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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 10:00 AM

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Random speed drops & high latency - Gigabit

Hi All,

 

We have been seeing big drops in speed and high latency that happens randomly throughout the day. This has happened over the past 5 months and we have tried 2 different modems, 3 different routers and currently have the Xfi gateway. It happens to devices wired directly to the gateway and to wifi. 

 

I run a speed test to the Gateway and will see 950 Mbps. 1 minute later the test shows 250 Mbps. Another will show 650Mbps and then 2Mbps. I see packet loss when pinging sites and Xbox games are unplayable. Other times things seem to work fine. I have tested speeds using speedtest & DSLReports and they all show the same speed drops and latency issues.

 

A technician came out and replaced a bad connection outside, but that did not fix the issue. Here are the channel values--anything to note here? Thanks in advance!

 

  • Xfi gateway latest version (white)
  • Xfi is only coax device in the house & there are no additional splitters between feed and the Xfi
  • Computers/Xbox are hardwired & all exhibit the same behavior
  • Problem started about 5 months ago 
  • It seems to happen randomly
  • Coax is all RG6 installed in 2009
  • Connection feeds from outside house through conduit to a patch panel where it is coupled to coax that feeds the room the Xfi is in

Downstream

Channel Bonding Value            
Index

41

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Lock Status

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Frequency

675 MHz

495 MHz

507 MHz

513 MHz

519 MHz

525 MHz

531 MHz

543 MHz

549 MHz

555 MHz

561 MHz

567 MHz

573 MHz

579 MHz

SNR

38.9 dB

40.2 dB

40.2 dB

40.4 dB

40.3 dB

40.2 dB

40.2 dB

40.3 dB

40.2 dB

40.0 dB

40.0 dB

40.0 dB

39.8 dB

39.8 dB

Power Level

3.3 dBmV

6.3 dBmV

6.9 dBmV

7.1 dBmV

7.2 dBmV

7.3 dBmV

7.3 dBmV

7.4 dBmV

7.5 dBmV

7.4 dBmV

7.5 dBmV

7.4 dBmV

7.4 dBmV

7.3 dBmV

Modulation

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

 

Downstream

Channel Bonding Value                 
Index

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

42

43

44

159

 
Lock Status

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Frequency

585 MHz

591 MHz

597 MHz

603 MHz

609 MHz

615 MHz

621 MHz

627 MHz

633 MHz

639 MHz

645 MHz

651 MHz

657 MHz

663 MHz

669 MHz

681 MHz

687 MHz

693 MHz

722 MHz

6.36E+08

SNR

39.7 dB

39.7 dB

39.7 dB

39.7 dB

39.7 dB

39.5 dB

39.5 dB

39.5 dB

39.4 dB

39.2 dB

39.2 dB

39.3 dB

39.2 dB

39.0 dB

39.0 dB

39.1 dB

39.1 dB

39.2 dB

39.5 dB

NA

Power Level

7.1 dBmV

6.9 dBmV

6.6 dBmV

6.3 dBmV

6.0 dBmV

5.7 dBmV

5.4 dBmV

5.1 dBmV

4.7 dBmV

4.3 dBmV

4.1 dBmV

3.9 dBmV

3.8 dBmV

3.4 dBmV

3.4 dBmV

3.4 dBmV

3.6 dBmV

3.8 dBmV

6.4 dBmV

NA

Modulation

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

256 QAM

OFDM

OFDM

 

Upstream

Channel Bonding Value   
Index

1

2

3

4

5

Lock Status

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Locked

Frequency

16 MHz

22 MHz

29 MHz

35 MHz

40 MHz

Symbol Rate

5120

5120

5120

5120

2560

Power Level

40.5 dBmV

40.5 dBmV

41.0 dBmV

41.0 dBmV

39.5 dBmV

Modulation

QAM

QAM

QAM

QAM

QAM

Channel Type

ATDMA

ATDMA

ATDMA

ATDMA

ATDMA

 

 

 

 

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