Here is a log from the same utility run after my last post. For this test the Time Out threshold was set to 10000ms and count upped to 100. As you can see, I am still getting packet loss, and that's the main cause of problems. It defaults to using the Google DNS server since it is a known stable, fast target.
Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 96, Lost = 4 (4% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 565ms, Maximum = 1564ms, Average = 696ms
And here is another ran just after that one, with the count dropped to 50 (timeout period was kept at 10000ms):
Pinging 8.8.8.8 (with 32 bytes of data):
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=695ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=905ms TTL=55
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=930ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=729ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=649ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=703ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=599ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=602ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=628ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=627ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=576ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=619ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=604ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=585ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=647ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=666ms TTL=55
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=587ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=608ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=633ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=719ms TTL=55
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=602ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=893ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=910ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=627ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=579ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=612ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=621ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=863ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=867ms TTL=55
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=857ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=691ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=766ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=607ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=806ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=692ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=817ms TTL=55
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=614ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=670ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=600ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=585ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=615ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=641ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=617ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=588ms TTL=55
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=696ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 45, Lost = 5 (10% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 576ms, Maximum = 930ms, Average = 614ms