weird lag/disconnects

[Cheetos]

Issue seems to happen every hour or so.  I'll try to load a page and it will just "spin" for like 20 seconds before finally loading.. during this time i also notice my Steam chat disconnects.. I'm using a wired connection directly to my modem. any ideas how i can figure out what the underlying issue is? Thanks

[Acedia]

Are you on wireless? Can you still ping your router during these outages?

[Cheetos]

i haven't tried. ill try next time it happens

[NoNoBadDog]

What other devices are on your network?  Do you have QOS enabled in the router settings?

 

[Cheetos]

I noticed my cat chewed up my ethernet cable... new cat6 came in today and have had no issues as of yet.. hopefully that was the issue