How to Use Wireshark to Find Packet Loss and DNS Problems on Your Home Network (Windows)

User reconnecting an Ethernet cable while analyzing network traffic on a laptop during home internet troubleshooting.

When your internet stutters during a video call, drops packets in an online game, or loads web pages inconsistently, most guides tell you to run a ping test or a traceroute. Those tools confirm that something is wrong — but they rarely show you exactly what is failing or where the breakdown happens inside your … Read more