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Connection Issues - possibly related to upstream
I moved to my new apartment in April and have been having connection issues ever since. I had Comcast, the same equipment, and the same plan at my old place and it all worked just fine. So I highly doubt it's the gateway. My internet goes out at least 2 or 3 times per day. It's usually only a couple of minutes now, but it's very disruptive. I've had 4 techs come out and have called Comcast god knows how many times, but the problem persists. I've reset and restarted the router I don't know how many times. The coaxial cable and splitter are new, provided by one of those 4 techs. They are on there tight. I need the splitter because there's only one cable outlet in the apartment and I've got a cable box for cable TV.
Most of the time it happens when the upstream light is blinking. I've read that this can happen because of bad splitters but the one that's in the apartment is brand new. Since I'm in an apartment building and not a house, I really have no way of knowing if there are any other splitters between me and the outside. Once in a while, the internet, upstream, and downstream lights will go out.
This is my current cable connection report from my router, although I'm obviously online right now so take it with a grain of salt. Sometimes several upstream channels are unlocked, but they're not right now.
This is the current Event Log.
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pfeilal23
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5 years ago
It happened again just now.
Event Log: https://imgur.com/wEHSVy6
Cable Connection: https://imgur.com/iKI1EkT
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EG
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The upstream power is on the high side and it may be intermittently fluctuating even higher to out of spec levels. That can cause random disconnects, spontaneous re-booting of the modem, speed, packet loss, and latency problems.
In a self troubleshooting effort to try to obtain better connectivity / more wiggle room, check to see if there are there any excess/unneeded coax cable splitters in the line leading to the modem that can be eliminated/re-configured. Any splitters that remain should be high quality and cable rated for 5-1002 MHz, bi-directional, and no gold colored garbage types like GE, RadioShack, RCA, Philips, Leviton, Magnavox, and Rocketfish from big box stores like Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Wal-Mart etc. Splitters should be swapped with known to be good / new ones to test
If there aren't any unneeded splitters that can be eliminated and if your coax wiring setup can't be reconfigured so that there is a single two way splitter connected directly off of the drop from the street/pole with one port feeding the modem and the other port feeding the rest of the house/equipment with additional splits as needed, and you've checked all the wiring and fittings for integrity and tightness and refresh them by taking them apart then check for and clean off any corrosion / oxidation on the center wire and put them back together again, then perhaps it's best to book a tech visit to investigate and correct.
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pfeilal23
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Thank you for your response. "Check to see if there are there any excess/unneeded coax cable splitters in the line leading to the modem that can be eliminated/re-configured." I'm not certain I know how to do that. As I mentioned, I'm in an apartment building. Before I go unscrewing the cable outlet & poking around in there, will that do me any good?
It may also be worth mentioning that, while this doesn't happen each time, at the moment my tv is stuck on one channel. I can turn it on but cannot change the channel.
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EG
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MDU's (Multiple Dwelling Units) are especially troublesome. As stated, then you need a tech out to investigate. Good luck !
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pfeilal23
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5 years ago
Any idea how I do that without having to jump through a million hoops? Seems like every time I call Comcast I have to reset my router first, then I have to explain the whole situation over and over again.
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