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emmjay123
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Frequent drop outs on both wifi and ethernet

We have M250 Broadband with Volt Speed Boost to M350 using a Hub3.  

Brief drop outs are frequent (say every half hour). This isn't really noticeable when streaming TV but when we're working from home we remote into servers that disconnect when the broadband drops out. This affects both when we connect via ethernet and wifi.

The broadband test doesn't suggest any issues. What would people recommend as the best route to try and get this resolved?

Any suggestions much appreciated.  

  • Some worrying things in there - I will ask VM to look at it

  • jbrennand's avatar
    jbrennand
    Very Insightful Person

    Are you sure that ethernet connected devices are dropping out at the same time as the wifi ones ? If they are it would suggest a network/Hub issue rather than the more common wifi interference.  So, can you do this...

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    Post up your Hub/network connection details and someone will check to see if there is a problem there.  In your browser’s URL box type in http://192.168.0.1 (or http://192.168.100.1 - if in modem mode) (DONT click these links) - and hit return. No need to log in - just click on the “Router Status” icon/text at bottom-middle (Hub3/4/5) or top/right (SH’s) - of the Login page.
    Then… Navigate to these “data pages” and just copy/paste the normal “Formatted Text” (not images) 3 FULL sets of data onto here – 2 tables from the Downstream, 2 from the Upstream, & the Network Logs pages. Don't worry too much about the formatting it can be easily read & DON’T include personal data or MAC addresses - blank them out - if you copy/paste the data, the board software will do this for you (you may need to click the "submit" button again). If character limits are “exceeded” - just do two posts

    Also, If you haven’t already, set up a free, secure and “offlsite” - “Broadband Quality Monitor” to continually monitor the state of your connection and record any true network dropouts , latency issues, packet drops, etc - it will thus allow you to differentiate between those and simple wifi dropouts. It does it 24/7/365 and it keeps a visual record of any/all of your network disconnections, useful data to have to match to the Network logs (in your Hub settings) and also in discussions with VM - note it will take a few hours to start seeing a sensible picture - post up the “link” to the “share live graph”. Click the lower link (Share Live Graph) then, click generate. Copy the text in the Direct Link box, beware, there may be more text than you can see. On here click the Link icon (2 links chain to the left of the camera icon) In the URL box paste the link you copied and then click OK
    https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality

     

    • emmjay123's avatar
      emmjay123
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      Thanks John

      Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID
      12030000004.640256 qam9
      22110000004.640256 qam10
      32190000004.840256 qam11
      42270000004.840256 qam12
      52350000004.940256 qam13
      62430000004.940256 qam14
      7251000000540256 qam15
      8259000000540256 qam16
      9267000000540256 qam17
      102750000004.940256 qam18
      11283000000540256 qam19
      12291000000540256 qam20
      132990000005.140256 qam21
      14307000000540256 qam22
      15315000000540256 qam23
      163230000005.140256 qam24
      173310000005.340256 qam25
      183390000005.440256 qam26
      193470000005.340256 qam27
      203550000005.340256 qam28
      213630000005.440256 qam29
      223710000005.440256 qam30
      233790000005.540256 qam31
      243870000005.540256 qam32


      Downstream bonded channels

      Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors
      1Locked40.385970
      2Locked40.386050
      3Locked40.386945
      4Locked40.385937
      5Locked40.386265
      6Locked40.987790
      7Locked40.387080
      8Locked40.387650
      9Locked40.387070
      10Locked40.386380
      11Locked40.986590
      12Locked40.388910
      13Locked40.390450
      14Locked40.990780
      15Locked40.390771
      16Locked40.989353
      17Locked40.388800
      18Locked40.388850
      19Locked40.989750
      20Locked40.391130
      21Locked40.990070
      22Locked40.388220
      23Locked40.387040
      24Locked40.379530

       

      • emmjay123's avatar
        emmjay123
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        Upstream bonded channels

        Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID
        16030000032512016 qam1
        23260000032512064 qam9
        33940000032512064 qam4
        45370000032512064 qam2


        Upstream bonded channels

        Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts
        1ATDMA0020
        2ATDMA0010
        3ATDMA0040
        4ATDMA0000
    • Gareth_L's avatar
      Gareth_L
      Forum Team

      Hello emmjay123.

      Thanks for your post and welcome to our community.

      Sorry to hear about the drops you have been having and effect these are having when you are working from home.

      I'd like to take a look into this for you.
      If you don't mind, I will need to send you a private message to pass security. 
      If you can check your logo at the  top right of your screen that would be great. 
      Regards     
      Gareth_L
       

    • Gareth_L's avatar
      Gareth_L
      Forum Team

      Hello emmjay123.

      Thanks for your time over the weekend.

      Looks like you were able to access your appointment online and change the date.

      Can you please let me know how the engineers visit goes.

      Gareth_L

      • emmjay123's avatar
        emmjay123
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        Thanks John and Gareth for your assistance.

        Out of interest, in the information I supplied which parts confirm there is an issue.

        For example are the spikes in the broadband monitor normal, or should they disappear once the issue is fixed?