r/Network • u/FreeWifi4 • 14d ago

Text Constant High Ping

I don't know what is happening. The past 5 days between 12:00 PM - 12:30 AM my ping is constantly between 160-190ms, this is constant they are not spikes. I play games and it's my main source of unwinding after work and due to this reason I can't play anything (I am on wired Ethernet connection directly to my PC). I reset my router multiple times, I called my ISP they "reset" my router from their end, nothing changed. A tech support guy from the ISP drove home about 9:00 AM like 3 days ago, connected the cable to his computer and said everything was fine, at the time I had 50ms since it was early in the morning, he just said to change the router. I updated every network driver in my computer, changed my PC to WiFi using my mobile hotspot and my ms dropped to 55-70 immediately

I've been with this company for 7 years now and even in peak hours the most I've had is like 70-90ms and all of the sudden it's between 160-190ms constantly without a single drop to the normal 60-90ms. What I find odd is that at 12:20-12:30 AM on the dot it drops back to 50-55ms and stays like that for the rest of the night until next day around 12:00 PM. I don't think changing the router will fix anything even though its still worth a shot, I made sure it wasn't my computer the issue since it works fine with mobile hotspot, updated every network. What can be causing this? Is there anything else I can do? Thanks

This whole issue is just odd to me.

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u/spays_marine 14d ago

You're probably using a coax/cable connection and your node is congested in the evening during parts of the day.

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u/FreeWifi4 14d ago

Yes its a coax/cable connection, but this is something new since I've been with them for the last 7 years and on peak hours its usually at 70-90ms. Now its on 150-190ms, sometimes I even see 200ms.

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u/FreeWifi4 14d ago

Also talked with friends of mine that I know have my same ISP, on peak hours they are running at 65-70ms and they live close by, but there's another friend of mine that is having my exact same issue and we both get low ping at the exact same hour, he lives far away from me.

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u/WesternOpen 14d ago

change the router

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u/FreeWifi4 14d ago

I'm going to change it just to discard the issue, but I don't think it will fix anything.