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Sun, Jun 28, 2020 5:00 PM

Need Help trying to address Constant T3 Timeouts

Hi,

 

I am trying to solve an issue with costant T3 timeouts. Most of the time my connection is fine, I am getting the speed that I am paying for (350 Mbps). However, I do experience random periods of slowness and when looking at the cablem modem information, the downstream channels are always going from locked to unlocked, it seems as though the modem is always reacquiring the downstream channels. Not sure if this is normal or not.

 

I am running a Netgear Nighthawk C7800 Modem/Router combo and I have a straight run of brand new coax from the entry point in my house to the cable modem with no splitters. See below for my modem information.

 

Any help with addressing this issue would be greatly appreciated!

 

Noah

 

 
 
 
Frequency start Value
This field below allows you to modify the frequency the cable modem start with its scan during initialization and registration. Enter the new start frequency and restart the cable modem for it to take effect.
Starting Frequency
Startup Procedure
Procedure Status Comment
Acquire Downstream Channel 639000000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK Operational
Security ENABLED BPI+
IP Provisioning Mode Honor MDD IPv6 only
Downstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR Correctables Uncorrectabables
1 Locked QAM256 38 639000000 Hz 1.1 dBmV 41.1 dB 66 162
2 Locked QAM256 10 459000000 Hz 3.9 dBmV 42.3 dB 11 22
3 Locked QAM256 11 465000000 Hz 3.8 dBmV 42.1 dB 20 13
4 Locked QAM256 12 471000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 42.2 dB 11 22
5 Locked QAM256 13 477000000 Hz 3.9 dBmV 42.4 dB 13 20
6 Locked QAM256 14 483000000 Hz 3.9 dBmV 42.4 dB 10 23
7 Locked QAM256 15 489000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 42.0 dB 15 18
8 Locked QAM256 16 495000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 42.4 dB 12 21
9 Locked QAM256 17 519000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 42.3 dB 11 22
10 Locked QAM256 18 525000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 42.2 dB 7 27
11 Locked QAM256 19 531000000 Hz 3.5 dBmV 42.3 dB 8 25
12 Locked QAM256 20 537000000 Hz 3.8 dBmV 42.3 dB 10 24
13 Locked QAM256 21 543000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 42.5 dB 23 11
14 Locked QAM256 22 549000000 Hz 5.4 dBmV 42.7 dB 32 0
15 Locked QAM256 23 555000000 Hz 4.6 dBmV 42.4 dB 32 1
16 Locked QAM256 24 561000000 Hz 2.4 dBmV 41.8 dB 31 1
17 Locked QAM256 25 567000000 Hz 1.5 dBmV 41.5 dB 4 30
18 Locked QAM256 26 573000000 Hz 1.3 dBmV 41.5 dB 22 11
19 Locked QAM256 27 579000000 Hz 1.1 dBmV 41.3 dB 17 16
20 Locked QAM256 28 585000000 Hz 1.0 dBmV 41.5 dB 14 20
21 Locked QAM256 29 591000000 Hz 1.2 dBmV 41.2 dB 24 9
22 Locked QAM256 30 597000000 Hz 1.4 dBmV 41.4 dB 6 28
23 Locked QAM256 31 603000000 Hz 1.4 dBmV 41.3 dB 16 17
24 Locked QAM256 33 609000000 Hz 1.2 dBmV 41.3 dB 12 21
25 Locked QAM256 34 615000000 Hz 1.1 dBmV 41.3 dB 63 164
26 Locked QAM256 35 621000000 Hz 1.0 dBmV 41.3 dB 57 170
27 Locked QAM256 36 627000000 Hz 1.0 dBmV 41.0 dB 54 174
28 Locked QAM256 37 633000000 Hz 1.2 dBmV 41.2 dB 59 168
29 Locked QAM256 39 645000000 Hz 1.1 dBmV 41.2 dB 52 179
30 Locked QAM256 40 651000000 Hz 0.9 dBmV 41.2 dB 57 173
31 Locked QAM256 41 657000000 Hz 0.3 dBmV 40.8 dB 79 152
32 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0
Upstream Bonded Channels (Partial Service)
Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power
1 Locked ATDMA 1 5120 Ksym/sec 36500000 Hz 45.3 dBmV
2 Locked ATDMA 4 5120 Ksym/sec 17300000 Hz 38.5 dBmV
3 Locked ATDMA 3 5120 Ksym/sec 23700000 Hz 42.3 dBmV
4 Locked ATDMA 2 5120 Ksym/sec 30100000 Hz 37.8 dBmV
5 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0 dBmV
6 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0 dBmV
7 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0 dBmV
8 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0 dBmV
Downstream OFDM Channels
Channel Channel ID Indicator Subcarrier Zero Frequency Active Subcarrier Number Range Total Codewords Uncorrectable Codewords
1 32 Non-Primary 605600000 Hz 1108 ~ 2987 21478444 0
2 0 Other 0 Hz 0 ~ 0 0 0
Upstream OFDMA Channels
Channel UpstreamIsMuted Ranging Status Subcarrier Zero Frequency Active Subcarrier Number Range Symbols Per Frame Tx Power
1   Other 0 Hz 0 ~ 0 0 0 dBmV
2   Other 0 Hz 0 ~ 0 0 0 dBmV
 

 

Information from my Event Log:

Time Priority Description
2020-06-28, 19:01:54 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 19:01:53 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 1;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 19:01:53 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 19:01:19 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 19:01:18 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 3;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 19:01:18 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:58:16 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:58:15 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 2;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:58:15 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:55:33 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:55:33 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 3;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:55:33 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:53:19 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:53:17 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 1;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:53:17 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:51:19 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:51:18 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 2;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:51:18 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:48:15 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:48:14 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 3;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:48:13 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:47:27 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:47:26 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 1;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:47:26 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:45:37 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:45:36 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 2;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:45:36 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:42:35 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:42:35 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 3;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:42:35 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:41:36 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:41:35 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 1;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:41:35 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:38:34 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:38:33 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 2;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:38:33 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:36:32 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:36:30 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 3;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:36:30 Critical (3) Ranging Request Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
2020-06-28, 18:35:53 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=38:94:ed:9d:ee:00;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:ac:2a:7d;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;

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I had the same issue. Turned out to be a bad cable line from the outside box to my house. Cables are buried in my neighborhood Had a tech run a new line and haven’t had a T3 issue since. Have someone check the line outside...all Comcast wanted to do was do a reset and blame my Netgear modem/router

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