How do I stop intermittent but frequent, loss of packets.

[amips]

My internet is glitching and after a quick test using pingtest.net via IE9 it says the test has failed due to packet loss, but everything else passed.

Tried multiple servers and Firefox 3 - same result.

Uninstalled IE9 & rolled back to 8, but still same.

Only had this prob for a few days now - since installing IE9 ??? Ominous or what?!

 

Problems are:

 

Buffering videos between 5-10 mins long can take up to an hour

Downloading a picture took over a minute

Webpage loading often times out - especially if httpS

Kicked from online games (BF2 series, COD series) as ping is anywhere from 30 to 300+++ (up and down all the time)

Just terribly slow in frequent glitches despite having 4.5 Meg Broadband and an initial ping of 33! (speedtest.net)

 

Have removed all telephones from sockets, removed all ADSL filters & plugged router directly into phoneline socket.

 

Can ping router OK 2-3ms no prob so LAN is OK (via PowerLine/Homeplugs)

 

Running W7-64 on a Q6600

 

What else should I do?

 

Thanks!

[Simsarmy]

My first thought would be that you're being capped by your ISP. What were the full results of the speed test, up/down speed?

 

Alternatively, if you haven't already: check out your Firewall settings. Disable it entirely to begin with, then you'll know straight off the bat if it has anything to do with your issue.

[amips]

DS=4.5mb, UL=0.33mb, ping 33ms, but cannot ping more than once as packets are then lost.........Already disabled Windows firewall and "allowed router to be pinged" to no avail. Both PCs in the house lose packets. Removed all filters and phone equip too.