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    What causes high ping to the router?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Bearclaw, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. Bearclaw

    Bearclaw Steaming

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    Would other people hogging up the bandwidth affect router ping? I just moved into a new place and my ping to the router is terrible (2701hg-g), but I'm at 4 bars.

    Any ideas?
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 18, 2012
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  2. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Ping can and in most cases will go up if the connection is maxed (or if router is under load close to its limit)
     
    downloads, Jan 19, 2012
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    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Ping can be affected by many things, like how good the connection is from your house to your ISP, or if you got a crap router.

    For me the difference between cable and wireless gives around 2ms to 3ms in difference.

    Connected with cable.
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    Connected over wireless (2.4 N)
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    DEagleson, Jan 19, 2012
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