Internet super slow and TV can’t cope!

[rachel2403]

Hi,

I’d really appreciate some help (not tech minded!)

We have the Hub5 but it just can’t handle putting WiFi round the house (it’s not a huge house by any means, standard 4 bed) so on advice I recently switched it to modem mode and have been running a Tenda AC1200 Whole Home Mesh System with 2 extra pods. 

This had been working great until the last week where the WiFi is painfully slow/intermittent and watching anything at all on catch up/on demand or even record is impossible.

Ive switched it on and off but just can’t seem to improve things. Shame as we’d missed recording lots of Christmas Specials - spent over an hour trying to fix this last night so we could watch something. 

If anyone could help at all I’d be so grateful!

Many thanks, Rachel 

[japitts]

Others are much better placed to advise on the WiFi-setup, but you've alluded to problems recording TV. That shouldn't be an issue and may suggest multiple problems here - live TV doesn't use the internet. If you're talking about watching recorded programmes on a VM TV box, that uses the hard drive.

It's only if you have multiple VM TV boxes in your home and are streaming recordings between them, that the wireless connnection could be an issue.

[Tudor]

My guess is it’s probably a circuit problem. Please supply some stats:

How to get stats from a VM hub (no need to logon to the hub)

Open a web browser and go to 192.168.0.1 router mode or 192.168.100.1 modem mode

• Click on the “> Check router status” button
• Click on the “Downstream” tab, copy the text and paste into your reply, do not take a screen shot
• Click on the “Upstream” tab, copy the text and paste into your reply
• Click on the “Networking” tab, copy the text and paste into your reply.
• Do NOT post photos or screen shots they will be rejected as they contain MAC addresses. The 

  board software will automatically change MAC addresses to **:** if done as above.

[rachel2403]

Downstream bonded channels

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

1	330000000	-2.8	39	QAM 256	25
2	138000000	-2.8	38	QAM 256	1
3	146000000	-2.8	38	QAM 256	2
4	154000000	-2.7	38	QAM 256	3
5	162000000	-2.5	38	QAM 256	4
6	170000000	-2.4	38	QAM 256	5
7	178000000	-2.2	39	QAM 256	6
8	186000000	-1.9	39	QAM 256	7
9	194000000	-1.7	39	QAM 256	8
10	202000000	-1.9	39	QAM 256	9
11	210000000	-1.8	39	QAM 256	10
12	218000000	-1.9	39	QAM 256	11
13	226000000	-2	38	QAM 256	12
14	234000000	-2.2	39	QAM 256	13
15	242000000	-2.4	39	QAM 256	14
16	250000000	-2.6	39	QAM 256	15
17	258000000	-2.7	38	QAM 256	16
18	266000000	-2.9	38	QAM 256	17
19	274000000	-3.1	39	QAM 256	18
20	282000000	-3	39	QAM 256	19
21	290000000	-2.8	38	QAM 256	20
22	298000000	-2.7	39	QAM 256	21
23	306000000	-2.7	39	QAM 256	22
24	314000000	-2.6	39	QAM 256	23
25	322000000	-2.7	39	QAM 256	24
26	338000000	-2.9	39	QAM 256	26
27	346000000	-3	39	QAM 256	27
28	354000000	-2.9	39	QAM 256	28
29	362000000	-2.6	39	QAM 256	29
30	370000000	-2.6	39	QAM 256	30
31	378000000	-2.7	39	QAM 256	31

Downstream bonded channels

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

1	Locked	39	0	0
2	Locked	38	0	0
3	Locked	38	0	0
4	Locked	38	0	0
5	Locked	38	0	0
6	Locked	38	0	0
7	Locked	39	0	0
8	Locked	39	0	0
9	Locked	39	0	0
10	Locked	39	0	0
11	Locked	39	0	0
12	Locked	39	0	0
13	Locked	38	0	0
14	Locked	39	0	0
15	Locked	39	0	0
16	Locked	39	0	0
17	Locked	38	0	0
18	Locked	38	0	0
19	Locked	39	0	0
20	Locked	39	0	0
21	Locked	38	0	0
22	Locked	39	0	0
23	Locked	39	0	0
24	Locked	39	0	0
25	Locked	39	0	0
26	Locked	39	0	0
27	Locked	39	0	0
28	Locked	39	0	0
29	Locked	39	0	0
30	Locked	39	0	0
31	Locked	39	0	0

[rachel2403]

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

0	60300000	38	5120	QAM 64	9
1	53700000	38.5	5120	QAM 64	10
2	46200000	39	5120	QAM 64	11
3	39400000	38.8	5120	QAM 64	12

Upstream bonded channels

Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts

0	ATDMA	0	0	0	0
1	ATDMA	0	0	0	0
2	ATDMA	0	0	0	0
3	ATDMA	0	0	0	0

[rachel2403]

Time Priority Description

26-12-2022 14:27:19	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 14:27:19	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 14:13:00	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 14:13:00	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 13:16:45	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 13:16:45	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 12:45:08	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 12:45:08	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 12:15:31	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 12:15:31	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 11:37:15	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 11:37:15	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 10:52:59	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 10:52:59	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 10:36:21	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 10:36:21	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 09:28:26	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 09:28:26	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 08:25:53	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 08:25:53	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 07:23:19	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 07:23:19	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 06:20:45	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 06:20:45	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 04:58:53	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 04:58:53	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 03:45:40	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 03:45:40	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 03:11:03	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 03:11:03	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
26-12-2022 02:21:48	warning	Dynamic Range Window violation
26-12-2022 02:21:48	warning	RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;

[rachel2403]

Hopefully that’s everything you asked for!

Thank you so much for helping me!
Rachel

[Tudor]

Nothing obvious in those stats, just two points, 1) you can ignore any log messages with a ‘warning’ flag 2) downstream within spec, but on the low side. You could check if you have an attenuator in the circuit, it is a small unit plugged into the back of the hub usually marked 3, 6 or 10dbm. If there is one you could try removing it and see if there is any change.

Next thing to do is to setup a Broadband Quality Monitor and post a link to your live graph. It monitors your connection 24/7 and provides diagnosis of any underlying issues