[SOLVED] Packet Loss on my PC whereas other computer does fine on gaming

[nichster_rocks]

Dear gurus,

I am experiencing frequent and significant packet loss while gaming (I mainly play Dota 2 and Valorant), and I observed it happened in Dota 2 while the fps also drops from 120+ fps to 80 fps. I tried swapping LAN cable with my brother's and the problem persists, mean while my brothers PC does not encounter packet loss whatsoever.

I have already tried pinging google.com (packet loss ~1% sometimes) and my router (0% loss).

For more info, in valorant it manifests in my character randomly sliding.
For Dota 2, my character wont respond to my command (move, buy items, attack, etc) however i can still pan the map and do other things.

I am starting to suspect component degradation.

ADDITIONAL : The game runs perfectly fine without any issues when I am spectating ...
ADDITIONAL no 2 : The game does not lag when i play against bots offline

 

[kanewolf]

Dear gurus,

I am experiencing frequent and significant packet loss while gaming (I mainly play Dota 2 and Valorant), and I observed it happened in Dota 2 while the fps also drops from 120+ fps to 80 fps. I tried swapping LAN cable with my brother's and the problem persists, mean while my brothers PC does not encounter packet loss whatsoever.

I have already tried pinging google.com (packet loss ~1% sometimes) and my router (0% loss).

For more info, in valorant it manifests in my character randomly sliding.
For Dota 2, my character wont respond to my command (move, buy items, attack, etc) however i can still pan the map and do other things.

I am starting to suspect component degradation.

ADDITIONAL : The game runs perfectly fine without any issues when I am spectating ...
ADDITIONAL no 2 : The game does not lag when i play against bots offline

Check to see if you have IPv6 enabled. If you have IPv6 and your brother doesn't that could explain it. IPv6 will take a different network path than IPv4.

 

[nichster_rocks]

kanewolf thank you for your assist.

I will definitely check these and additionally probably do the following :

1. uninstall intel ethernet driver and restart to use the driver that windows automatically give me
2. try uninstalling or disabling VMware ethernet drivers which I highly suspect have some effect

The problem is definitely my computer not the ISP or router.

Thank you tho

 

[nichster_rocks]

I found it kanewolf and all!!!!

IF YOU GUYS HAVE VMWARE IT HAS AN ETHERNET ADAPTER IN THE DEVICE MANAGER DISABLE IT BEFORE GAMING IT GRIEFS YOUR GAME, BESIDES NOT HAVING PMA.

the image for your reference

 

[SamirD]

Glad you found the solution and thank you for posting an update!