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actxn's avatar
actxn
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2 years ago

Issues with connection m500 hub 5

Hi 

I have been having intermittent internet issues for the past 2-3 months at this point. in that time I have had 3 engineers out who seem to have tried everything on my local network such as adding an attenuator, replacing router, replacing coax cable, removing tv splitter etc. but of course with no luck. I am fairly certain the issue is beyond my network but i dont know how id go about getting that resolved as technicians are no longer useful and i dont know who to contact next. 

I have also tried using an ethernet cable and the issues still continue, furthermore indicating that it is not really a problem with our equipment in the house. 

When checking on Virgins site i dont believe there to be an issue in my area, and as ive said its been ongoing for months at this point so any area issue should have been resolved by now. 

I thought it might have been due to peak times during the day, but i have ran a broadband quality monitor test and the packet loss persists all throughout the night which can be seen below.

 

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality/share/33084c62bca2bc5f5889f4e366c60a86168bdf0e

 Last night i also ran a PingPlotter from 9pm until 4am and you can see the packets are lost from hop 2-9 but im not the best at understanding this graph but i hope its useful. 

I hope someone can help, as this issue has been ongoing for so long that its really draining at this point. and the fact that we are paying £50+ a month and the internet has been horrifically unstable. 

7 Replies

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta

    What business application you are using and how does the stability problem present ?

    How is the Hub 5 configured ( Router or Modem mode ) & what other network kit is involved

    Are you using or avoiding the 2.5Gb/s port of the Hub 5 ?

    Are the Hub Upstream / Downstream connection figures within accepted norms ? 

    • actxn's avatar
      actxn
      Joining in

      "What business application you are using and how does the stability problem present ?" sorry, dont really understand what you mean by this. 

      The hub 5 is in router mode as its just a standard home network, no other kit is being used. 

      when tested with ethernet, i used the 2.5gb/s port.

      upstream

      Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID

      04960000047.35120QAM 641
      14310000046.35120QAM 642
      236600000465120QAM 643
      33010000045.85120QAM 644
      42360000045.55120QAM 645

      downstream

      Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID

      13060000006.241QAM 25622
      21380000007.541QAM 2561
      31460000007.141QAM 2562
      41540000007.241QAM 2563
      51620000006.941QAM 2564
      6170000000741QAM 2565
      71780000006.941QAM 2566
      8186000000741QAM 2567
      91940000006.941QAM 2568
      102020000006.741QAM 2569
      112100000006.641QAM 25610
      122180000006.441QAM 25611
      132260000006.241QAM 25612
      142340000005.841QAM 25613
      152420000005.741QAM 25614
      162500000005.541QAM 25615
      172580000005.841QAM 25616
      182660000005.841QAM 25617
      192740000006.241QAM 25618
      202820000006.141QAM 25619
      212900000006.541QAM 25620
      222980000006.641QAM 25621
      233140000006.241QAM 25623
      243220000005.741QAM 25624
      253300000005.341QAM 25625
      263380000004.841QAM 25626
      273460000004.741QAM 25627
      283540000004.441QAM 25628
      293620000004.641QAM 25629
      30370000000541QAM 25630
      313780000005.141QAM 25631
      323860000005.841QAM 25632
      • Tudor's avatar
        Tudor
        Very Insightful Person

        You are missing all the error count tables from those stats and the full log.

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta

    Business application such as Online Banking /  Zoom Video call / streaming Netflix etc...
    And what happens or fails to happen ?

    Given recent Hub 5 firmware issues - it might be safer to avoid using the 2.5Gb/s port & retest via a 1GB/s port.

    • actxn's avatar
      actxn
      Joining in

      the internet will drop no matter what application is in use if any. Peoples voices will lag on Discord,I will get disconnected from discord servers eventually, pages fail to load e.g. reddit. But as i say, no one could use the internet and it would still drop if we traced it. I can try another port but the wifi is bad too.

      • Vikki_M's avatar
        Vikki_M
        Icon for Forum Team rankForum Team

        Hi actxn

        Thank you for your post and welcome to our community.

        I'm sorry to hear about the service issues you're having and that its been ongoing now for some time 😞

        I've taken a look at things from our side and can see there has been multiple disconnections registered over the past week.

        I may need to arrange another engineer visit for you.

        If you're happy for me to do so, please respond to my direct message and we'll take from there.

        Please look out for the envelope in the top right of the page and pop back to me when you can.