Who is good with network troubleshooting?

[Trendkill 10+ year member]

(WinXP, linksys wireless network)

Ok so my connection at home is acting up. I keep getting 1 second connection "pauses" every 30-45 seconds or so. I haven't timed it but it seems like a regular interval. Normally it's no big deal just surfing the web or whatever, but it's a huge PITA while gaming.

I ran one of those constant ping commands from the comand prompt and had my roomates do the same. Every 30-45 seconds the average of 24ms jumps to 1000ms on my computer. Neither of them had the problem at all. One of them is also connected wirelessly to the router and the other is physically connected. I also tried connecting to a neighbor's network (shh don't tell them), but had the same problem. I'm running AVG for a virus scanner.

Could it be some spyware that my AVG isn't picking up? Could it be a bad wireless card?

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

avg is good for virus' but what are you running for spyware/adware?

 

[Trendkill 10+ year member]

Nothing at the moment. I guess I should download spybot or something when I get home from work today.

 

[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

what kinda wireless card is in the computer with shitty drops?

 

[Trendkill 10+ year member]

Oh also, in an unrelated problem, as of yesterday, I can no longer see my roomates' network. It just doesn't show up when I refresh the list. The router is about 10-12 feet from my computer. My other roomate who is a good 25 feet away is having no problems seeing the network.

 

[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

sometimes house phones are on a similar frequency. try changing the channel of the router. i know i had that problem my house phone is 2.4 ghz and it interferred with my router when someone was on the phone.