Fluctuating high ping and rubber banding.

[John Warhammer]

Hey there,

Ever since the last update I have been suffering from high pings/rubber banding. It will periodically fall to 40 for one minute then shoot up to 500-600 and idle around there for a few minutes before falling again. This happens no matter what server I join. I am from the UK and it happens on uk servers, too. The game becomes unplayable when it decides to attack with ping.

http://beta.speedtest.net/result/6816996792.png

My internet connection is not the problem. It is wired to my PC with a cat6a cable. I routinely reset my router and what have you. I clean my pc a couple of times a week. I have zero ping issues in any other game I play (25-30 constant). Just seems to be Squad. I have also cleaned game cache data as well. Is this a known thing? Can anyone give me any clues on how to fix this annoyance? I just want to play the game x) .

[Kuya_Jo]

If you know how to adjust your network card, you can do it by hand or use a traffic shaping tool. I recommend leatrix latency fix, which was originally for fixing WoW Ping Issues, but it helps fixing ping issues in general. It smoothed my ping issues out. Worth a try.

[John Warhammer]

Originally posted by LahmerWolf:

If you know how to adjust your network card, you can do it by hand or use a traffic shaping tool. I recommend leatrix latency fix, which was originally for fixing WoW Ping Issues, but it helps fixing ping issues in general. It smoothed my ping issues out. Worth a try.

life saver, seems to have worked.

[Kuya_Jo]

Great. And as usual, pls. check your network as well.

If you are using a cable connection, you should be fine, however check for devices which are connected to your network thru wifi. Phones, Tablets and IoT Devices have normally a small impact on your connection, but downloading app updates or saving pictures into the cloud, can cause some serious trouble, as they go unnoticed of the playing user.

If you are using a Wifi Connection - peaking pings can also be caused by something interrupting your wifi - this can be a wifi in our area sending on the same channel (check for channels, android/ios apps are available for that) or even a microwave can cause issues.

You can cope by shielding your wifi antenna, really simple DIY
(I use this to get my firestick working, as the range is actually too far, but this helps)

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-WIFI-Antenna-Reception-Booster/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Wi-Fi-Extender/

[John Warhammer]

On cabled for gaming. Only had a ping problem with squad. everything else was fine. Now I have a steady 25-30 fps in squad.