Mary,
I had it showing packet loss, too. Sometimes, may be 2%, maybe 6%. Everything I found said contact your isp. However, I did not get packet loss on my old notebook, with a wireless link. I changed the network card in the desktop pc, but after a few days, I was getting packet loss again. I replaced this second cabled network card with a wireless one, packet loss is more or less none existant now. Now the wireless stuff runs a bit slower, probably more checking takes place, etc.
I do think there are currently problems out on the net. There has been a tremendous increase in spam, world wide afaik, in the last few weeks, which tends to clog it up a bit. My isp, like others seem to be continuously upgrading. I can imagine my poor little packet routing it way to Newcastle, via China and Iceland, then someone on the way pulls there server off line to upgrade, and my packet is completely lost, so I got to send another one. This one goes via Japan and S Africa, and back, but gets through.
Of course, it maybe the software shows a packet loss, to get you to buy a packet find kit - simply changes the red to green, and prints out 'everything fine'
Best wishes,
Ray <hoping someone else will chime in, I don't know enough about magic smoke rings to make networks network>
I had it showing packet loss, too. Sometimes, may be 2%, maybe 6%. Everything I found said contact your isp. However, I did not get packet loss on my old notebook, with a wireless link. I changed the network card in the desktop pc, but after a few days, I was getting packet loss again. I replaced this second cabled network card with a wireless one, packet loss is more or less none existant now. Now the wireless stuff runs a bit slower, probably more checking takes place, etc.
I do think there are currently problems out on the net. There has been a tremendous increase in spam, world wide afaik, in the last few weeks, which tends to clog it up a bit. My isp, like others seem to be continuously upgrading. I can imagine my poor little packet routing it way to Newcastle, via China and Iceland, then someone on the way pulls there server off line to upgrade, and my packet is completely lost, so I got to send another one. This one goes via Japan and S Africa, and back, but gets through.
Of course, it maybe the software shows a packet loss, to get you to buy a packet find kit - simply changes the red to green, and prints out 'everything fine'
Best wishes,
Ray <hoping someone else will chime in, I don't know enough about magic smoke rings to make networks network>