Packet Loss Only on One PC
I've been having some issues over the past week at least (since Oct 9) where my computer experiences regular 0.5% \~ 1% packet loss. This causes videos to buffer, but more noticeably, lag and rubber banding when online gaming - which makes it extremely frustrating to play at this point. This wasn't happening prior to Oct 1, and I wasn't using my PC from then until the 8th. So there hasn't been any hardware updates on my end that may have caused this issue to my knowledge.
This also only occurs on my PC in the house. The other PCs and phones seem to hold their Internet well and are not experiencing packet loss on the regular. This happens at all times of the day, during peak hours and when I'm the only person actively using the network at home during off hours.
My motherboard is the MAG-X570-TOMAHAWK-WIFI and these are things I've already tried to help fix the issue:
1. Restart the router 2. Resetting IP config and flushing DNS through cmd prompt 3. Update all my drivers to the latest versions (as of Oct 16) 4. Updated my BIOS 5. Uninstalling and reinstalling WiFi drivers.
I've been running trying to run ping, tracert, and pathping to [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) as a base line. Ping is where I'm seeing the 0.5% to 1% hit and always aligns to when I get rubberbanding spikes while in game.
This is what I usually get for ping (0.5% to 1% consistent packet loss)
Ping statistics for 2607:f8b0:400b:807::2004: Packets: Sent = 298, Received = 296, Lost = 2 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 61ms, Average = 14ms
This is what I see for tracert (hard to get something that might be useful since the spikes are short?)
Tracing route to www.google.com [2607:f8b0:400b:804::2004]over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2607:fea8:4ee0:9f00:420f:c1ff:fef7:dad7 2 14 ms 13 ms 12 ms 2607:f798:804:9b::1 3 12 ms 8 ms 14 ms 2607:f798:10:10bf:0:672:3122:225 4 12 ms 11 ms 11 ms 2607:f798:10:2ef:0:2091:4823:2037 5 19 ms 20 ms 17 ms 2607:f798:10:35a:0:2091:4823:5214 6 11 ms 11 ms 16 ms 2001:4860:1:1::b88 7 11 ms 11 ms 10 ms 2001:4860:0:1::2377 8 12 ms 16 ms 31 ms 2001:4860:0:1::5c81 9 13 ms 12 ms 11 ms yyz10s20-in-x04.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:400b:804::2004]
And this is what I see when running pathping - it's a different combination of nodes when running the command. Sometimes its a few like nodes 6 or 7 only, but sometimes it's more like below.
Tracing route to www.google.com [2607:f8b0:400b:804::2004] over a maximum of 30 hops: 0 DESKTOP-HN48LAT [2607:fea8:4ee0:9f00:fc:892e:da29:f69b] 1 2607:fea8:4ee0:9f00:420f:c1ff:fef7:dad7 2 2607:f798:804:9b::1 3 2607:f798:10:10bf:0:672:3122:225 4 2607:f798:10:2ef:0:2091:4823:2037 5 2607:f798:10:35a:0:2091:4823:5214 6 2001:4860:1:1::b88 7 * 2001:4860:0:1::2377 8 2001:4860:0:1::5c81 9 yyz10s20-in-x04.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:400b:804::2004]
Computing statistics for 225 seconds... Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 0 DESKTOP-HN48LAT [2607:fea8:4ee0:9f00:fc:892e:da29:f69b] 0/ 100 = 0% | 1 7ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 2607:fea8:4ee0:9f00:420f:c1ff:fef7:dad7 0/ 100 = 0% | 2 14ms 1/ 100 = 1% 1/ 100 = 1% 2607:f798:804:9b::1 0/ 100 = 0% | 3 16ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 2607:f798:10:10bf:0:672:3122:225 0/ 100 = 0% | 4 13ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 2607:f798:10:2ef:0:2091:4823:2037 0/ 100 = 0% | 5 16ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 2607:f798:10:35a:0:2091:4823:5214 1/ 100 = 1% | 6 14ms 1/ 100 = 1% 0/ 100 = 0% 2001:4860:1:1::b88 0/ 100 = 0% | 7 16ms 1/ 100 = 1% 0/ 100 = 0% 2001:4860:0:1::2377 0/ 100 = 0% | 8 15ms 1/ 100 = 1% 0/ 100 = 0% 2001:4860:0:1::5c81 1/ 100 = 1% | 9 16ms 2/ 100 = 2% 0/ 100 = 0% yyz10s20-in-x04.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:400b:804::2004]
Trace complete.
I'm kind of lost at what to try anymore. One of the other PCs in the house uses another Tomahawk WiFi (different model) motherboard as well - but hasn't had issues with connectivity. I haven't had the chance to try out pathping with it yet - but pinging from that PC hasn't showed consistent packet loss like mine does.
At this point - does it mean my WiFi card just might be acting up and needs to be changed? Is it something with my network settings that somehow got magically changed to something I don't want? I'm just trying to find some answers at this point so I can work towards a solution. I'd be happy to share some more info if it helps.