on 01-05-2022 09:21
Hi. Over the past several days I have been experiencing multiple random broadband connection outages lasting from a few seconds to a minute or so. I've tried power cycling / resetting equipment, but the problem continues. No reports of any issues in the "service status" section or by phone to the outage line. Postcode is LE2 1XF.
I set up a monitor last night and the red spikes coincide with the outages.
I am at a loss. Can you offer any assistance, please?
on 01-05-2022 10:29
Post your power levels and network log. It could be the levels are out of range.
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on 01-05-2022 11:54
Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID
1 | 139000000 | 5.1 | 40 | 256 qam | 1 |
2 | 147000000 | 5 | 40 | 256 qam | 2 |
3 | 155000000 | 4.4 | 40 | 256 qam | 3 |
4 | 163000000 | 4.1 | 40 | 256 qam | 4 |
5 | 171000000 | 4.1 | 40 | 256 qam | 5 |
6 | 179000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 6 |
7 | 187000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 7 |
8 | 195000000 | 4.1 | 40 | 256 qam | 8 |
9 | 203000000 | 3.9 | 40 | 256 qam | 9 |
10 | 211000000 | 4.4 | 40 | 256 qam | 10 |
11 | 219000000 | 4.6 | 40 | 256 qam | 11 |
12 | 227000000 | 4.6 | 40 | 256 qam | 12 |
13 | 235000000 | 4.8 | 40 | 256 qam | 13 |
14 | 243000000 | 4.6 | 40 | 256 qam | 14 |
15 | 251000000 | 4.8 | 40 | 256 qam | 15 |
16 | 259000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 16 |
17 | 267000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 17 |
18 | 275000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 18 |
19 | 283000000 | 4.4 | 40 | 256 qam | 19 |
20 | 291000000 | 4.3 | 40 | 256 qam | 20 |
21 | 299000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 21 |
22 | 307000000 | 4.4 | 40 | 256 qam | 22 |
23 | 315000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 23 |
24 | 323000000 | 4.5 | 40 | 256 qam | 24 |
Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors
1 | Locked | 40.3 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Locked | 40.3 | 2 | 21 |
3 | Locked | 40.3 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Locked | 40.9 | 6 | 0 |
5 | Locked | 40.3 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Locked | 40.9 | 5 | 0 |
7 | Locked | 40.3 | 5 | 0 |
8 | Locked | 40.3 | 4 | 0 |
9 | Locked | 40.3 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Locked | 40.9 | 5 | 0 |
11 | Locked | 40.9 | 6 | 0 |
12 | Locked | 40.9 | 6 | 0 |
13 | Locked | 40.3 | 4 | 0 |
14 | Locked | 40.9 | 6 | 0 |
15 | Locked | 40.9 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Locked | 40.3 | 5 | 0 |
17 | Locked | 40.3 | 5 | 0 |
18 | Locked | 40.9 | 4 | 0 |
19 | Locked | 40.3 | 5 | 0 |
20 | Locked | 40.3 | 5 | 0 |
21 | Locked | 40.9 | 5 | 0 |
22 | Locked | 40.3 | 6 | 0 |
23 | Locked | 40.9 | 5 | 0 |
24 | Locked | 40.3 | 5 | 0 |
Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID
1 | 39400000 | 36.7 | 5120 | 64 qam | 2 |
2 | 46200000 | 37.5 | 5120 | 64 qam | 1 |
3 | 32600000 | 36 | 5120 | 64 qam | 3 |
4 | 25800015 | 35.8 | 5120 | 16 qam | 4 |
Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts
1 | ATDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | ATDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | ATDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | ATDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time Priority Description
01/05/2022 10:33:44 | notice | LAN login Success;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
01/05/2022 10:32:58 | Warning! | LAN login FAILED : Incorrect Username / Password / ConnectionType;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
01/05/2022 09:53:37 | notice | LAN login Success;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
01/05/2022 09:53:3 | Warning! | LAN login FAILED : Incorrect Username / Password / ConnectionType;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
01/05/2022 09:35:7 | notice | SW download Successful - Via Config file |
01/05/2022 09:32:50 | notice | SW Download INIT - Via Config file |
27/04/2022 23:14:4 | critical | No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:38:51 | notice | NOTICE ATOM is restarted due to Kernel/oops panic as part of Self Healing Mechanism ;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:38:35 | notice | NOTICE ATOM is restarted due to RPC timeout as part of Self Healing Mechanism;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:37:38 | critical | Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:33:38 | Warning! | RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:33:23 | critical | Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:31:13 | Warning! | Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:31:7 | Warning! | RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:31:7 | critical | SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:31:7 | Warning! | RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:31:7 | critical | SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
26/04/2022 23:31:7 | Warning! | RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
01/01/1970 00:01:45 | critical | No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
24/04/2022 16:22:49 | Error | DHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response v4 option;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; |
on 01-05-2022 11:56
details posted
on 03-05-2022 14:01
Hi spud1962,
Thanks for posting and welcome back to the community
Sorry for the issues faced, I can see that you've currently got another thread open also regarding this.
From checking our service everything seems to be in spec, how is the service currently?
Thanks,
03-05-2022 16:58 - edited 03-05-2022 17:05
Thank you for your msg and kind consideration and assistance with this issue.
Not had an outage since Saturday, despite an outage after a reset.
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality/share/6ad7d9cb1189a7e5dcbf991b4888a03b2dcb4886-01-05-2022
I conducted a hard reset and am currently running in ROUTER mode
I will monitor for the next few days and return to MODEM mode - hopefully this is now stable 🙂
on 06-05-2022 15:27
Hi @spud1962
Thanks for posting on our community forum!
Please do keep us updated, great to hear you are seeing an improvement 🙂
Regards