These are made by adding a physical on-off switch in the middle of an ethernet cable. Honestly speaking, these are basically the way of interrupting the internet connection to your gaming device. There are a total of three types of Lag Switches. This eventually causes fatal damage to their opponent’s gameplay strategies. In the offline play, the unethical gamer reached out to the opponents and give them a surprise. At this time, the user’s offline progress starts synchronizing with the online game. Meanwhile, the game continuously tries to connect to that user in a hope that the internet connection is going to get back soon.Īfter a few seconds, once the toggle switch is ‘OFF’ or the timer expires, the internet connection starts feeding data into the gaming console. But the user still plays the game offline.

It gives a false belief to an online game that the user is offline which freezes the user’s presence on the screen of other online players. Once the lag switch is activated (usually by toggling the button manually), it fully blocks the internet connection to the gaming console. Hardware or Pc lag switch installed in the middle of the gaming console and your home network.

Software lag switch button