High Ping in Games? Two Hops Here Showed 100% Loss
Your ping is a different number for every destination, and the hop showing 100 percent loss is almost never the one causing your lag.
Upload Slow but Download Fine? Read the Link Rate
The Wi-Fi link here reported 86.5 Mbps and full duplex False.
DNS Server Not Responding? It Is Usually Your Router
The DNS server your PC uses is normally the box in the corner, not your provider.
Router Settings: The Address Your PC Already Knows
Typing the router address into a search box is why it never loads.
Ethernet Not Working? Find Out If the Cable Made a Link
One PowerShell line splits a dead cable from a Windows problem, and it decides which half of the troubleshooting you actually need to do.
What Is a Firewall? And Do You Already Have One?
Windows Firewall is on by default on every edition, and it blocks everything coming in while allowing everything going out.
What Is a VPN? What It Hides, and What It Does Not
The FTC describes a VPN as shifting trust from your network to the VPN company, not as making you anonymous.
Is the Service Down, or Is It You? Settle It in Two Minutes
Three tests take two minutes and eliminate almost everything before you touch a single setting.
Websites Slow to Load on Fast Internet? It Is the Lookup
A pause then a fast page is a slow lookup, and a speed test can never see it because it never does one.
Download Slow But Speed Test Fine? Where It Goes
A speed test is a ten second burst to a nearby server, which is a different job to a real download.
