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MB8611 not producing Gigabit Extra speeds
Hello all,
I have been reading through the forum since this issue started to try and see what will resolve it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there is a clear-cut answer, but there sure are a lot of people with similar issues. Back on the 6th, I upgraded to the Gigabit Extra package from Performance Pro that I had. My previous package was 175 down, 5 up. Typically we received 200 down and 5.5 up from a wired connection. Since the upgrade, we are still getting the same exact speeds as before. Long story short, we were finally able to get a tech out to check everything since Comcast saw there were issues with the signals. The tech arrived this morning and did his thing. After his work we gained a downstream channel, and went from 2 upstream channels to 6 (Awesome!); however, the speeds remained the same.
He plugged directly into the back of our modem with his tool and saw the speeds were only reaching 200 down and 8 up. The speeds in the cable were reaching the appropriate levels and he even showed that to me to confirm. At first, he said the modem (Motorola MB8611) was not compatible with gigabit internet, but I showed him on the website that it was. He then said there must be something wrong with the modem. I showed him the event logs from my modem, but he said everything looked fine. He recommended using the Xfinity modem/router or buying a new modem. However, reading the forums I have seen this being said to other people with similar issues and even after those people dump money towards new modems it does not seem to resolve their issues. I would rather not spend additional money to speculate, but I would also rather not rent the modem/router combo from Comcast and prefer to use my own equipment. Any advice or help is appreciated. Unfortunately, because of the reset of the modem, the logs seem to have been cleared, and this is all that is available. These are the same errors as previously.
Time Not Established | Critical (3) | SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; | |||
Time Not Established | Warning (5) | Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; | |||
Time Not Established | Critical (3) | SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; | |||
Time Not Established | Critical (3) | No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; | |||
Time Not Established | Notice (6) | Honoring MDD; IP provisioning mode = IPv6 | |||
08:27:41 Mon Sep 12 2022 |
Notice (6) | DS profile assignment change. DS Chan ID: 32; Previous Profile: ; New Profile: 1 2 3.;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; | |||
08:27:41 Mon Sep 12 2022 |
Critical (3) | SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; | |||
08:27:47 Mon Sep 12 2022 |
Critical (3) | No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; |
09:32:37 Mon Sep 12 2022 |
Critical (3) | Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; |
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CubsW1N
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Hi @BottomoftheBarrel
I am having a very similar issue with my 900 Mbps service. I have now tried 4 cable modems (2 Netgear CM2000's, 1 CM1200, 1 Motorola MB8611) over the past week and they are all giving the same speeds - typically between 400-600 Mbps, which is the same or worse as what I got before with my 600 Mbps plan.
Based on my experience, I agree with you that buying a new modem won't help. Using the Xfinity-provided router may be an improvement, but I personally don't want to pay the rental fee and I shouldn't have to. There has to be something else going on in the system and I haven't been able to get to the bottom of it yet.
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BottomoftheBarrel
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Since I needed to provide this to Motorola, here is an update to the connections page:
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Hello everyone. For those who are following, or for those in the future who are reading, I will try and update this thread as it proceeds to its conclusion. My issue is still unresolved, so yesterday I contacted Xfinity chat support again, and they have now opened a ticket for a tier 2 technician to call me and come out. I haven't received a confirmation email or text, but I did provide the ticket number the first CSR gave me to a second CSR and that CSR confirmed that the ticket was open, it was indeed for a tier 2 technician, and that it was all in order. They said I may have to wait up to 48 hours to receive a call from them.
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BottomoftheBarrel
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Here is an update on the event logs. Please note that I copied from AFTER the event logs of my previous posts.
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BottomoftheBarrel
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Here is an update from today on the connections page.
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BottomoftheBarrel
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Here is what the representative from Motorola was telling me. They say that the modem is functioning properly, and said that "I have noticed in the event logs you have multiple t3 time outs- which indicates network drops/packet losses that the unit has been experiencing intermittent connection. In the connection page, your downstream bonded channels pwr were in the range bn -7 to +7, snr are bn 30-50, corrected&uncorrected - are not 0 shows these channels are experiencing a signal issue, while in the upstream bonded channels the pwr levels are bn 38-50."
She also notes that the technician plugging directly into the back of the modem and getting those speeds and not the ones I am supposed to receive (even though the cables apparently check out) means that Comcast is using the incorrect speed file.
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BottomoftheBarrel
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Hello all!
As promised I am here to provide an update. The tier 2 tech did not need to call, text, email, or anything, and what he was sent to do did not require a home visit. They checked everything and it all checked out. They marked the job as complete, but I still had the same issue. Since I was not aware that they did not need to call, text, email, etc (as I was told they would need to) I was back on the chat with Xfinity to find out where the tech was which is when the CSR explained that they completed their work and did not need to do any of that because it wasn't a home visit.
The solution, or seemingly at this time, appears to have been a bootfile for my modem. The CSR I spoke with today informed me that the wrong bootfile was being used, and they corrected it. After the bootfile was changed, my modem rebooted, and sure enough, my speeds skyrocketed. My tower uses Windows 10 64-bit, Ryzen 5 2600x, 16GB RAM, SATA-SSD (Shhh), and mobo has a gigabit port. The cable is a Cat5E, about 40 feet, and about a year old. Without changing any config on my end I am currently getting 685.22mbps down and 41mbps up directly from the modem.
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I have a mb 8611 modem, I can achieve 1400 Mbps + on a computer from 2011..
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