Constant High Ping at Random Times

I've noticed that when streaming sometimes I get these crazy high ping spikes in Val, even though I check my internet and it looks fine. It seems to happen at weird intervals….sometimes happening half way through a match where I'm doing well, and other times where it starts immediately at the beginning of a round. But usually by the next game its back to normal. To give you an idea of my setup, I occasionally stream/record using a dual PC setup with a capture card. My main system (for gaming) has Valorant and Riot Vanguard installed, but my laptop (streaming/recording pc) also has both the game and anti-cheat installed on it as well. I have it installed on both machines in case I'm ever traveling and I want to play on my laptop. But I was curious.....could running the Vanguard on both machines at the same time cause issues like this? I would think this wouldn't be an issue as it would allow Vanguard to see that no 'extra' software is running on either machine. But now that I've thought about it, I'm curious if this might be partly why this keeps happening because I have stopped using my laptop over the past week and have not run into this issue since.
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lyra
lyra4mo ago
can you open cmd and do ipconfig and show an ss of the part that says default gateway
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
I can once Im home. Sorry....I asked this while at work so I dont have the computer in front of me right now. Will still be about 3 hours
lyra
lyra4mo ago
that’s fine
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
As a follow up, would both PCs need to be on?
lyra
lyra4mo ago
na just the main one that is just to get your routers local ip so we can ping it and u on wireless or wired?
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
Gotcha Currently on wireless only because I get about 250gb more than having it wired for some reason. Might be a driver issue with my mb but Im looking into that.
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
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lyra
lyra4mo ago
now do ping 192.168.0.1 -n 100 and have val open and send a screenshot of the summary when its done running will take abt 2min
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
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lyra
lyra4mo ago
does this happen only when you are streaming or also when you’re playing normally?
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
I seem to notice it happening more when streaming. The router is not dual band
lyra
lyra4mo ago
what are your speeds?
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
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CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
That is why I was wondering if maybe the two instances of Vanguard might have something to do with it. I guess I could test a stream and turn vanguard off on the streaming pc to see if it happens, but its so sporatic I never know when it will hit
lyra
lyra4mo ago
having two instances of Vanguard shouldn’t be the issue im assuming that when you’re streaming your network might get overloaded but im not sure best to run ping 192.168.0.1 -twhile streaming valorant and when the ping spikes happen you press ctrl + c and show the summary
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
Yeah I may need to invest in a dual band and run each on its own band. That just sucks because I literally just bought this router maybe 4 months ago. Ill try that the next time I stream.
lyra
lyra4mo ago
Sounds perfect!
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
At least I know vanguard isnt the problem so I can rule it out
lyra
lyra4mo ago
id say using eth is worth it at least trying it out
CyberOptek
CyberOptekOP4mo ago
Yeah Ill play with it some more. Thank you for your help
lyra
lyra4mo ago
:Clove_Hearts:

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