I keep getting lag spikes in games like CS:GO over my wired connection. The spikes aren't just limited to that game, they happen in others too. I have no idea what's wrong or if I should be contacting my ISP or not.
I'm on a desktop using a wired connection to the motherboard Ethernet jack.
Here are two trace routes and a ping-t.
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Tracing route to google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 11 ms 159 ms 14 ms 10.170.16.1
3 27 ms 12 ms 12 ms gateway2-b4-1414-sth3blocal1.str.ptd.net [207.44.122.221]
4 17 ms 15 ms 14 ms gateway2-be12-nyc22str.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.122.97]
5 34 ms 12 ms 16 ms pni-google.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.112.2]
6 12 ms 13 ms 13 ms 108.170.248.1
7 13 ms 13 ms 14 ms 108.170.235.81
8 65 ms 173 ms 14 ms google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
Trace complete.
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Tracing route to google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 74 ms 4 ms 4 ms 192.168.0.1
2 15 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10.170.16.1
3 13 ms 13 ms 12 ms gateway2-b4-1414-sth3blocal1.str.ptd.net [207.44.122.221]
4 16 ms 16 ms 17 ms gateway2-be12-nyc22str.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.122.97]
5 114 ms 13 ms 12 ms pni-google.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.112.2]
6 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 108.170.248.1
7 213 ms 182 ms 159 ms 108.170.235.81
8 14 ms 11 ms 11 ms google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
Trace complete.
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ping www.google.com -t
Pinging www.google.com [204.186.55.242] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=901ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=255ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=230ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=130ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=94ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Ping statistics for 204.186.55.242:
Packets: Sent = 39, Received = 39, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 901ms, Average = 53ms
I'm on a desktop using a wired connection to the motherboard Ethernet jack.
Here are two trace routes and a ping-t.
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Tracing route to google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 11 ms 159 ms 14 ms 10.170.16.1
3 27 ms 12 ms 12 ms gateway2-b4-1414-sth3blocal1.str.ptd.net [207.44.122.221]
4 17 ms 15 ms 14 ms gateway2-be12-nyc22str.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.122.97]
5 34 ms 12 ms 16 ms pni-google.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.112.2]
6 12 ms 13 ms 13 ms 108.170.248.1
7 13 ms 13 ms 14 ms 108.170.235.81
8 65 ms 173 ms 14 ms google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
Trace complete.
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Tracing route to google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 74 ms 4 ms 4 ms 192.168.0.1
2 15 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10.170.16.1
3 13 ms 13 ms 12 ms gateway2-b4-1414-sth3blocal1.str.ptd.net [207.44.122.221]
4 16 ms 16 ms 17 ms gateway2-be12-nyc22str.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.122.97]
5 114 ms 13 ms 12 ms pni-google.nyc.ptd.net [207.44.112.2]
6 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 108.170.248.1
7 213 ms 182 ms 159 ms 108.170.235.81
8 14 ms 11 ms 11 ms google-public-dns-a.google.com [8.8.8.8]
Trace complete.
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ping www.google.com -t
Pinging www.google.com [204.186.55.242] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=901ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=255ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=230ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=130ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=94ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 204.186.55.242: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Ping statistics for 204.186.55.242:
Packets: Sent = 39, Received = 39, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 901ms, Average = 53ms