Win XP Broadband

[james1982]

I have a pc with windows XP on, connect to the Internet using BT Broadband. When i use my PC i get a shocking connection- 50% ping packet loss to the internet. If a duplicate all of the settings onto a different pc the connection is fine!

Anyone any ideas as to why i have this problem on my pc and how can i fix it, are there any known issues??

Thanks in advance

 

[DestinysDream]

Run a ping -t loopback just to see how your NIC is doing. If NIC is OK then swap with a known good cable. Let us know.

If anyone calls and says "I know a little something about computers" just tell them to reformat it.

 

[bcastner]

I suspect your MTU value is too high. The only reasonable way to set MTU and RWIN is to test them. I use the following site, and the tool "DrTCP" on the site to make the changes:

http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

Run the Tweak Test and follow the recommendations.

 

[stormbind]

That tweak site says "Tweaking will not fix packet loss" :/

james1982, are both machines in the same location?

If not, then I suspect a router on the path to your own computer has ICMP disabled - so it does not respond to ICMP echo requests. ICMP is required for testing packet loss... thus having it disabled will give false readings.

P.S. I am not an expert on this topic and am prone to making mistakes.

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[bcastner]

If the end site was not doing an ICMP echo, his ping request would timeout and his loss would be 100%.

You misinterpreted the site instructions above for BroadBandReports.com. The ping packet is a single datagram, and the tweak test is based on this model in part. What it will not help with is if you lose a packet in a stream of datagrams. Some other TCP/IP issue is likely involved if this is a commmon problem.