[Solved] How to fix your High Ping in Rainbow Six Siege in a few clicks

As in every competitive shooter, ping stability is a must to have a good gaming experience. So if you have been dealing with high ping during your competitive matches, we'll show you 6 ways to fix your high ping in Rainbow Six Siege. But before that, you must first know how to show your ping in Rainbow Six Siege.

Method #1: Check the Rainbow Six Siege Server Status

The first thing you should do before trying the following methods is to check the Rainbow Six Siege game server status. The rb6 game server goes through maintenance regularly, causing game connection stability or even making the players unable to log in. You can check the server status by visiting this official Ubisoft Support page and see if the servers are working as intended.

Method #2: Reboot your Router and Modem

The most effective way to solve several issues related to your network connection is to reboot your router and modem devices. Doing this can also minimize your high latency issues in all Rainbow Six Siege servers, keeping a good ping during your whole gameplay. For this method to work correctly, you need to do a proper power cycle on your devices, or else you'll need to reboot your devices multiple times. Here's a simple guide to learning how to do this power cycle:

1. Unplug both your modem and router from the power source.
2. Wait approximately 20 seconds, and plug just the modem back into its power source.
3. Wait 90 seconds more, and now plug the router back on its power source.
4. Wait for all green lights to be on before testing your connection.
5. Now, go back to the game to see if your ping has improved.

If you keep suffering from network latency issues frequently, you should contact your internet service provider to see if this connection issue is occurring because of problems on their end. If the problem is not on their end, you should consider changing your router or modem devices.

Method #3: Use an Ethernet Cable

In some cases, it is not possible to use a wired connection due to physical barriers in your home, but if that is not your case, and you have the choice of changing from a wifi connection to a wired connection, do this immediately. Wireless connections are more likely to suffer from network lag and other network connection issues, including high ping in Rainbow Six Siege. After making this change, go back to Rainbow Six Siege and test if your internet connection is working. If not, you must check if your cable is indeed working.

The price of the ethernet cable can differ, but this doesn't interfere with the quality of your own connection. You are good to go with basically any network wire that can work.

Method #4: Close Background Apps

Another great way of lowering occasional lag spikes in the Rainbow Six Siege is limiting your network data usage by closing apps consuming your bandwidth while you play. So if you want to minimize your network lag and keep an overall lower ping, end all the background apps you are not currently using. On the Windows operating system, you can see the list of apps running in the background in the task manager. Follow this step-by-step guide to know how to close these apps:

1. Right-click on the Taskbar, and click on Task Manager.
2. Click on the Network column. It will show the apps in descending order. The ones with the most bandwidth usage will be first on the list.
3. Select the apps that you want to dismiss and click on End task.

Method #5: Update your Network Drivers

Keeping your computer drivers updated is very important and guarantees that your devices are functioning to their best capacity. So be sure to install the latest network driver version if you are experiencing lag spikes while playing Rainbow Six Siege. Every Windows version has a tool that automatically searches for the drivers on the internet. Follow this easy step-by-step guide to learn how you can update your network drivers:

1. Go to the Windows search bar, search for Device Manager, and press Enter.
2. Click on Network adapters to collapse the list, and right-click on the first option.
3. Click on Update driver, and choose the Search Automatically for drivers option.
4. The system will see if you are using the latest version of your Network driver. If not, it will download and install the latest free version of the driver.

Method #6: Configure the Windows Update Delivery Settings

If you have a poor internet connection, a simple way of lowering lag spikes while playing Rainbow Six Siege is changing the Windows Update Settings default configuration. The system's standard settings allow Windows to update automatically, and these updates can happen at any moment, even while you play Rainbow Six Siege. Here's a simple guide on how you can change this configuration:

1. Go to the Windows search bar, search for Windows Update Delivery Settings, and press Enter.
2. Click on Advanced options.
3. Mark the Percentage of measured bandwidth, and mark the first square that limits the bandwidth usage for downloading updates in the background.
4. Put the percentage bar on 10% or less. This configuration will limit bandwidth usage and improve your Ping in Rainbow Six Siege.

Method #7: Open Ports on Your Router for Rainbow Six Siege

Routers usually don't allow incoming network requests from unknown sources. The design is this way to protect your network data centers from possible network attacks. But this feature can also restrict your data center from receiving game files and causing the loss of packets sent by the Rainbow Six Siege game servers. Opening these ports can be complicated, so pay attention to the following guide to learn how to open these router ports:

1. Before anything, you need to know your router's IP address and your PC's IP address. You can display both using the Command Prompt.
2. Go to the Windows search bar, search for cmd, and hit Enter.
3. Now in the Command Prompt, type the command ipconfig and press Enter. The router's IP address will be displayed next to Default Gateway, and the PC's IP address will be displayed next to the internet protocol version 4, the IPv4 Address.
4. Go to your browser and enter the router's IP address in the address bar.
5. The router program will probably ask you to log in with your Username and Password, do that to advance.
6. Now, this next step will vary depending on your router, but try to find the Port Forwarding option.
7. In the Port Forwarding section, first, enable both TCP and UDP in the protocol field and put your PC's IP address in the Internal IP field.
8. Put on both External Port and Internal Port all the Rainbow Six Siege TCP/UDP ports, and restart your router (In some router programs you'll have to put it one at a time):

• PC/Steam: TCP: 13000, 13005, 13200, 14000, 14001, 14008, 14020, 14021, 14022, 14023, 14024 / UDP: 6015
• Playstation: TCP: 80, 443, 3478, 3479, 3480 / UDP: 3478, 3479, 3658, 6115, 10000-10099
• Xbox: TCP: 80, 443 / UDP: 3074​, 6150, 10000-10099

Rainbow Six Siege is the major success of Ubisoft's efforts in the Esports scene. Want to know other ways to improve your gaming experience while playing Rainbow Six Siege? Then check out our article on how you can improve your FPS in Rainbow Six Siege, and if you want to know the best ways to display your FPS while playing any game, check out our article on how you can show your FPS in Rainbow Six Siege. Now, if you want more tips about fixing High Ping in general, check out one of our related articles on how you can fix High Ping in Escape from Tarkov.