Re: High Ping only in BF1

since i bought the game i used to play in Europe  servers and everything was good , latency was around 85 and 95 maximum but now there is something wrong , look the attached pictures  " the first one of them taken 10 days ago when everything was pefrect and the 2nd one taken today 

What is UPnP ??

That´s universal plug´n´play, that means your PS4 automatically opens all the ports that are needed for online gaming.

But first you have to enable that funcion on your router, then your PS4 can use it as well. 

There will be more and more high ping filters in BF1, so I guess you will have more problems on servers overseas.

im trying to solve it the whole day but i couldnt. i tried all the basic troubleshooting steps and got nothing new , the problem still ,  it tried to play fifa 17 online , Uncharted 4 online and plants vs zombies,  all are good without any problems , so why bf1 only   ... this is wierd ☹️ 

yeah i tried to unplug everything and connect it again , i also contact them at https://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/ ,  and they gave me the link of this forums saying that i will find a solution here so i came to the forums hoping my problem to get solved .....  6 months using BF1 without any latency problem and suddenly my latency blew up to 300 and 400  although im using the same internet setup as before , this is weird !!   maybe something changed in the servers after yesterday's update cuz my problems starts after that update

no i did not actually ,  how to change it ?! and what DNS should i use?

Hello @Ahmed_Gaaber,

You can go to this site, and select the DNS that best applies to you:

https://code.google.com/archive/p/namebench/downloads

Also, are you playing Battlefield 1 with a Wired Connection?

Keep us posted.

Thanks 🙂 

yeah im using wired connection i also turning off my WIFI while playing

i went to that link https://code.google.com/archive/p/namebench/downloads  but i dont know what to do , im a PS4 user , not using a PC , all the codes in this link is for windows

DNS changes will only improve your download speed.

Why would you want to play on European servers anyway?

As I said twice, playing out of your region has to have disadvantages, and I personally think it´s fine that DICE is implementing that.

It´s hard for me to even hit a high ping player once because of rubber-banding.

Just try a server in your region once and you´ll see an improvement.

If there´s no improvement, then you have a connection problem 😉

Hello @Ahmed_Gaaber,

Please try these steps for me:

im playing on European servers for 6 months with latency 85 without any problems , im from Egypt so the best servers for egyptian players is the european servers, this is common here in egypt, all my friends here playing in european servers without any problems and i was too until the day before yesterday ☹️   i found others suffering from the same problem , our problem is that something has changed 2 days ago specificly after bf1 last update 

I completely understand your problem here, but high ping abuse has been a problem since BF3 on PS3 (as far as I remember), in BF4 it was even worse.

DICE has announced several times that they wanted to test a high ping filter or even kicker, so just maybe this last update had something to do with that.

Aren´t there servers somewhere in Africa or Arabia, just to check if your connection would be better there?

We´re trying to find out what has happened to your PS4, so please give it a try and see if other regions work better with your connection.

OK, i´ve overlooked that one sentence earlier, sorry for that.

And I have to admit that I´m wrong then, so sorry once more.

All of your friends shouls have problems then, if that´s not the case we have to find out what to do with your connection.

Going back to the start, what about UPnP? Does your router offer that option?

But your router is in your house? You just have to use a computer or the PS4, open your browser and access your router directly.

Which router do you own? If you have a connection problem you have to try certain things like port forwarding.

I´ve done that myself and my ping is between 18 and 49.

Do your friends use the same Internet provider? 

Another idea first: turn off your PS4 and your router, unplug them both for 5 minutes and try again.

yes they use the same internet provider, my router model is HG531 V1 , actually it is a HUAWEI router as shown in the photo  and i can access to its option page  but what should i do at this page to try port forwarding or UPnP ?! 

i tried google DNS  and open DNS  but sadly it didnt help ☹️ 

Please try UpnP first, then setup your PS4 connection again.

If there´s no improvement, please open the needed ports:

https://portforward.com/huawei/hg531/

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/opening-tcp-or-udp-ports-for-connection-issues/

The last step would be DMZ

http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Gaming-Network-Support/How-to-put-your-PS3-or-PS4-into-a-DMZ/m-p/10655314

i didnt try these two links yet but i checked now the servers and found that everything back to normal suddenly!!!  these two photos just taken now , i dont know what happened actually i didnt do anything and i hope it still like that 

You have not enabled UPnP yet?

Maybe turning off was a helpful thing.

Anyway, great to see that it´s working again 🙂

If not, try the links posted above. 

See you on the battlefield 👍