Ping in online games sometimes high sometimes low

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For the longest time I have had issues with my internet, whether it is download speed or ping, there seems to be always something wrong. Recently I have been playing a game called League of Legends, and my ping in it for years has been between 70-80, which is not bad compared to others. But in the last month my ping went down to 60 and stayed there for 2 weeks or so. Than just today I started to play some League of Legends and noticed my ping was back up to 75. So I did common things like, restart my router, restart my computer, change some adapter settings, turned off the Wi-Fi on devices, closed programs that were using the internet but it still was at 75. Something to note, I am using an Ethernet cable that is plugged into a D-Link Power line kit https://fleetnetwork.ca/products/d-link-powerline-wireless-ac1200-gigabit-starter-kit-network-rj-45-1000-mbit-s-powerline-ieee-802-11ac-homeplug-av2-lan-dhp-w611av?ref=SFDR_98726019&variant=42967092750&gclid=CjwKCAiAqvXTBRBuEiwAE54dcJ-3Xv9U7OeqmHqgN7x9hJfMQtqXpe3GUofHje-LHts6DRV7XphPphoCquEQAvD_BwE
This has happened in the past when I used a wireless connection, where my ping just drops significantly in games, than a few weeks later it is back to normal or even higher.
So, I just want your thoughts on it, is there something I am missing or doing that is increasing or decreasing my ping? Is there any possible fix to keep the ping lower?

Thanks for your response!
 
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Its would be helpful to know what kind of performance you get when you are directly connected (hard wired to the router/modem) for control/comparison. Or at least the up/down speeds you get from your ISP and who the ISP is.

Generally though, this all has to do with the wiring in your house and how power-line adapters work. You wont be able to reduce pings using this method, at least in your current home. Another option if you cant run a wire directly to your router/modem is setting up a wifi device to bride to your exiting wifi (creating a wireless bridge--in DD-WRT this known as Client bridged mode). below is a pic for reference.

https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Image:Client_Bridge.jpg

Im in a similar situation, except I am in...
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Its would be helpful to know what kind of performance you get when you are directly connected (hard wired to the router/modem) for control/comparison. Or at least the up/down speeds you get from your ISP and who the ISP is.

Generally though, this all has to do with the wiring in your house and how power-line adapters work. You wont be able to reduce pings using this method, at least in your current home. Another option if you cant run a wire directly to your router/modem is setting up a wifi device to bride to your exiting wifi (creating a wireless bridge--in DD-WRT this known as Client bridged mode). below is a pic for reference.

https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Image:Client_Bridge.jpg

Im in a similar situation, except I am in an apartment so power-line adapters are out of the question. Instead im using the built in 'WDS Bridging' on my TP-Link Archer C7 to wireless connect to our main Google Fiber modem/wifi (5Ghz helps a lot with this set up). I then run a direct connection from the C7 to my PC. Pings stay under 10 ms and I push about 90 Mbps up/down.

I cant guarantee results would be as good for you, but I know this works great for me and I play a lot of online video games with no issues. I would reccomend it over power-line adapters 9/10 times.
 
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You will see no effect of 15ms extra in a game. As long as the latency is very stable and consistent the game can calculate the difference in timing between what is happening on the server and what you see. It only becomes a issue when the latency gets very high like over 200ms and even then it mostly works.

A connection that has say a ping time of 100ms would be much better than one that was say 10ms sometimes and then 50ms a few seconds later.

Still what you want to do is ping your router and see what the latency in your house is. Even powerline will only be a few ms.

I suspect you are just seeing delays in the path between you and the server in the internet. These normally are fairly consistent but from time to time ISP will change the paths due to failure or maybe load. You can do nothing about this.

Lower ping times only matter in games that do not adjust for difference in ping times between users. This is one of the common cheats is to try to manipulate this software into thinking the delay is different than it really is so you get a faster update than people you are competing against.
 
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Hello!

First off, thank for your detailed response.

When I plug my laptop into the modem I get 100 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up, which is what I should be getting with the package I have. Obviously I won't be getting that type of speed through wireless connection or my power-line connection. My ISP is at the moment is EastLink. And regarding the wireless-bridge setup, what would you suggest to set it up? Right now I have my arris modem and an Eastlink router, would I need another device to do a bridge-setup?

My router: https://www.amazon.ca/TP-LINK-TL-WR941ND-Wireless-Detachable-Antennas/dp/B001954DPI
My modem: https://intl.target.com/p/arris-surfboard-32x-cable-modem-wifi-ac1750-router-black-sbg7580-ac/-/A-52118311


Thanks for the help!
 
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