solution, i'm not sure.
Here's one site that supposedly tests for that: https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat
and of course make sure you are using wired ethernet for your xbox, not wifi. and not powerline/wall outlet bridges, or wifi boosters or whatever