Question Intermittent Internet Issues since new router

Barney Willis

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Hi all,

Hope you're all well - hoping to get some advice from people who know more than I about this stuff...

I recently upgraded by internet speed from 50 to 200 mbps. It is with the same provider and down the same fibre cable but they sent me a new Virgin Media hub to install (although looks identical).

While my speed has indeed gone up and my ping (whenever I test it) stays sub 50ms, since the upgrade I have a problem in that my internet intermittently (3-4 times per minute) stutters. By this I mean my in-game ping jumps to 1200 and people can't hear me over discord for a few seconds. This continues over discord when not playing as well. Naturally this is very annoying and makes many competitive games unplayable.

Have checked my router settings and I have UPNP enabled. I am at a bit of a loss and will admit I don't know much about how these settings work. Can anyone advise what I should do to diagnose and fix this?

Many thanks :)
 

Barney Willis

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u can run tracert command to know where fault is
u should run it when u stutter
https://support.n4l.co.nz/s/article/How-to-use-Tracert-Traceroute

I ran it for 8.8.8.8 and it comes out with this each time - seems it makes it to my router but the issue is with my ISP?

Would welcome any help interpreting this or advice as to how to fix :)


1 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 192.168.0.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 22 ms 19 ms 15 ms bmly-core-2b-xe-130-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.225.113]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 47 ms 20 ms 20 ms tele-ic-7-ae2-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.175.34]
6 26 ms 16 ms 18 ms 74-14-250-212.static.virginm.net [212.250.14.74]
7 19 ms 20 ms 20 ms 108.170.246.161
8 24 ms 24 ms 22 ms 216.239.57.121
9 26 ms 24 ms 24 ms dns.google [8.8.8.8]