Random ping spikes for no reason?

Hi Im Godlike·2/19/2020, 7:36:56 PM·1 votes·2,273 views
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The screenshot is connection between my pc and router. no ping spikes at all. I never get ping spikes. I only get ping spikes in League Of Legends. Any suggestions what I should do I watched many videos and none of them worked.

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RiotRiot BlueMonday2/20/2020, 7:49:00 PM2 votes

The screenshot is connection between my pc and router. no ping spikes at all. I never get ping spikes. I only get ping spikes in League Of Legends.

I don't think pinging your router is a thorough test of whether or not you will get ping spikes when playing League of Legends (or any other game).

Simplified view of network traffic when you connect to League of Legend's servers: Your PC -> Your Router -> One or more Internet Service Providers -> Riot's network -> Riot's datacenters -> Riot's Server

When you ping your router, you are testing the round trip time between your computer and your router only. Typically the connection between your computer and your router will be pretty good? Your ping spike issues could be caused by any of the other entities in between you and the server.

G0blinSlay3r2/19/2020, 8:07:21 PM1 votes

You need to preform a few trace routes and try catch the link under stress. from here you can escalate to your isp or riot support depending where the link is being interrupted.

RiotRiot BlueMonday2/24/2020, 8:28:47 PM1 votes

Didn't understand a single thing u said.

Damn. Ok, attempt 2:

ping is a tool that measures how long it takes to send a network message to a device and receive a response. When you ping your router you are measuring how long it takes for a network message to go from your computer to your router and back.

League of Legends servers are located in physical buildings across the world. For example for EUW/EUNE servers are located in a building in the Netherlands.

When you perform an action in the game, a message gets sent from your computer to the server in the Netherlands. The message goes from your computer, through your router, through the network devices of your internet service provider, through Riot Games network devices, and finally to the server. You are only testing the connection from your computer to your router but issues which result in ping spikes could be caused by some of the other devices along the way to the server.