I purchased an Arris G36 and set it up, but I kept having my connection dropped a few times throughout the day. Returned that router because I saw some posts saying that Arris did not work well with Xfinity. Went and bought a faster more powerful Netgear ACX80, set it up and it dropped connections randomly also. Returned that and bought a Motorola MG8702, set it ups and it drops its connection randomly throughout the day.
The one thing I noticed is in the event log all three routers showed the same critical errors:
- SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing
- No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
- Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out
- UCD invalid or channel unusable
I see a lot of posts about this issue, but not a lot of success stories. I will try tomorrow the suggestions of replacing the splitter and see what happens.
This is what my Motorola MG8702 is reading:
Downstream Bonded Channels |
 |
|
 |
|
Channel |
Lock Status |
Modulation |
Channel ID |
Freq. (MHz) |
Pwr (dBmV) |
SNR (dB) |
Corrected |
Uncorrected |
1 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
44 |
717.0 |
0.7 |
42.2 |
54 |
0 |
2 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
13 |
531.0 |
-1.8 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
14 |
537.0 |
-1.8 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
15 |
543.0 |
-1.6 |
42.1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
16 |
549.0 |
-1.2 |
42.1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
17 |
555.0 |
-1.0 |
42.2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
18 |
561.0 |
-1.0 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
19 |
567.0 |
-1.1 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
20 |
573.0 |
-1.1 |
42.1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
21 |
579.0 |
-1.2 |
41.9 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
22 |
585.0 |
-1.0 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
23 |
591.0 |
-0.8 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
24 |
597.0 |
-0.5 |
42.1 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
25 |
603.0 |
-0.6 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
26 |
609.0 |
-0.8 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
27 |
615.0 |
-0.7 |
41.9 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
28 |
621.0 |
-0.9 |
41.8 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
29 |
627.0 |
-0.4 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
30 |
633.0 |
-0.3 |
41.9 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
31 |
639.0 |
-0.1 |
41.9 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
32 |
645.0 |
-0.3 |
41.9 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
33 |
651.0 |
-0.4 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
34 |
657.0 |
-0.5 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
35 |
663.0 |
-0.3 |
41.9 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
36 |
669.0 |
-0.1 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
37 |
675.0 |
0.1 |
41.1 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
38 |
681.0 |
0.2 |
42.1 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
39 |
687.0 |
0.0 |
42.0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
40 |
693.0 |
0.1 |
41.9 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
41 |
699.0 |
-0.1 |
41.8 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
42 |
705.0 |
0.3 |
41.8 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
Locked |
QAM256 |
43 |
711.0 |
0.4 |
41.8 |
2 |
0 |
33 |
Locked |
OFDM PLC |
193 |
957.0 |
1.1 |
42.0 |
126025060 |
0 |
|
Upstream Bonded Channels |
 |
|
 |
|
Channel |
Lock Status |
Channel Type |
Channel ID |
Symb. Rate (Ksym/sec) |
Freq. (MHz) |
Pwr (dBmV) |
1 |
Locked |
SC-QAM |
1 |
5120 |
16.4 |
48.0 |
2 |
Locked |
SC-QAM |
2 |
5120 |
22.8 |
48.3 |
3 |
Locked |
SC-QAM |
3 |
5120 |
29.2 |
49.0 |
4 |
Locked |
SC-QAM |
4 |
5120 |
35.6 |
49.8 |
|
BruceW
Gold Problem Solver
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26.3K Messages
1 year ago
The downstream signals look OK, but the upstream power levels are borderline (too high), consistent with the errors you reported. Network connection problems like this are often due to poor coax connections or damaged coax cable, usually in or near your home. Running the cable through a surge protector, a defective splitter, or too many splitters can cause signal problems as well. If there is an amplifier in the line make sure it's getting power.
If you want to troubleshoot this yourself, please see Internet Troubleshooting Tips. If you can't find the problem or you'd rather have Comcast take care of it and an employee does not respond to your message here, call them at the phone number on your bill or 1-800-Comcast, or use one of the options on https://www.xfinity.com/support/contact-us/. It's not likely they can fix the problem remotely. If not, insist they send a tech out to identify the cause and correct it.
If the tech finds bad coax, splitters, amplifiers, or connections in your home (even if Comcast originally supplied them) you'll probably have to pay for the visit (approx $100) unless you have their Service Protection Plan ( https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/service-protection-plan, closed to customers that don't already have it). If the trouble is due to a faulty Comcast rental device or anything outside your home you shouldn't be charged.
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XfinityEmilyB
Official Employee
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2K Messages
1 year ago
@mcarter219 Hey there, how are you doing today? A couple days ago, we were troubleshooting together and your signals looked really healthy from my side. After monitoring your connection since then, how has everything been doing?
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