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njl92
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Hi everyone, I don't know if anyone can help with this but I am having issues with constant lag whilst trying to play Xbox online. I am on virgin 600mb broadband and am using a third party router (which is basically new) and it is a wired connection. While I'm playing, (mainly call of duty) my connection constantly jumps, making it very hard to play but when I do a connection test it says it's fine (0% packet loss). It never drops out completely just lags really badly. I've done all the usual reboots, checked the cables are tight etc and it was also doing it on my old router, so now I'm starting to think it's a virgin media problem. I'll include the broadband monitor I've setup and the modem data. Thanks in advance.

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Andrew-G
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The posted data suggests a possible VM broadband problem.  There's too many upstream timeouts, there's high numbers of downstream uncorrectable (Post-RS) errors, with the numbers indicating problems heavily weighted towards lower frequencies.  The network log looks like there was a particular problem on 16 July that could explain those numbers, so long as they are not increasing.

@njl92Restart the hub, let it run for 24 hours without a restart, check the hub stats again.  Restarting the hub will zero the error counters.  The odd upstream timeout is usually acceptable, multiple numbers within 24 hours probably not, and you shouldn't have more than 1-5 post-RS errors across all downstream channels added together.

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njl92
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Downstream bonded channels

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

11390000002.238256 qam1
21470000002.540256 qam2
31550000002.540256 qam3
41630000002.240256 qam4
51710000002.240256 qam5
6179000000240256 qam6
71870000001.940256 qam7
81950000001.940256 qam8
9203000000240256 qam9
102110000002.240256 qam10
112190000002.240256 qam11
122270000002.240256 qam12
13235000000240256 qam13
142430000001.940256 qam14
152510000001.940256 qam15
162590000001.740256 qam16
172670000001.940256 qam17
182750000001.740256 qam18
192830000001.940256 qam19
202910000001.940256 qam20
212990000002.438256 qam21
223070000002.240256 qam22
233150000002.540256 qam23
243230000002.540256 qam24



Downstream bonded channels

Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors

1Locked38.9420552130050
2Locked40.915612715563
3Locked40.31017049673
4Locked40.314097817784
5Locked40.31167179987
6Locked40.91021287988
7Locked40.31007168310
8Locked40.312133512534
9Locked40.3906017807
10Locked40.3699164351
11Locked40.9648143487
12Locked40.3713064316
13Locked40.9676643754
14Locked40.3567972367
15Locked40.3513911715
16Locked40.3500361475
17Locked40.3435562365
18Locked40.3416193185
19Locked40.3380842099
20Locked40.343612291
21Locked38.640535125
22Locked40.33656877
23Locked40.32958185
24Locked40.32411969

njl92
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Upstream bonded channels

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

13260002043.5512064 qam5
24620021942.8512064 qam3
33940004943512064 qam4
42580014943.3512064 qam6



Upstream bonded channels

Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts

1ATDMA0020
2ATDMA0040
3ATDMA0030
4ATDMA0040

 

njl92
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19/07/2021 15:19:16ErrorDHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response v4 option;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
16/07/2021 13:50:36criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
16/07/2021 09:58:54criticalSYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
16/07/2021 09:48:26Warning!RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
16/07/2021 09:48:0criticalSYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
16/07/2021 09:47:57Warning!RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
16/07/2021 03:19:15ErrorDHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response v4 option;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
15/07/2021 14:24:27noticeLAN login Success;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
15/07/2021 14:24:19Warning!LAN login FAILED : Incorrect Username / Password / ConnectionType;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
12/07/2021 15:19:14ErrorDHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response v4 option;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
10/07/2021 04:33:43criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;

 

Hi njl92,

 

 

Thanks for reaching out to us in our community and welcome, sorry to see you are having issues while gaming, I wasn't able to locate your account with the details we have for you, I will be happy to look further into this for you however yo do so I will invite you into a private chat.

 

I will send a invite shortly, please click on the purple envelope to accept?

 

Regards

 

Paul.  

Hi njl92,

 

Thanks for coming back to me, as I haven't been able to find any issues and you have advised it looks like it is your set up could you please give us a little update of what the issue was you found and how you fixed it as irt will help others here in our community facing the same problem?

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

Paul.

Andrew-G
Alessandro Volta

The posted data suggests a possible VM broadband problem.  There's too many upstream timeouts, there's high numbers of downstream uncorrectable (Post-RS) errors, with the numbers indicating problems heavily weighted towards lower frequencies.  The network log looks like there was a particular problem on 16 July that could explain those numbers, so long as they are not increasing.

@njl92Restart the hub, let it run for 24 hours without a restart, check the hub stats again.  Restarting the hub will zero the error counters.  The odd upstream timeout is usually acceptable, multiple numbers within 24 hours probably not, and you shouldn't have more than 1-5 post-RS errors across all downstream channels added together.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the response! so having read your message I think the problem is twofold, firstly being the way I connect the Xbox to my router (using power line adapters), which after connecting directly into the router seemed to even out the connection a lot. However having just signed into the super hub again, I have a massive error count on all channels again. I rebooted the router on hub on Thursday evening and I will post the current data below.

Downstream bonded channels

Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors

1Locked38.9195311
2Locked40.3196378
3Locked40.3263357
4Locked40.3399261
5Locked40.3332301
6Locked40.3293307
7Locked40.3261291
8Locked40.9232362
9Locked40.3219306
10Locked40.3202391
11Locked40.3225253
12Locked40.3279244
13Locked40.3247248
14Locked40.3282187
15Locked40.3265209
16Locked40.3274215
17Locked40.9259185
18Locked40.3261218
19Locked40.3282204
20Locked38.9288187
21Locked38.9299191
22Locked40.9274188
23Locked40.3277211
24Locked40.3214168

 

Upstream bonded channels

Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts

1ATDMA0000
2ATDMA0010
3ATDMA0010
4ATDMA0000

Andrew-G
Alessandro Volta

Over 6,000 uncorrectable errors in 36 hours is not normal.  That's showing a noise problem between the hub and VM's network gear.  That will tend to produce erratic latency.  If a few errors occurred during a speed test or download the impact would be slower performance, although given the short duration of most speed tests chances are the problem wouldn't be apparent.

The pre-RS errors can be ignored, they are resolved by the hub's error correction without any impact on speed or latency unless the numbers are extreme (and in that case the post-RS is invariably still the real problem).

I think you need a technician visit.

Hi Nick,

 

Thank you for coming back to me, I have been monitoring this for you and I do believe a full check your end is needed, as advised by Andrew it does point to SNR which could be down to a connection or cabling issue, I have booked a technician fopr you, to view and change this you would need to get the account holder to log into the online account and select help, my appointments?

 

Please let us know how things go and what the technician finds.

 

Kind regards

 

Paul.