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Hello, small question, any idea how to reduce packet loss in games and in general? Both in wireless and powerline.

No i cant run ethernet, dont even say it

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does your router support QoS? you could try and prioritise your packets hopefully improve the quality.

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does your router support QoS? you could try and prioritise your packets hopefully improve the quality.

It was the one given to me by my ISP, and i can only change some settings through their site and i didnt find one

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It was the one given to me by my ISP, and i can only change some settings through their site and i didnt find one

 

Ah, damn! I guess there is only so much you can do. Seems you don't have much options within the router so it can't prioritise packets for your IP/MAC address. Either try something other that wireless or a different router with the feature to be able to prioritise.

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Ah, damn! I guess there is only so much you can do. Seems you don't have much options within the router so it can't prioritise packets for your IP/MAC address. Either try something other that wireless or a different router with the feature to be able to prioritise.

Just noticed that i started getting this packet drop lately ( or could be my imagination ) could the fact that they started rolling out ipv6 connections? 

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It was the one given to me by my ISP, and i can only change some settings through their site and i didnt find one

If you type in your "default gateway" in a web browser, you will get to a webpage like this with all your router settings. Default password depends on your router, easy to find with a quick google search. yPgAYrr.jpg

 

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If you type in your "default gateway" in a web browser, you will get to a webpage like this with all your router settings. Default password depends on your router, easy to find with a quick google search. 

 

Ive tried it but nothing came up the router is the same as this pic 

http://forumimages.seniorennet.be/iceman1718/956-20120531-78ef7b.jpg

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Ive tried it but nothing came up the router is the same as this pic 

http://forumimages.seniorennet.be/iceman1718/956-20120531-78ef7b.jpg

Nothing came up? Not even the user/password thing? 

 

*Also, that's a modem. 

 

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Nothing came up? Not even the user/password thing? 

nope, just an empty page, like thing doesnt exist, i later tried with a normal modem/router and the normal config page came up

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nope, just an empty page, like thing doesnt exist, i later tried with a normal modem/router and the normal config page came up

If you only have a modem, it's possible that your provider is blocking the port, try using a router. 

 

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If you only have a modem, it's possible that your provider is blocking the port, try using a router. 

Well the thing they gave us is a modem/router.

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Well the thing they gave us is a modem/router.

Then i have no idea, sorry. 

 

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Are you sure it's actually packet loss and not something else?

Well I tried doing a packet test online which failed, everything else passed, and in bf4 I often get the packet drop icon, so I'm pretty sure it's that

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Well I tried doing a packet test online which failed, everything else passed, and in bf4 I often get the packet drop icon, so I'm pretty sure it's that

everyone in BF4 is getting that even if your connection is stable. so i will not worry about it. 

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you can't do any thing except call your ISP if you can't get in to your router.

You could ask the to roll back your MTU a little, 1472 is my choice.

check there are no power saving options enabled.

Also update all networking drivers on your PC.

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does your router support QoS? you could try and prioritise your packets hopefully improve the quality.

 

You can't prioritise lost packets ;)

 

Well I tried doing a packet test online which failed, everything else passed, and in bf4 I often get the packet drop icon, so I'm pretty sure it's that

 

Can you use a tool called My Traceroute (mtr) and actually see where the loss is occurring definitively?

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