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R7000 Packet Loss
It all started when I hopped on Fortnite with a couple of buddies. I was in a game with them and all of a sudden, it shows that I have severe packet loss and I lag so much on there. Now, the packet lo...
Alright, so I decided to use another TV that was laying around my house (better than the TV I have with my Xbox) and decided to set it near my Router and Modem. I then brought the Xbox and set it up with the TV. I connected the Modem to my Xbox using the Ethernet Cable but it said there was no internet and I couldn’t test out Fortnite. I then did the same with the R7000 but it gave out the same results. Finally, I just decided to go back to the original and connect the modem to the router then finally I could test Fortnite out. Surprisingly, there was really no severe packet loss, I mean there was little to no packet loss. Furthermore, I disbanded the setup and went back to my room, I switched my old TV with this TV and tested out Fortnite. Same results, but still a bit of packet loss causing lag. I hope you can get something out of this. Any other suggestions or did I do something wrong?
Isaac2156 wrote:
Alright, so I decided to use another TV that was laying around my house (better than the TV I have with my Xbox) and decided to set it near my Router and Modem. I then brought the Xbox and set it up with the TV. I connected the Modem to my Xbox using the Ethernet Cable but it said there was no internet and I couldn’t test out Fortnite. I then did the same with the R7000 but it gave out the same results. Finally, I just decided to go back to the original and connect the modem to the router then finally I could test Fortnite out. Surprisingly, there was really no severe packet loss, I mean there was little to no packet loss. Furthermore, I disbanded the setup and went back to my room, I switched my old TV with this TV and tested out Fortnite. Same results, but still a bit of packet loss causing lag. I hope you can get something out of this. Any other suggestions or did I do something wrong?
When you connect a device to a modem, you have to have powered off the modem for a couple minutes. Then connect your device and power the modem back on.
plemans wrote:When you connect a device to a modem, you have to have powered off the modem for a couple minutes. Then connect your device and power the modem back on.
It might be worth pointing out that a very simple thing to try when an issue like this suddenly crops up is to reboot the network. That forces things to set up clean connections between devices on the network.
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:
- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
