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Intermittent connection since 6 months ago!
Hello,
I am having issues with my Xfinity internet over the past 6 months. At first, the timeouts were happening every day around noon, but since last month, they are happening at random times throughout the day.
I have had 3 technicians visiting my place and checking the equipment inside and outside of the apartment. With every visit, they have told me that there's nothing wrong with the equipment and have charged me $10 each time.
What happens is that the power level of my upstream channels go above 50 dBmV for several minutes which makes the modem to reboot. This happens over and over throughout the day. At first, I thought that it might be because of heat (as it was only happening around noon) but it's happening more now as the weather has cooled down.
This is a screenshot that I took when the power levels were high (the modem was rebooted about 30 minutes before):
This is a screenshot taken about 15 minutes after, when everything is fine:
And, these are the logs after rebooting the modem:
I have also tried testing with another modem and still facing the same issue.
I really appreciate if someone could help me because I'm literally not able to use my Internet as it gets disconnected at every meeting that I have.
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omid_j
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4 years ago
I had the 4th technician visit today. His name was AJ and after I explained him what the problem is, he called the network maintenance and they changed all of the equipments outside the house (amplifier, etc.)
The main cable from the pole had several holes in it, and AJ said radio frequency was interfering with our internet.
I wish they had sent him at the first time so I didn't have to pay $30 for a problem not related to me. But I'm glad that the problem is solved now.
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EG
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Can't see your pics. Since you are a new poster, they need to be approved by a Forum Admin. That could take some time. In the interim, you could try hosting them at one of those free third-party pic hosting sites like Imgur or Photobucket and post the link to them here.
Or copy all of the text of the status page and paste it into the body of your next post here.
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omid_j
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4 years ago
Thank you! I was wondering why the images are not showing up.
I added links to ImgBB.
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EG
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4 years ago
Yep. Those are some wild fluctuations. It shouldn't flux more than 3-4 dB. You may not be able to fix this but here is some stuff that you can try;
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.
Bear in mind that if the premises facing techs can not find or fix a problem at your home, it is they who are responsible for escalating it to their line / network / maintenance dept. techs. The problem may lie beyond your home in the local neighborhood infrastructure somewhere but it is their S.O.P. to start at the home.
Good luck !
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omid_j
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4 years ago
So, it seems like the problem was a filter (attentuantor) that was installed on my cable. Removing that filter fixed the upstream problem and everything was fine for a few hours.
Then, I got the ping timeouts again and figured that now the downstream power levels are high. Right now, it recovers faster from the timeouts compared to having upstream noise. But I still get kicked out of my meetings because of this.
These are the levels right now (modem rebooted 15 minutes ago):
Any ideas of how to fix this?
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omid_j
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4 years ago
The one that was installed looked very similar. It was FPA3-54 PPC 309.
Will there be a difference if I use the one you suggested?
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EG
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4 years ago
You could try using a forward path only attenuator such as this;
https://www.amazon.com/line-Signal-Forward-Attenuator-FPA6-54/dp/B07882H96R/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=forward+path+attenuator+6db&qid=1602262766&s=electronics&sr=1-1
It will knock the downstream power down by 6 dB but will not affect the upstream power.
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