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A small solution to high ping.

Thoroniul·8/1/2014, 6:16:46 PM·4 votes·2,889 views

High ping happens a lot in league. But more often than not its due to ones wifi than riots connectivity. There are a lot of things that can disrupt wifi. Crowded channels, Crowded wi-fi network, Noise caused by other devices on the same frequency not following wifi protocols, or the signal to noise ratio is pretty low due to your distance from the router.

A very rudimentary way to see if it is your wifi or riot's internet disrupting your connection just type "ping -n 100000". In my case any many others it is most likely ping 192.168.0.1 -n 1000000. And run it while in game, if you see the time in ms go up, its not riot its your own connection.

In my case my wifi was having a hard time connecting too people on the outside of the wifi range making the people closer slower. The wireless ap was also by the window, so more than half of the energy was just going outside where nobody was.

I made this to direct the wasted energy toward where everyone was actually using it, and have not had a wifi related disruption since. It is really simple to make if you have spare cereal cardboard or card stock paper, glue stick, and aluminum foil. If you are scared of following kindergarten assembly instructions then this is not for you.

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-WIFI-Antenna-Reception-Booster/

8 Comments

RiotN00bs McNugget8/1/2014, 7:23:58 PM5 votes

To add a bit, wireless works best when you are on channel 1, 6 or 11 (this is configurable in your access point). All of the other channels overlap with another and will tend to be slower, especially in crowded wireless environments like dorms and apartment complexes. If you look at the inSSIDer image that Thoroniul sent you can see that overlapping occurring. Wireless also suffers a bit when you have other traffic on it. For example if your roomie is watching netflix over the wifi while you are on mumble and league, your wireless performance will potentially be less than if you are the only one using your network. This has nothing to do with the bandwidth of your network but is a congestion issue inherent with how wireless functions. Newer routers are getting better at optimizing your network with things like beam forming, but most of us don't have those devices yet.

So a wireless checklist might be

  1. Try to make sure your wireless is covering you and not half of the neighborhood.
  2. Use channels 1, 6 or 11
  3. More traffic = Slower wifi
  4. When in doubt, plug in

Thanks for the advice Thoroniul!

TuxedoBadger8/1/2014, 7:17:58 PM1 votes

I try to never game over WiFi. An Ethernet connection has always been more reliable.