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XR500 no effect on PS4 PRO ping 61ms average
I recently got the XR500 router for the geo filter and the ability to decrease latency. Before this router I had the orbi ac2200 system there my ping was 58 avg. With the XR500 my ping sometimes gets better to about 44 but most of the time it’s 61ms. I have it hardwired to the router. I have geo filtering profile setup. I have MTU to 1468 per Netgear support suggestion. Is there any way possible I can get it down to low 30s or possibly 20’s?
My brother has the XR700 and he gets 14-17 consistently. Should I go for that?
I have Soectrum 400/20 but I actually get 484/27. Modem has 32downstream and 4 upstream.
Thanks for the help ahead of them :)
My brother has the XR700 and he gets 14-17 consistently. Should I go for that?
I have Soectrum 400/20 but I actually get 484/27. Modem has 32downstream and 4 upstream.
Thanks for the help ahead of them :)
- What is your physical setup e.g. modem > XR > wired to console. The in game ping includes things like processing delay which all games have so this can vary wildly and there is nothing you can do to affect it. What is the ping you get shown by the Geo-Filter? This will show a direct ping to the server and that is what you can work with in an attempt to lower it.
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- How were you measuring your ping to the game before and how have you been measuring it when you got the router? MTU won't help with ping but could actually make it worse if it is incorrect, I'd leave it at the default. First thing we need to figure out in order to see what the lowest possible ping you can get is - do a speedtest.net test direct from your modem when nothing else is using the internet, what does the ping say?
- Speedtest from modem directly to MacBook Air is 9ms ping.
In the game game it shows live ping value. I can post a picture if you’d like.- What is your physical setup e.g. modem > XR > wired to console. The in game ping includes things like processing delay which all games have so this can vary wildly and there is nothing you can do to affect it. What is the ping you get shown by the Geo-Filter? This will show a direct ping to the server and that is what you can work with in an attempt to lower it.