How many packets is right amount to lose?

Mark1989

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Mark1989

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Okay so o am 100% a network noob, however my downloads seem slower as does browsing. I'm on fibre and I sync in at 32mbps however on speed test I get to 19mbps now.

I logged into router and it still reports 32mbpz downstream but packet loss is 223958 is that high? Or about right? I'm with sky and I changed there router to a to link archer 9000
 
Packet loss? Packet loss is a thing, but is unlikely to be what the router is reporting.

It's most likely an error count. Can you clarify?

Also, what router is it? AFAIK TP-Link don't sell a '9000' model.
 
Sorry model is archer vr900. And your correct it says error. Up time likely be a month or so I haven't rebooted router in awhile. Table is below


Upstream Downstream
Current Rate(kbps) 5534 32400
Max Rate(kbps) 5234 37600
SNR Margin(dB) 5.1 3.7
Line Attenuation(dB) 43.4 23.2
Errors(pkts) 244 223958
 
Is that error count there because it had a really bad 10 minutes, or because they're continually racking up at a lower rate? There's no direct way to tell.

I'd try checking the figures over a known interval (24 hours, 7 days, whatever) and see how fast they're increasing.

I'd also try putting the Sky router back on the line and check that the problem still exists. If there is a line problem Sky aren't going to help with a third-party router attached anyway.

How are you testing the speed? Is it consistently low when using different test sites and at different times of the day?

Are you testing with a wired connection? If there's wireless or Powerline adapters in the mix it's all guess work.
 
I have just noticed it over period of time past 2 weeks it's seemed slower. My network is all over, pc is wired but via power line adapters, of which they randomly don't connect until I unplug it and plug it back in again, tv's in house using wireless, console wired excluding ps3 that's wireless at the moment.

I'll monitor it as you say for a week, as I say I'm utter useless with networking! :(
 
No was wireless, I noticed it being slow on wired e.g. page won't load on web but I'll refresh it and then it loads instantly but that's on various pages so I don't think it's the websites
 
Your internet will probably max out your powerline no matter what speed they're sold as so don't rely on that as a gauge as to how fast your internet is.

Re the errors, it depends if they are forward error corrections (FEC) or cyclic redundancy check errors (CRC). At a very simplistic level, don't worry about FEC but do worry about CRC. FEC means it was able to correct. As a benchmark I get about 10 million FEC errors a week and 2 CRC errors over the same period. I do live a long way away from a cabinet or exchange and have lousy aluminium wiring in the road coming to my house so my FEC is extraordinarily high, but it doesn't make much difference.
 
I looked at the online emulation of that router.

Unfortunately for the OP it only appears to offer an overall error count. No information about the error type or the timescale.
 
Nothing wrong with router. It seems to be generally well liked.

Before you blame the router and/or the connection you need to:
  • Test with the ISP's router using the telephone master socket's test socket.
  • Test using a wired connection (even if you have to spend £10 on a long Ethernet cable).
  • Test using different client devices.
With that done you'll know where to point the finger.
 
bremen1874 said:
Nothing wrong with router. It seems to be generally well liked.

Before you blame the router and/or the connection you need to:
  • Test with the ISP's router using the telephone master socket's test socket.
  • Test using a wired connection (even if you have to spend £10 on a long Ethernet cable).
  • Test using different client devices.
With that done you'll know where to point the finger.
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Okay will do I'll need one long as cable mind as it would have to go up 2 flights of stairs haha, only reason I ditched sky sr102 was due to poor wireless range and randomly needing rebooting.
 
In the enterprise world, none.

If that's being reported on the isp side of the link then powerless are not at fault. Check your mtu is correct as that's something which can easily screw everything up.
 
Seeing errored frames on a DSL connection isn't a problem unless they are excessive, and to figure that out you'd need to know it as a percentage of the total frame count). DSL is designed to be able to cope with interference and physical network issues.
 
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