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manwithnoshoes

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After hearing about how much better a wired connection was over a wireless one, I decided to run an ethernet cable through my router to get better ping. Most of the time it works fine, but once or twice a week (never at the same times), I experience very severe lag. I have now tried several cables, and two different routers, but I always get the same issue. Plugging into the modem directly instantly eliminates the problem, so I don't think it could be the ISP. What could be causing this? Any help is appreciated.
 
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That will depend on your router. Some routers come included with software that will tell you what requests are hitting your firewall. You should be able to (if IP's are discovered to be slamming you with requests. The IPs can come in ranges BTW) add the IPs to a list that firewall will automatically deny rather than waste resources attempting to process.

The last few months I have seen a couple waves of attacks from Estonia of all places... They tend to be short lived, but that is why keeping router firmware up to date is so important. The router firmware tends to keep rules and features up to date preventing issues with these sorts of bot traffic. I have had MASSIVE network performance issues alleviated simply by updating router...
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It is a wireless router, and I do have it password protected. I don't have any other access to it besides my phone occasionally. If it is the ISP getting overloaded, then why does the modem experience no problems? I know it isn't the cable going from the computer to the router, as that is the same as the one that goes to the modem. And the cable going between the router and modem is brand new.
 
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Are you 100% sure it never happens with the modem?
Because it's odd that you've used multiple routers and it happens.
 
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manwithnoshoes

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I do usually plug directly into the modem only while the problem is happening, which means it could be resetting something. But at the same time, I have never seen any lag at all when going directly into the modem.
 
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I will STRONGLY suggest you refrain from plugging directly into your Modem. You are far more exposed to attacks and malicious traffic when a Router is not shielding your devices within your network.

I would check to see if you have a firewall enabled on the routers. If you do, make sure your windows firewall is disabled, and use your router firewall instead.

sever spontaneous lag spikes could be the result of bots or attacks hitting your router, slowing things down. Often this can be corrected by restarting the router and forcing a new IP from the ISP (can be a pain to do when this happens) Or by finding out if IP's are slamming your router and black listing them.

What game are you having issues in? Always remember there are always two parts to a network transaction. The issue may not be on your end always.


Also ensure your router firmware is up to date.

 
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manwithnoshoes

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It is any game, and any internet activity. Just the connection as a whole.
 
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I upgraded the firmware and disabled my Windows firewall to let the router's firewall work. I'll see if anything happens over the next couple of days and come back here if the issue returns.

As for the next part, I would very much not like to have to reset my router every single time this happens. If that is what it takes then I'll just plug into modem whenever I feel like playing a game. It happens for every game though, so I might just have to take my chances. How do I tell if IP's are slamming my router? And if there are some doing that, how do I blacklist them?
 
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That will depend on your router. Some routers come included with software that will tell you what requests are hitting your firewall. You should be able to (if IP's are discovered to be slamming you with requests. The IPs can come in ranges BTW) add the IPs to a list that firewall will automatically deny rather than waste resources attempting to process.

The last few months I have seen a couple waves of attacks from Estonia of all places... They tend to be short lived, but that is why keeping router firmware up to date is so important. The router firmware tends to keep rules and features up to date preventing issues with these sorts of bot traffic. I have had MASSIVE network performance issues alleviated simply by updating router firmware. I hope that fixes your problems
 
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