no need to be a desperado does not have to be the computer or the internet, could be something else

would have to know the exact model number of your router to be sure, but the light blinking might just mean there is network activity

sounds like there is more activity than there should be, or what you are expecting, slowing things down because you have to share with it?

sometimes a program on your systems can be making the activity, or worse, a virus or something/somebody you don't know about using your network, like somebody is using your wireless network, or a huge download and you don't know etc?

tell us the full model numbers on the router and we will find out for sure if that even indicates activity on the network, before we go down the wrong path

 

2701HG-B. No downloads going, no viruses.

 

i see this info on page 18 of the install guide (assuming i have the right one)

http://support.2wire.com/download/49/2701_installation_guide.pdf

Ethernet, USB, or Wireless Light Operating State
OFF The gateway is powered off or booting up.
Solid green Device(s) connected via Ethernet, USB, or Wireless.
Flickering green Data traffic is coming into or going out from the network.

it does seem to be network activity

have a look in task manage's resource monitor and see if any processes on your system are making network activity

 

Hi,

In adition to above, i just missed one thing in your post.

Did you try an other ethernet port on your router to be sure ?

Just giving ideas, and if i look at my switch here some act up a few blinks a sec and the servers are blinking like crazy due to more network activity.

 

Is it possible you have a neighbor who is connected wireless (and you dont know it?)

 

Nope, my password is a random series of letters and numbers. I don't even know any of my neighbors, and I live in a house not an apartment so that makes it even less likely.

 

try another port is a good test

if it were wireless activity it should be the wireless light that is blinking

it's the Ethernet light that's blinking, indicating activity on the Ethernet

that Ethernet segment is wired to your PC on an Ethernet port is it not? the PC you are having problems with World of Warcraft and Call of Duty on?

have you checked the resource monitor to see if a process on the PC is making network activity

right click on task bar, select task manager, networking and see if any activity

if so go to performance, resource manager, network and see if the activity is related to a process

 

Found my Solution

I found this thread today after having the same exact problem. After looking through my processes, it turns out that pmb.exe (pando media booster) was the culprit. It's not malware and is easy to remove; just end the proces. As far as I can tell everything is back to normal (no blinking light either).

Other people appear to have similar problems with this process as well...

 

I am having the same exact problem.

My ping is always below 60 ms.
I pay for 3 Mbit down and 0.5 Mbit up

I lag when I play any online game.

I notice it stops or starts when my roommate comes home. The funny thing is that I paid AT&T to rewire my telephone lines so that our network connection do not interfere, which means that I am not supposed to lag even if my roommate is downloading on his own separate internet connection.

I also bought my router used on eBay. And I am not 100% sure if my roommate is downloading or not.

So here are two things that I think causes the problem:
1) You are sharing telephone line with someone else from another house or another room. Perhaps my technician rewired the telephone line wrong.
2) My router is broken.

What do you think?

 

Hello....this is an old Thread and just to let you know, I have created a Thread for you already. Best to have your own Thread. Please refrain on hijiaking another Thread.

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