20% packet loss affects performance?
3Com, Networking, Routers
Hi. I've been noticed that I have some packet loss when I do ping from our 3Com router 5642 to the default gateway of our provider.<codinet03>ping 10.162.66.185
PING 10.162.66.185: 56 data bytes, press CTRL_C to break
Reply from 10.162.66.185: bytes=56 Sequence=1 ttl=255 time=3 ms
Reply from 10.162.66.185: bytes=56 Sequence=2 ttl=255 time=1 ms
Request time out
Reply from 10.162.66.185: bytes=56 Sequence=4 ttl=255 time=2 ms
Reply from 10.162.66.185: bytes=56 Sequence=5 ttl=255 time=1 ms
--- 10.162.66.185 ping statistics ---
5 packet(s) transmitted
4 packet(s) received
20.00% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/3 ms
We did the last mile between our provider and us and once I called them because I felt network slow. They told me that could be the packet loss (20%) that make the Internet slow and I should verify this. Is really a 20% of packet loss that ocurrs sometimes, a major problem for our Internet conection??
Thanks in advanced
