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Constant iplayer buffering and huge lag spikes when gaming

Texas_Gore
Tuning in

500 Mbit service. Desktop PC connected via ethernet.

For weeks, now, I've been suffering a LOT of buffering with BBC iplayer so that it's unwatchable.

Coupled with that, I frequently have huge lag spikes while gaming. My games freeze for 10+ seconds at a time. It's less frequent than the iplayer buffering but still extremely detrimental to my competitive gaming experience.

Speedtest shows good speeds ~550 / 35 


The tests and service status procedures show nothing wrong, as do the tests done by people on the end of 150 phone calls, but something is most certainly amiss here.

There are many Critical

No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;


and Warning 

Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;


messages in the network log of my hub3.

Things were better, although never perfect, when I had the 350 Mbit package.

Power cycles and hard reset using the pinhole on the hub3 do not help.
Tweaked or tuned NIC settings and even default NIC settings do not help.
Even tried a brand new clean Windows install. Didn't help.
Alternate NIC didn't help.
Port forwarding for the games I play doesn't help (also never been necessary before).
Hub3 in router mode or in modem mode with a 3rd party router, doesn't matter.
Entirely different PC. Nope, still iplayer buffering.

Help, please.

38 REPLIES 38

lotharmat
Community elder
Post up the rest of the hub stats - let's see if we can spot something amis!



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Hub 3 - Modem Mode - TP-Link Archer C7

Status

Acquired Downstream Channel (Hz)
643000000
Locked
Ranged Upstream Channel (Hz)
32600000
Locked
Provisioning State
Online
 


Downstream

Downstream bonded channels

Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID
1643000000-0.538256 qam30
2475000000-0.538256 qam9
3483000000-0.238256 qam10
4491000000038256 qam11
5499000000038256 qam12
6507000000038256 qam13
7515000000-0.238256 qam14
8523000000038256 qam15
9531000000038256 qam16
105390000000.238256 qam17
115470000000.238256 qam18
125550000000.538256 qam19
135630000000.738256 qam20
145710000000.738256 qam21
155790000000.738256 qam22
165870000000.738256 qam23
175950000000.740256 qam24
186030000000.538256 qam25
196110000000.238256 qam26
20619000000038256 qam27
21627000000-0.238256 qam28
22635000000-0.538256 qam29
23651000000-0.738256 qam31
24659000000-0.738256 qam32


Downstream bonded channels

Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors
1Locked38.650
2Locked38.960
3Locked38.9110
4Locked38.950
5Locked38.970
6Locked38.970
7Locked38.610
8Locked38.690
9Locked38.670
10Locked38.970
11Locked38.6110
12Locked38.970
13Locked38.960
14Locked38.9200
15Locked38.9200
16Locked38.9160
17Locked40.380
18Locked38.960
19Locked38.960
20Locked38.660
21Locked38.660
22Locked38.650
23Locked38.950
24Locked38.960

 

Upstream

Upstream bonded channels

Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID
13260000042.3512064 qam5
24620000042.3512064 qam3
33940000042.3512064 qam4
42580000042.3512064 qam11


Upstream bonded channels

Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts
1ATDMA0000
2ATDMA0000
3ATDMA0000
4ATDMA0000

Configuration

General Configuration
Network access
Allowed
Maximum Number of CPEs
1
Baseline Privacy
Enabled
DOCSIS Mode
Docsis30
Config file
cmreg-vmdg505-bbt053-b.cm


Primary Downstream Service Flow
SFID53660
Max Traffic Rate575000000
Max Traffic Burst42600
Min Traffic Rate0


Primary Upstream Service Flow
SFID53659
Max Traffic Rate38520000
Max Traffic Burst42600
Min Traffic Rate0
Max Concatenated Burst16320
Scheduling TypeBestEffort

Hmm - odd - the power levels and SNR all look fine!

VM forum staff would need to take a closer look at these - they should pick this up shortly!



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Hub 3 - Modem Mode - TP-Link Archer C7

Thanks for your replies Iotharmat 🙂

jbrennand
Very Insightful Person
Very Insightful Person
Post up all the network logs.... and also a BQM as below.
______________________________________________

If you haven’t already, set up a free and secure “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” (as per instructions on the TB website) when it starts to develop.

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality

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John
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I do not work for VM. My services: HD TV on VIP (+ Sky Sports & Movies & BT sport), x3 V6 boxes (1 wired, 2 on WiFi) Hub5 in modem mode with Apple Airport Extreme Router +2 Airport Express's & TP-Link Archer C64 WAP. On Volt 350Mbps, Talk Anytime Phone, x2 Mobile SIM only iPhones.

Thanks jbrennand. It doesn't appear to keep logs past a few days old, but here's what I have. BQM is set up, will link when it's got something to show.

Network LogTime Priority Description
12/07/2021 14:51:47noticeLAN login Success;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
11/07/2021 08:46:34criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
11/07/2021 03:25:25ErrorDHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response v4 option;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:14:34criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:14:10Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:14:3criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:13:6Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:12:40criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:08:59Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:08:52criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:05:5Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:05:4criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:04:8Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 21:04:7criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 20:51:57Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 20:51:46criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 20:42:23Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 20:42:15criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 20:36:46Warning!Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
08/07/2021 20:36:33criticalNo Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;

There were a lot on the 8th!!



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Hub 3 - Modem Mode - TP-Link Archer C7