Wireless Packet Loss with 21.5" iMac Al?

[theahnman]

Here is the output from my pingtest via Network Utility...
Is anyone else having the same issues?


PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1473.547 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=474.457 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.735 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.762 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.799 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 6
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=2530.812 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=1531.551 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=531.861 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.738 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.769 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.743 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=2586.053 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=1587.668 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=587.912 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=0.741 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.738 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=0.746 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=2627.496 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=1629.225 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=630.138 ms

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
20 packets transmitted, 20 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.735/809.975/2627.496/943.875 ms

Pingtest.net will typically give me an "F" rating and indicate that almost 30% of my 200 packets sent didn't make the trip back.

Any thoughts?
On a related side note, there will be a memorial service for all packets lost in the aether of the Intertubes in the near future...

 

[Heilage]

What are your results when using a wire? That's pretty important in identifying what might be the problem.

 

[theahnman]

Well, there is no problem with the wire. I more or less wanted to see if there was a similar issue with other people, and if they had figured out a solution to the problem. In addition, I want to get some sense of whether this is a small problem in contrast to the greater pool of 21.5" iMac ALs. I'm hoping it's a simple hardware issue. I really hope it is not a software issue... because we ALL know how Apple is when it comes to marginal software issues...