Windows 10: Really Strange Ping Spikes

Hey everyone, I have a case of the ping spikes. I am using a USB network adapter

About every 20 - 30 minutes, my PC will spike. I don't notice it much when web browsing or streaming, but it is very noticable whenever I play games.

Most games handle it the same. Overwatch or R6 will freeze my character (I'll be able to shoot and look around) but everyone else in the match will be walking in place. The spike ends after around 5-10 seconds. Then, every input by everyone else that I missed will play out at once in high speed. Typically I will immediately have one more, shorter spike exactly like the previous but each "phase" lasts 1 second instead.

During this time I am also unable to hear anyone on Discord, and they cannot hear me.

Most importantly, I've actually witnessed the spike in command prompt. By running a continuous ping test I noticed the request timed out, I had one ping of 50ms, the next 999 and then immediately back to 50.

Any solutions? I've tried disabling a few different power options that may have been affecting it. I've even kept an eye on the Resource Monitor while playing, and didn't find any program that could be causing the spike.

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Strange ping spikes, need help

A factory reset the hardwear too , but if the issues keep up check over how it's hooked up if u are using a extension cord and so on power issues on a router can create issues like ping spikes and so on, I work at isp so I have reseted a couple of 1000 routers :|

 

Really annoyed with random ping spikes.

[/quote] Click to expand... I have been doing a little bit of testing with that code in CMD. So far I opened up 4 CMD windows, all pinging to 4 different servers to check results while playing APB Reloaded.

I am pinging my router, my modem, APB server, ISP default gateway. Over the course of 30 minutes, my router pinged <1ms, modem <1ms, APB 20-25ms, ISP 8-14ms. I didn't have a case of ping spike during that time, but when I do get a ping spike, hopefully I'll get my answer. If the APB server spikes, along with the ISP server, but the router/modem stay at 1ms, does that mean an ISP issue? Faulty cable perhaps? In other words, if the router/modem stay at 1ms during the ping spike, does that mean that they are both working correctly?

I tried downloading a game while at the same time see how it affected my ping in APB. When the download started, my ISP ping spiked obviously, and the APB ping spiked as well, since the bandwidth is being sucked up by the download, the router and modem both stayed at 1ms. I'm hoping to catch a screenshot of when APB ping spikes to see if the ISP ping spikes also. If the ISP ping spikes, it would almost have to be an issue with them. Keep in mind I currently play 3 different games, and in all 3 games, I have seen high ping spikes over the past 3 weeks. It can't be coincidence that the game servers are lagging. Something must be causing them to ping up so often. Gotta keep an eye on that ISP default gateway ping and see how it reacts....

I can only check on my computer out of the 4. It is the only one good enough to play any kind of game on lol.

 

Really annoyed with random ping spikes.

just as some general advice:

ping the router
ping your ISP's website or DNS server
ping google

leave them running with -t


if you see packet loss or ping spikes to the router, you know its a hardware fault.

if everything screws up from the ISP onwards, its a problem between your modem and then (for example, a faulty DSL router at their end, or your upload is choked*)

if its fine to the ISP but bad to google/anything else, then the problem is further upstream and you cant fix it.



* if a single person uploads a photo from an iphone, your internet upload will get maxed out briefly. this is a very big cause of ping spikes - try getting a router (i reccomend TP link) with bandwidth management, and lock each device/IP to <40% max upload to prevent any two concurrent users from causing ping spikes.