What is Packet Loss? Simple Explanation

Hand plugging an Ethernet cable into a laptop LAN port to test what is packet loss on a wired connection

Every time you browse a website, join a video call, or play an online game, your device sends and receives thousands of small data units called packets. But what is packet loss, and why should you care about it? In the simplest terms, packet loss means some of those data units never reach their destination … Read more