Guides on ping and networking in games
What ping, jitter and packet loss are, why they grow and how to find the cause at home. No promises and no made-up numbers: only what you can check yourself in one evening.
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Articles
Short and honest: the cause, the check, what to do. Each article shows where to turn on the ping display in a specific game, and what an accelerator can fix about it — and what it cannot.
- Ping, jitter and packet loss: what they are and where the game shows themThree numbers that explain lag, and where the game itself shows them.
- Why ping is high on a good internet connectionPlan speed and latency are different things. Five causes and a one-evening check.
- Why ping spikes and how to find the causeAverage ping is fine, but in a fight it jumps. Where spikes come from and how to catch them in three matches.
- How to check packet loss on Windows: ping and pathpingTwo built-in commands show where packets are lost: at home, at your ISP or further out.
- How to see your ping in games: CS2, Dota 2, Apex, Battlefield 6 and morePaths to the ping and loss display in popular games — from official help pages and wikis.
- Servers and regions: how distance to the server affects pingThe biggest part of ping is distance. How games are organized by region and what you can choose.
- Wi-Fi or cable: what a wire gives a gameWhy ping spikes and packets get lost over Wi-Fi, and what to do if you cannot run a cable.
- Background downloads, updates and streams: how they hurt pingOne line for the whole home. Who takes it during a match and what to pause.
- Ping 999 and “server not responding”: is it the game or youHow to tell whose side it is in a minute: publishers' status pages and a check at home.
- What a game accelerator does and what it does notThe path to the server, jitter and loss — yes. FPS, distance and server choice — no.
Related games
Each game's page shows where to see your ping in it, where its servers are and which anti-cheat it uses.
Counter-Strike 2
Dota 2
PUBG: Battlegrounds
Apex LegendsQuestions
Who are these guides for?
For anyone whose game stutters while the internet seems fine. The articles explain in plain words what ping, jitter and packet loss are, where to see them in the game and how to find the cause in one evening: Wi-Fi, downloads, your ISP's route or a distant server.
Why don't the guides promise anything in milliseconds?
Because the result depends on your ISP, your city, the game server and the time of day. We write down what you can check and suggest comparing for yourself: the 72 hours of the free trial, no card needed, are there for exactly that.
How do the guides differ from the game pages?
The guides cover the general things: what packet loss is, why ping spikes, how to test your network in Windows. The game pages are about one specific game: where to see your ping in it, where its servers are, which anti-cheat it uses and how SLARP works with it, optimizing ping and jitter on the route to the server.
Does SLARP work on a phone?
No: SLARP is an app for Windows 10 and 11. It does not run on a phone or a console, but the advice in the guides about Wi-Fi and downloads applies to any platform.