I've setup a virtual network with 2 virtual machines: one for running sql server and other for remote desktop sessions. All items deployed on west coast servers if that matters.
For the past 3 days I am noticing that the remote desktop sessions seem to "freeze" for a few seconds every few minutes or so. For example while doing some data entry the screen freezes for a few seconds and mouse/keyboard input seem to do nothing. Then it returns to normal. I tried other ISPs but got same issue.
I am also getting complains from the application that uses SQL server, frequent error messages telling me that the SQL server connection was lost. To diagnose this particular issue I ran "ping -t 192.168.10.5" command and found out that 1-2 packets time out every minute or so:
Ping statistics for 192.168.10.5:
Packets: Sent = 1515, Received = 1490, Lost = 25 (1% loss),I cannot ping the RDP/SQL server from the outside but I am sure I would get similar results. 1% packet loss looks insignificant but it isn't, my application is choking every minute or two and terminal sessions are terrible experience.
Can anyone tell my why this is happening and how to fix this issue.