Do subsequent hops show packet loss? Quite often, an individual router might be dropping TTL=0 ICMP echo requests under load. This means that any packets that Ping Plotter sends out that it intends to get back with information about this hop - are sometimes (based on load or other conditions defined by the router) dropped.<br><br>The fact that downstream hops are not seeing packet loss means that the router is configured to *pass* ICMP echo requests where TTL > 0 through with a higher priority. This is why a router at one hop might be showing packet loss, but routers further downstream are not.<br><br>When this situation occurs, this doesn't mean there anything wrong with the router showing packet loss. Remember that the most important hop is the final one - and if there is no packet loss at the final hop, then packet loss in any of the OTHER hops is meaningless. Always start to look at the final destination and move backwards from there to determine the problem. <br><br>Hope that helps!<br><br>