SOLVED: Slow Gaming Due to Internet Connection
When an online game is lagging, a stall of half a second shows up as a rubber-banding character or a shot that never registers. Online games are the least forgiving thing you can do with a shaky connection, and you are not the only one fighting it.
Speedify is an app that runs your game over two or more internet connections at once, so when one of them falters the other is already carrying the traffic. On a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN that can be a little slower: the gain comes from the second connection, and in Redundant Mode your ping follows whichever connection is faster at that moment.
Speedify cuts ping spikes by sending your game data over every connection
Find out why online games lag, what to check first, and how combining internet connections cuts lag spikes and disconnects. Downloads get faster too, which helps with big game patches; see how to download Warzone updates faster.
Why Online Games Lag: Server Load, Your Device and Lag Spikes on Your Connection
There are three basic reasons for slow online gaming connections:
- There is an issue with the game server being overloaded.
- Your machine cannot handle the game graphics.
- Your internet connection is too slow (most likely).
Large services like Steam and PlayStation Network run big server fleets, but game servers still get overloaded at launches and peak hours. When everyone in your match is lagging, check the game’s status page or social accounts. If you play on Steam, see how a VPN for Steam cuts lag.
To rule out your device, check the game’s system requirements and close other apps. On a phone, a hot or nearly full device can also stutter.
Most of the time, though, a lagging game comes down to your internet connection. Most people connect through one channel: wired, Wi-Fi or 4G/5G cellular. Games send data packets back and forth with the server all the time, so any stall or lost packet on that one connection shows up as lag spikes or a disconnect. Before anything else, try a wired Ethernet connection, restart the router, and check whether someone else on the network is streaming or downloading.
How Speedify Helps a Lagging Game: Two Internet Connections at Once
Speedify changes the way you connect to the internet. Instead of a single connection, Speedify lets your device (a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone) use multiple Internet connections simultaneously. When one connection stalls or loses packets, Speedify sends the game traffic over the other and recovers lost packets, so lag spikes and disconnects become rarer. Large downloads such as game updates also get faster with two connections combined.
Speedify is also designed with auto failover. It runs in the background on your device, monitoring the quality of your Internet connections. If one connection becomes unstable or fails, all traffic is automatically rerouted through the other connection(s) until the failed connection can be reestablished. This all happens in the background without you having to do anything but enjoy your game.
Speedify also works as a VPN for mobility and encrypts your traffic, which protects you on compromised Wi-Fi networks and keeps any prying eyes on the network from reading what you send.
Combining internet connections once needed dedicated hardware that only companies with deep pockets could afford; Speedify does it in an app that runs automatically.
How to Speed Up Gaming Connections with Speedify
If you can use more than one Internet connection from different networks where you’re gaming, getting started with Speedify is simple: download the app and run it, and Speedify detects all available connections automatically.
- For desktop gaming (PC, laptop, Mac), the most common combination is Ethernet plus a second Wi-Fi network, or a phone’s 4G/5G cellular shared over USB or Personal Hotspot.
- For mobile gaming (smartphones, tablets), you already have Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular that you can combine.
- For gaming on consoles (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch), run Speedify on a Windows laptop, share its connection through a Wi-Fi hotspot, and connect the console to that hotspot. Connectify Hotspot can share the Speedify connection: its free version shares over Wi-Fi in 60-minute sessions, and sharing over Ethernet needs PRO.
Get started with Speedify today for FREE: create a free account and use 5 GB per month to see whether combining connections steadies your games.
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If one internet connection drops, Speedify moves your traffic to the others in milliseconds.
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