NETGEAR DG834G Router - Packet Loss on wireless?

[Sephz0r]

I'm having a few problems with my new router (name above) and I'm not 100% sure whats wrong with it :|

I'm having occasional packet loss, not 100% sure why because my signal strength is 100% and nothing is interfering with the wireless signal.

I set up a continuous ping to google (ping -t 66.249.93.99) and these are the results:

bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=2047ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=95ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=106ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=128ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=154ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=123ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=176ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=152ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=155ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
[b]bytes=32 time=1868ms TTL=243[/b]
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=243
bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=244
bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=244

 

[Sephz0r]

It's nice to see someone willing to help

 

[fitzjj]

the thing is the results of pinging google actually dont show any packet loss just a few packets taking significantly longer that the others which is nothing unusual. If you fired loads of ICMP echo requests at my server i would give them a lower priority too.

If were loosing packets you would get a timed out message. The thing with TCP is it is a reliable connection so packet lost packets are re-sent and it is not too much of an issue.