Post: PS4 - Lag Spikes with Good Internet?
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07-31-2018, 10:33 AM
#1
THFC_DaNieL_
Do a barrel roll!
Hoping you can help please.
Just recently my PS4 has been acting a little strange. During Fornite I will get 'lag spikes' every 20-30 seconds, where the game freezes for 1-3 seconds, I thought this was just a game issue so I tried FIFA 18 online too and it happens on here too, sometimes even worse. The game will freeze for a couple seconds then speed up to catch up with play. Party chat has the same issue where it'll cut out for a second, which can be annoying when speaking with friends and missing some of what they say.
Now, I know its not my internet speed because I have 100mb download and around 10-20mb upload I believe. If I run a SpeedTest on my phone (5G), I get these results so all is fine, not being capped or anything by the provider. My PS4 is an old one (not a Pro one), so only has 2G capabilities. Has 100% signal strength etc and gets speeds of about 30-40mb download and 2-6mb upload, which should still be more than enough to play without issues.
I thought maybe it was a firewall issue or something similar so I created a static IP for my PS4 and put that into a DMZ to avoid any issues. It was still the same and even made more issues with signing me in but not loading friends list as timing out and not being able to sign into Fornite or EA Servers, so had to refer back to normal automatic IP config.
I then decided to take my PS4 static IP out of the DMZ and just follow port forwarding, which did help increase my download speed to around 80-90mb, but the problem still persists!
I have also done a "rebuild" on the PS4 through Safe Mode, which has sped things up on the menu screen and loading of games etc but nothing to help this issue. Its very strange and annoying indeed. I have 50gb of memory space left also which I've read can be another reason.
Does anyone have any advice or suggestions please? I have (and still am) doing my own research but there's so many different problems out there on forums and help websites that its hard to find lots of suggestions with this one. I'm starting to give up as I'm now thinking its not the internet (speeds fine, NAT open, ports opened etc) so am considering, as a last resort, to just trading in my PS4 for a PS4 Pro and having to pay extra on top, which seems a bit of waste as I don't game nearly as much as I used to.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers
Dan
08-10-2018, 06:05 PM
#11
X-UNDEAD_NINJA2
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Originally posted by aeneax
Most of that I understand, and as I said I was being loose with the terminology. The main reason I was being loose with the terms is because I've never been 100 percent sure why this AC router has shown such a dramatic increase in performance (measured by speed and also lag) compared to the N it replaced, despite a massive signal drop. We both speak of 2.4 verus 5 gig frequency, but since the OP was speaking of PS4s and the experience I was supplying is from one of my own PS4s, then unless I've missed something neither PS4s nor Pros support 5 gig frequencies, and I don't think that's something a FW update could patch in either. The AC router is 802.11, and at least according to its documentation the N router is too. On the 2.4 gig frequency then, the main difference I think I SHOULD have seen was just a drop off in range, and I certainly did, and yet while the signal is much weaker it's very significantly more stable and improved the PS4's reading of download speeds from a best of 10-12 megs per second to now around 78-80 megs per second. These are the best results I've achieved with each (both the AC and the N it replaced), speed-wise and stability-wise, after finding the best channel for reaching the PS4 which is on the opposite end of the router and another floor away (any other part of that floor doesn't even receive the AC signal). So, on the same 2.4 frequency and (I'm assuming here and maybe you can correct me) the same channels, I'm unsure of why the AC signal is that much more impressive especially when it's so much weaker with that large range drop-off. That's why I was being loose with the terminology: Because I know that at least for me it made a dramatic difference and I understand some of the basics, but I'm at a loss as to why EXACTLY it made such a dramatic difference.
Great point about the hardware limitations
Ethernet over powerline is a good alternative also
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I’ve used it in the past and it worked out well especially since I caught a sale and got a (discontinued) nlink model for $25
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