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Intermittent Connection Drops "Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out"
Hello,
I'm reaching out for help in regards to this. My internet has been dropping and it varies f rom every few hours to every few minutes.
After checking the event log I noticed I get a lot of "Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out" right when my connection drops.
For some background I live in an apartment and for equipment I have the Arris SB8200 Modem (Got it last year 10/2023)
Recent changes: I added an attenuator in between the coax and the modem a couple of days ago because my downstream power was ranging from 8-12 (i hoped this would resolve the connection dropping issues but it didnt. It did bring down the power levels to an acceptable range)
I checked my coax cable from the wall and the connection points are clean, my coax cable is PPC Perfect Flex 6 Series 18 AWG
Here is my downstream and upstream.
Please any help would be appreciated. This has been a huge interruption when the internet drops during work meetings
XfinityAlyssaA
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1.8K Messages
21 days ago
Good afternoon @user_rc5230, and thank you for reaching out on our Community Forums with your connection issues. As someone who relies on a stable connection for work and school, I understand how frustrating that can be. Thank you for providing the background information and confirming that you checked your coax cable connections. Have you attempted any other troubleshooting steps yet such as power cycling your modem? Are you using a personal router as well to connect to your network? When did this issue first start occurring?
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EG
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107.6K Messages
18 days ago
@user_rc5230 @XfinityAlyssaA
Please circle back here and post any possible solutions for the issue here in these open public forums so that all readers here may benefit from the exchange / info. This is in keeping with the spirit for which these public help forums were originally intended. Thank you.
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user_rc5230
5 Messages
15 days ago
@EG
The Comcast Tech came to the apartment today and did a few things
1) he took of my -10db attenuator, saying while it brought down the downstream, it also increased the upstream power to over the limit
2) he connected a Moca Filter directly to my modem and connected the coax cable behind it. He said that this will help separate my apartment signal from the other apartments in the building and reduce noise etc.
3) he connected a splitter to the coax cable coming from the wall to help bring my upstream power levels down, even though he took the attenuator off it was still on the high side
4) he changed the connector on the wall plate (I thought the connector on the wall was directly attached to the coax that goes from the wall to elsewhere but the wall plate has a connector where the outside coax connects to
5) then he checked levels again and said we're good right now. so hopefully this will keep my internet from dropping.
He just left 30 mins ago so Ill keep you all updated on if it stays connected or not!
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user_rc5230
5 Messages
15 days ago
an hour later after the tech did all that its happening again unfortunately
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