Whys my ping so much higher than my older xbox??

Hi Jake, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

Please, try clearing your MAC address.

Press the Xbox button to open the guide.

Select Profile & system, then Settings.

In the General tab, select Network settings > Advanced settings > Alternate MAC address > Clear.

Restart your console. Press and hold the Xbox button in the center of your controller to open the Power Center.

Select Restart console and then select Restart.

(If the console appears to be frozen, press and hold the Xbox button on the console for 10 seconds, until the console turns off. After the console shuts down, touch the Xbox button on the console again to restart.)

Sign in to your console.

Let me know if it works!

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are these numbers any good?

Those speeds are comparable to mine, but your ping is much higher than mine. You're ranging about 50-60 ping. I get about 8-10 ping, which is why I probably used to pull host so often. I took care of that.

ignore the xbox tests, they are a burst ping test to a server in central US, it will always read high on that. the ping will be a little higher than your pc as it is going though xbox network first.

and speedtest.net does a test to a close by server which is why it will be lower.

Whatever my ping is usually 12 - 15 , never any higher than that !!!! living in Seattle with comcast !!!

Hi,

The speed test is just a general test to the Microsoft server. The fact that it's higher (potentially a lot higher) than the ping you get from an internet speed test site should be of no real concern. Do you suffer lag in online games?

I can't explain why it's higher now than what why it was before. It maybe that the location of the test server is now further away than what it was before. The 'ping' measured in milliseconds (ms) is more about distance than speed.

No matter how good and how fast your internet connection is, connecting to a server hundreds of miles away from your location will always get a higher ping than one from a few miles away.

That does not mean that a high ping on the test means that you'll now have a high ping when playing online. Most gaming services you use to play with others online on Xbox Live are not even run by Microsoft. For example, all of EA's online games run off EA servers.