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Odynson90
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5 days ago

PACKET LOSS/DROPS

I've been having issues where my connection experiences spikes and complete dropouts, 30 minutes apart.

I have been running BQM since Friday 6/6/25, as you can see in the attached graph from 8th-9th, the space between drop outs are quite consistent.

 

I have:

- Fully reset to factory settings.
- Disabled IP Flood Detection (suggested solution on another site)
- Tested other devices (another PC, 4 Phones, Xbox Series X, 2 TVs) all experience the same connection issues.
- Pinged various IP Addresses and all came back with no loss.

I am connected via Ethernet to the 10gbps port, my PCs ethernet port is compatible with those speeds:
https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/812c9d78-d2e7-4766-9f17-9cd7acd688b1

Other devices are Wifi (PC is Wifi 6, rest are 5ghz/2.4ghz)

Package Info: 2gig up and down
These are my router stats:

PON modem status    Online
Connection mode    IPOE
IPv4 firewall    Online
IPv6 firewall    Online
IP_VOIP    Down
IP_DATA    Up
Transceiver temperature    29
Transceiver voltage    3
Laser bias current    12
ONT transmit power    5200
ONT receive power    -16400
Network access    Allowed
Baseline Privacy    disabled
PON Mode    XGS-PON
09-06-2025 11:12:46    notice    GUI Login Status - Login Success from LAN interface
09-06-2025 11:11:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 10:56:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 10:41:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 10:31:20    notice    GUI Login Status - Login Success from LAN interface
09-06-2025 10:31:14    notice    GUI Login Status - Login Success from LAN interface
09-06-2025 10:30:37    notice    GUI Login Status - Login Success from LAN interface
09-06-2025 10:30:06    notice    GUI Login Status - Login Fail from LAN interface
09-06-2025 10:26:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 10:11:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 09:56:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 09:41:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 09:36:50    notice    IPoE IPv4 ping failed
09-06-2025 09:26:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 09:11:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 08:56:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 08:41:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 08:37:10    notice    IPoE IPv4 ping failed
09-06-2025 08:37:00    notice    IPoE IPv4 ping failed
09-06-2025 08:26:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 08:11:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 07:56:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 07:41:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 07:36:49    notice    IPoE IPv4 ping failed
09-06-2025 07:36:39    notice    IPoE IPv4 ping failed
09-06-2025 07:26:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 07:11:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 06:56:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 06:41:29    notice    erouter0 ipv6 address is empty
09-06-2025 06:36:59    notice    IPoE IPv4 ping failed

The network logs go much further, with regular error messages stating "IPoE IPv4 ping failed".

This will be the 2nd router I am on, having the 1st replaced by an engineer for similar issues.

Frankly, at £96 per month, I expect a far superior service. The speeds are good, sure, fantastic even. But it's no good having "lightning speeds" when you can't use them!

If anyone else is experiencing this issue, or similar, please feel free to contribute your findings.
VM, I eagerly await your advice/solutions as this is now affecting my employment.

Regards.

6 Replies

  • Most recent Graph. I had just under 5 hours between 4pm and 9pm where there were no dropouts and latency was stable. Then right back to constant disconnects.

     

    • Vikki_M's avatar
      Vikki_M
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      Hi Odynson90,

      We can see you've been in a private message conversation with a member of the team here, cand this is in the process of being resolved 😊

      If you have any questions regarding this, please pop back to us via private message and we'd be happy to help. 

      • legacy1's avatar
        legacy1
        Alessandro Volta

        And you can't fix the problem by disabling auto speed test VM if you do you have to do it for everyone! 

  • legacy1's avatar
    legacy1
    Alessandro Volta

    Its sadly normal on XGS-PON to see this you need to ask VM to add modem mode then it be better

    • Odynson90's avatar
      Odynson90
      Joining in

      I have seen that as a solution on other posts, however, I'm not currently in a position to go router shopping, it is indeed sad that we as a consumer are required to bypass VM own equipment as it seems so subpar! 

      • legacy1's avatar
        legacy1
        Alessandro Volta

        Its much worse than that there in no modem mode on the hub5x