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I have a wired/wireless network. laptops are wireless but the 2 desktops are hardwired. I have a router. All of a sudden I lose the network connection for about a second. You don't notice it when you're online browsing and such, but you sure notice it when you're online gaming (get booted out of the game). Any ideas as to why all of a sudden I'm losing the connection?

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Building on the thread from and the pointers from and , below is a short, practical checklist to isolate sub‑second dropouts and where to focus fixes. The approach is: 1) determine whether the blips are local (NIC/AP), inside the LAN (switch/router), or upstream; 2) capture evidence during a dropout; 3) make small, reversible changes to confirm the cause.

Start with continuous tests to locate the failure point. From a machine on the LAN run a continuous ping to the gateway and to a public IP at the same time; if the gateway drops packets the problem is local to the LAN, if only the public IP drops it’s upstream. Example commands:

Windows:  ping -t <gateway>    ping -t 8.8.8.8
Linux:    ping -i 0.2 <gateway>  ping -i 0.2 8.8.8.8

Also run a traceroute when you see a dropout to see where the path changes.

Check LAN devices and NICs next. Inspect router/switch logs and uptime; look for periodic reboots, CPU spikes or many DHCP leases. On switches and NICs check error counters (CRC/frame errors, collisions) and autonegotiation state — duplex mismatches and bad patch cables commonly cause brief connection resets. Update firmware/driver only after capturing logs and back up any router config first.

For wireless investigate roaming, channel congestion and client power‑save behavior: use a Wi‑Fi analyzer to watch RSSI and reauth/deauth events, and capture packets with Wireshark to see whether the client is reauthenticating or losing association. Disable NIC power‑saving and background scanning while testing. Packet captures and continuous pings give the evidence needed to decide whether to replace hardware, change channels, or adjust settings. For packet capture and analysis guidance see the Wireshark user guide; for ping/traceroute usage see the Microsoft reference for ping (Windows) at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ping.

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I have a wired/wireless network. laptops are wireless but the 2 desktops are hardwired. I have a router. All of a sudden I lose the network connection for about a second. You don't notice it when you're online browsing and such, but you sure notice it when you're online gaming (get booted out of the game). Any ideas as to why all of a sudden I'm losing the connection?

Thanks

Are you losing it on the wireless machine? I lose my signal all the time for a second (on my wireless laptop). Cordless phones are the main culprit by the way, but other interferences can cause this too. It you're losing it on your wired comps, then your router could be overloaded (loss in bandwidth)

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what type of router are you using?

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