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I can't seem to get this fixed
I don't know if any of this is relevant but here is the history of the last year or so:
-Upon xfinity's urging I upgraded my modem and got the Arris SB6183 about a year ago (maybe a bit longer). It installed and seemed to be working well for a good while.
-Out of the blue one day some months ago (6 months maybe) the internet started to drop out seemingly randomly. It was easy to see when it happened because Netflix would stall and my Arlo Hub would start Flashing Yellow next to the TV.
-One day I noticed that the internet stopped every time I logged on to my MacBook Pro!! I spent a lot of hours over many days trying to figure out why it was happening. This happened one other time in my life and I remember it having something to do with IPV. I never sorted it out and then decided to replace my Apple AirPort Xtreme router. It had worked flawlessly for many years but it was getting old.
-I installed a Netgear Nighthawk RAX80 and it seemed to work well. The macbook no longer caused the internet to stop.
-Then I started experiencing random dropouts, this time, my MacBook was asleep and it seems to have nothing to do with it. I'm using my MacBook to type this and the internet is fine.
-I contacted Netgear and they told me to work with Comcast first so I called them. They reported that the singals didin't look quite right and they sent a tech out.
-The tech told me that he removed a splitter that was only in place to drop the signal level some previously and he said we should install a new underground line since it seemed like things were worse when it rained.
-It took some weeks but they finally came out and installed the new line. Since then the issue seems worse if anything, nothing has been improved. We could barely watch Huly or Netflix last night because it kept stalling and the Arlo connection light kept going yellow.
I'm starting to run out of ideas on this and it is frustrating. The industry really seems to lack the tools to troubleshoot intermitent connection issues. Like why can't someone tell me that they see connection issues and look at some log to tell why? I tried install a connection monitoring service on my MacBook so I could hopefully learn something and it seems to be useless (Network Logger Pro). It doesn't report any issues...even as I watch the internet stall on the Arlo, my Apple TV, and my Son's ipad all at the same time.
I just used the Xfinity app to "troubleshoot" and it rebooted my modem and ran a test and said things are fine. Interestingly, afterwords I just checked the modem log and it shows the following:
| Fri Sep 20 16:37:52 2019 | Critical (3) | Resetting the cable modem due to docsDevResetNow |
| Time Not Established | Critical (3) | No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out |
| Time Not Established | Notice (6) | Honoring MDD; IP provisioning mode = IPv6 |
The word "Critical" stands out to me. I saw these same messages a lot before they installed the new cable. However, I had a massive connection issue last night and it didn't show any errors on the modem log last night.
Below is the current status log (note its running fine right now):
| Startup Procedure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Procedure | Status | Comment |
| Acquire Downstream Channel | Locked | |
| Connectivity State | OK | Operational |
| Boot State | OK | Operational |
| Configuration File | OK | |
| Security | Enabled | BPI+ |
| DOCSIS Network Access Enabled | Allowed | |
| Downstream Bonded Channels | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel | Lock Status | Modulation | Channel ID | Frequency | Power | SNR | Corrected | Uncorrectables |
| 1 | Locked | QAM256 | 7 | 519000000 Hz | -1.5 dBmV | 41.2 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Locked | QAM256 | 8 | 525000000 Hz | -1.6 dBmV | 41.1 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Locked | QAM256 | 9 | 531000000 Hz | -1.7 dBmV | 40.8 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Locked | QAM256 | 10 | 537000000 Hz | -1.9 dBmV | 40.5 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Locked | QAM256 | 11 | 543000000 Hz | -2.2 dBmV | 40.3 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Locked | QAM256 | 12 | 549000000 Hz | -2.1 dBmV | 40.3 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Locked | QAM256 | 13 | 555000000 Hz | -2.1 dBmV | 40.4 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Locked | QAM256 | 14 | 561000000 Hz | -2.1 dBmV | 40.5 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Locked | QAM256 | 15 | 567000000 Hz | -2.1 dBmV | 40.6 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Locked | QAM256 | 16 | 573000000 Hz | -2.1 dBmV | 40.5 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Locked | QAM256 | 17 | 579000000 Hz | -2.2 dBmV | 40.4 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Locked | QAM256 | 18 | 585000000 Hz | -2.1 dBmV | 40.3 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Locked | QAM256 | 19 | 591000000 Hz | -1.9 dBmV | 40.2 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Locked | QAM256 | 20 | 597000000 Hz | -1.9 dBmV | 40.2 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Locked | QAM256 | 21 | 603000000 Hz | -2.0 dBmV | 40.1 dB | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Locked | QAM256 | 22 | 609000000 Hz | -1.9 dBmV | 40.2 dB | 0 | 0 |
| Upstream Bonded Channels | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel | Lock Status | US Channel Type | Channel ID | Symbol Rate | Frequency | Power |
| 1 | Locked | ATDMA | 1 | 5120 Ksym/sec | 35800000 Hz | 36.3 dBmV |
| 2 | Locked | ATDMA | 2 | 5120 Ksym/sec | 29400000 Hz | 37.3 dBmV |
| 3 | Locked | ATDMA | 3 | 5120 Ksym/sec | 23000000 Hz | 38.5 dBmV |
| 4 | Locked | ATDMA | 4 | 5120 Ksym/sec | 16600000 Hz | 40.0 dBmV |
Note the Netgear router shows nothing useful in the log...just a bunch of DCPH IP Requests.
I've read something about high signal levels leading to modems triggering shutdown...but wouldn't that show in the log? Could it be the Arlo hub triggering an issue? It is hardwired to the router on Lan. The Apple TV is wireless.
Some advice and assistance would be much apprechiated.
mrumppe
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6 years ago
Any time you see the log messages after a reboot those will be there... it's juts part of the process.
With everything that has been done you signal power levels look low but within spec to provide service.
Your devices behind the router wouldn't affect the CM from providing access to the ouside world though.
Logs on the CM don't persist beyond reboots though so, that makes it difficult to review them if it's offline and you or CC reboot the modem remotely. If you can capture them the next time it goes down it would provide some insight as to what's happening until a CC EE can take a look at the CMTS logs for you.
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EG
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6 years ago
Even though the signal stats looked o/k at that snapshot in time, the error log entries confirm that something is going on. Perhaps there is noise ingress into the line(s) somewhere.
There are other signal stat figures that can't be read by the modem. They are the "Upstream Rx Power" (Upstream Receive Power Level), the "Upstream SNR Ch." (Upstream Signal To Noise Ratio), and the "Upstream ICFR" (In Channel Frequency Response). These are as equally important in diagnosing connectivity issues as are the modem's stats.
I'm going to escalate your issue to the Comcast corporate employees that are available to these boards. They can check the CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) for any real time degradation and / or error reports, see your node / cable plant and modem health, and see whether or not everything is in the green zone. They can also see a history plot for the modem and poll for those upstream receive signal stats.
You should get a reply here in your topic. Good luck !
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Xfinity_Support
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6 years ago
Hello, thanks for reaching out to our Forums! I'm sorry to hear about the ongoing connection issues you have been experiencing with your internet. We definitely want to further look into and troubleshoot this for you. Can you please send a private message including the full name as it appears on the account and your full name if different?
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nukemzzz
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6 years ago
The strange thing is....my internet has been perfect since I called that day and they didn’t tell me that they changed anything. So I’m just monitoring now before I take any other steps.
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Xfinity_Support
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6 years ago
Hello, thank you for reaching out and glad your services are now stable. Please reach back out and create another post if you need any assistance assistance in the future.
Thank you
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