Inconsistent ping response times (Host to VM)

Modified on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 at 5:17 PM

If pings to a VM from a device on the same local network, over ethernet are inconsistently higher than <1ms, for example:



Check if the HyperV host has Broadcom ethernet adapters and Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) enabled (this is default on broadcom). 


Disabling this feature should resolve the issue:
(in this case the VM was pinging it's HyperV host while the change was made)


It's possible to get the benefits of VMQ and eliminate the issue by using a reg key such as here:

After 2 years, I have finally solved my "Slow Hyper-V Guest Network Performance" issue. I am ecstatic. : r/sysadmin (reddit.com) 


But in general people seem to just disable VMQ on broadcom NICs as standard for HyperV installations.

 

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