Connection problems

As the title says...Every time i try to download something it will download for a short period of time then just stop. The same thing happens when I try to watch a video like on youtube, part of it loads and it will play that part then it stops. Also occasionally when I click on a link it wont go and will just time out but when i click on it a few times then it will go to it kind of like it needs a little kick to actually go.

I have never had this problem until recently. I am on a cable connection and have one computer on wireless and one going straight from the router, both are doing this. Any ideas would be great!

Can you plug your computer into your switch using ethernet? This will eliminate the Wireless as a potential problem, and we can start troubleshooting your internet connection.

Can you plug your computer into your switch using ethernet? This will eliminate the Wireless as a potential problem, and we can start troubleshooting your internet connection.

Agreed, that's where I'd start.

Sorry I forgot to mention I already tried that. No luck with it.

Once your connected only using ethernet, no wireless, open a command prompt (start, run, cmd, enter) and type 'ping google.com -t' and let it run overnight.

In the morning, press Ctrl+C to cancel, and post here how many packets were lost. In fact, copy and paste the results here.