Help! Supreme Commander Ping Spikes

I suddenly have the same issue. Have you been able to resolve it?

Last weekend we were 3 guys playing, and one of the PC's kept on doing it, but the other two were fine.

Tried changing ports and host, but no difference.
Game settings have been tweaked and graphics turned down.
Updated to latest patch (3280 I think).

Anyone any ideas please?

Thanks for replying so quickly.

It's the original we're trying to play.

I've noticed now that when we're both busy doing something in game, the ping fluctuates suddenly and goes up to about 3000 or so; and it lags up to a point of not being able to play. Probably like 1 or 2 fps.

But as soon as my friend stops doing anything and just leaves everything as is, the lag dissapears and I'm able to carry on as normal; and vice-versa.

It's weird that it just started doing it suddenly, 'cause we were able to play a couple of weeks ago without any issues.

I don't remember making any significant changes that could have affected it.

We seemed to have solved the problem. It looks like it was an issue with the router at my friend's end. He reset it and since then everything has been running smoothly.

Hopefully it's fixed now.

I just can't understand why there was an issue with SupCom only and nothing with the other games we played.

What could be the reason for a router to do this?
Networking isn't my niche, but I can't understand why a switch/hub/router could cause issues and if you just reset it, it works fine again? Or is that a rhetorical observation.