Fluctuating speeds and ping while gaming on PS4
Had an engineer out a few weeks ago who diagnosed whatever issues there were with my hub. New hub 5, new cat 6 ethernet cable, fine. Over the following few weeks although my download speed and upload speed were showing better, it is awfully inconsistent, and the lag is making me lose my hair while gaming in my free time. I run speed tests via multiple sources and the download amd uplaod speed show ok but p9ng horrible. Run tests via Virgin media app and all is fine, run again minutes later and it says intermittent signal in area. (Is that actually the area or personal router, becasue ringing customer service for them to tell me everything's fine in my area is conflicting). Issue persits - 2 calls to Virgin and 2 no shows by engineers (looks like customer service never even booked them), I finally got another engineer out today. 2 nice chaps, but what they did I'm not sure. Nthing was replaced within my home but now my speed test on PS4 reflects even worse fluctuations. Currently showing approx 24mbps down, 12 up, then up to 380mbps, then back down (Barely 30 seconds between tests.) My package is 500 up and 50 down. I am tired of this constant fluctuation and service. While I have 4 months left of my contract, it will take some magic to keep me as a customer for their internet, tv, phone package and I'll take it elsewhere if things aren't finally sorted. Sorry but it's just tiresome. Spare time is limited, and I can't enjoy it currently because of this. Is there ANYONE that can help me please?? It's driving me nuts!!Does this BQM look okay, as I’ve been having connection issues.
Hi guys, would anyone be able to have a look at my BQM please. It’s a Gig1 package with Hub5 router. I’ve been having a really inconsistent connection recently and wondering if the unstable ping is a common DOCSIS issue or something you have to live with? Also has anyone been able to get Virgin to fix this issue? thanks. https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality/share/075415045e7c3a32997e14159e5e7a13cf731ba2High ping, Random disconnections - Phone support states it's "Fine"
Hello, For a few months now I've noticed my internet becoming more and more erratic, I know around midnight theres a chance an update is pushed to the hub which knocks it off for a few moments which never used to be a problem but lately the hub will take several minutes to fully come back online. It will kick my devices offline, they lose connection to the internet first and then moments later it loses the WiFi signal, it regains the signal after a bit but then loses the signal again and again until it just randomly stabilises, this hasn't been the norm so it's odd and quite frustrating. Secondly, I'm noticing large ping spikes, which doesn't affect most things but certainly does effect gaming in a very negative way (30ms ping to 700ms ping spikes which lasts a few seconds and constantly happens then stops at random for a few minutes). I've had a talk on the support call line, the agent kept telling me everything looked fine and was operating normally, I raised my concerns about the errors and the power levels of the Downstream/Upstream channels and the fact that Virgins own website states: Broadband connection issues found Please wait for 15 minutes while we reconnect the WiFi Hub to our network. When I log in on the site and try to check out anything to do with my broadband from the website or the app itself, so how could it possibly be "Fine". I've now been told that I'm going to be paying a £25 fee for a technician to come out to my address, I assume because In their eyes, I must be imagining these ping spikes and issues I'm encountering, or they just refuse to acknowledge the problem. My network log is filled with a lot of these: RCS Partial Service;CM-MAC=[redacted];CMTS-MAC=[redacted];CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=[redacted];CMTS-MAC=[redacted];CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=[redacted];CMTS-MAC=[redacted];CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; These errors repeat throughout the day, every single day. Here's the Downstream/Upstream stats also: Downstream bonded channels Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID 1 203000000 0.2 38 256 qam 9 2 139000000 -0.4 38 256 qam 1 3 147000000 0 38 256 qam 2 4 155000000 0.4 38 256 qam 3 5 163000000 0.5 38 256 qam 4 6 171000000 0.9 38 256 qam 5 7 179000000 0.7 38 256 qam 6 8 187000000 0.9 38 256 qam 7 9 195000000 0.5 38 256 qam 8 10 275000000 1.2 40 256 qam 18 11 283000000 1.2 40 256 qam 19 12 291000000 1.2 38 256 qam 20 13 299000000 1.2 38 256 qam 21 14 307000000 1.2 40 256 qam 22 15 315000000 1.5 40 256 qam 23 16 323000000 1.7 38 256 qam 24 17 331000000 1.9 38 256 qam 25 18 339000000 2.5 38 256 qam 26 19 347000000 3 38 256 qam 27 20 355000000 3.2 40 256 qam 28 21 363000000 3.2 40 256 qam 29 22 371000000 3 40 256 qam 30 23 379000000 3.2 38 256 qam 31 24 387000000 3 40 256 qam 32 Downstream bonded channels Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors 1 Locked 38.9 48 0 2 Locked 38.6 54423 0 3 Locked 38.6 79676 345677 4 Locked 38.9 130935 263022 5 Locked 38.9 356 0 6 Locked 38.9 130 0 7 Locked 38.9 77 0 8 Locked 38.9 44 0 9 Locked 38.9 74 0 10 Locked 40.3 26 0 11 Locked 40.9 22 0 12 Locked 38.9 10 0 13 Locked 38.9 5 0 14 Locked 40.3 5 0 15 Locked 40.3 6 0 16 Locked 38.9 5 0 17 Locked 38.6 4 0 18 Locked 38.9 12 0 19 Locked 38.9 56 0 20 Locked 40.3 8 0 21 Locked 40.9 18 0 22 Locked 40.3 4 0 23 Locked 38.9 5 0 24 Locked 40.3 4 0 Upstream bonded channels Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID 1 49600000 55.3 5120 64 qam 1 Upstream bonded channels Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts 1 ATDMA 0 0 0 0Unstable ping/latency & packet loss
Hi, Like quite a few others, over the past few months my Gig1 connection has been suffering from periods of high latency & packet loss. This doesn't really affect streaming, web browsing etc, but it totally kills any kind of competitive gaming. I've tried factory resetting the router, reseating connections etc. Nothing's worked. Does anyone have any advice? Todays graph so far: Yesterday: Saturday: Some stats... Item Status CommentsChannel Overview Downstream Upstream Cable Modem Status Online DOCSIS 3.1 Primary downstream channel Locked SC-QAM DOCSIS 3.0 channels 31 6 DOCSIS 3.1 channels 1 0 3.0 Downstream channels Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID 25 331000000 -6.599998 35.779911 QAM256 25 1 139000000 -6.099998 35.595078 QAM256 1 2 147000000 -6.500000 35.595078 QAM256 2 3 155000000 -6.700001 35.595078 QAM256 3 4 163000000 -6.799999 35.595078 QAM256 4 5 171000000 -6.799999 35.595078 QAM256 5 6 179000000 -6.700001 35.595078 QAM256 6 7 187000000 -6.400002 35.595078 QAM256 7 8 195000000 -6.299999 35.779911 QAM256 8 9 203000000 -6.099998 35.779911 QAM256 9 10 211000000 -5.799999 35.779911 QAM256 10 11 219000000 -5.700001 35.595078 QAM256 11 12 227000000 -5.400002 35.779911 QAM256 12 13 235000000 -5.299999 35.779911 QAM256 13 14 243000000 -5.200001 36.386890 QAM256 14 15 251000000 -5.200001 35.779911 QAM256 15 16 259000000 -5.099998 35.779911 QAM256 16 17 267000000 -5.400002 35.779911 QAM256 17 18 275000000 -5.599998 35.595078 QAM256 18 19 283000000 -5.900002 35.779911 QAM256 19 20 291000000 -6.000000 35.779911 QAM256 20 21 299000000 -5.599998 35.779911 QAM256 21 22 307000000 -5.700001 35.595078 QAM256 22 23 315000000 -6.000000 35.779911 QAM256 23 24 323000000 -6.400002 35.779911 QAM256 24 26 339000000 -6.599998 35.779911 QAM256 26 27 347000000 -6.500000 35.779911 QAM256 27 28 355000000 -6.500000 35.779911 QAM256 28 29 363000000 -6.400002 36.386890 QAM256 29 30 371000000 -6.299999 36.386890 QAM256 30 31 379000000 -6.299999 36.386890 QAM256 31High latency in valorant to London server
Hi, I've reached out a few times to both Riot and Virgin 150 support numbers and not had much luck. I get passed back and forth. I'm trying to resolve ping issues im getting. Currently I ping 40 to London, 30 to Frankfurt and then 40 again to Paris when trying to play VALORANT despite living in the UK. I'm trying to see what I can do or ask or who I can ask to try bring better routing so that my London server UK ping is way down. I play with a wired ethernet directly into the router. I've done a full reboot via the pin as suggested. I have also tried doing everything from Riots side they recommended, which was diagnostic tools and DNS flushing. Desperately need some help and advice as its tied to my income slightly and want to be playing on the lowest ping possible for itPower levels on Hub5
Hi guys, had an engineer visit last week and only really got a chance to test it all properly. To cut a long story short I was having intermittent issues with connection, ping, jitter etc so engineer instantly said that the signal was too high for the line. So started testing under load, and it’s probably worse than it ever was but a bit late in the week now for VM to resolve. Looking through some threads on here and couldn’t really find a “what should my power levels be” thread. picture of downstream/upstream network status, either above or below? Thanks 🙂Experiencing high ping spikes
Hi, I'm currently a Virgin Media internet subscriber to a package with speeds of 1000mbps down and 50mbps up. In terms of speeds, my internet has been perfect since first getting it. However, over the last few months my internet has degraded when playing multiplayer games. When playing titles like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Rocket League, and even Forza Horizon 5, ping previously was consistently around 20ms-30ms depending on servers etc. Now, my ping can randomly spike: sometimes as low as 40-50ms, sometimes as high as 800-900ms. Its getting to the point where multiplayer games are unplayable. I'm of the belief that its oversubscription but I'm hoping that its a router problem and that it can be fixed by purchasing a better router, but I don't want to make that investment until I know. Any help is appreciated!Intermittent large ping spikes - Critical Downstream power level errors on Hub
Hello All, Looking for some help with a really annoying issue I'm having on my 1Gbps line with Virgin media, speed is fine but intermittently I am getting huge ping spikes that can sometimes reach over 4000ms (see below) How I noticed this was being on Discord and the connection dropping out intermittently, it can happen once in 5 minutes or many times in quick succession. I've ruled out the PC by connecting it to a different connection which does not have the ping spikes. When logging on to the router, I am seeing quite a few errors on the log page: You will see that I've rebooted the router a few times and reset but the same errors keep coming back up. These errors have been the same since 8AM this morning Time Priority Description 11-03-2024 19:49:23 notice GUI Login Status - Login Success from LAN interface 11-03-2024 19:30:33 warning RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power in Excess of 6 dB Below the Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:30:14 notice REGISTRATION COMPLETE - Waiting for Operational status 11-03-2024 19:30:09 warning RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power in Excess of 6 dB Below the Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:30:08 warning REG-RSP-MP Mismatch Between Calculated Value for P1.6hi Compared to CCAP Provided Value;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:30:08 warning RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power in Excess of 6 dB Below the Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:30:08 warning Dynamic Range Window violation 11-03-2024 19:30:03 notice DS profile assignment change. DS Chan ID: 32; Previous Profile: ; New Profile: 1 2 3.;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:29:55 warning DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response ;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:29:53 notice Honoring MDD; IP provisioning mode = IPv4 11-03-2024 19:29:38 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:29:38 critical Cable Modem Reboot because of - Reboot Timezone Change 11-03-2024 19:26:42 critical No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 11-03-2024 19:26:33 critical Cable Modem Reboot because of - Reboot Factory reset ACS 11-03-2024 19:26:33 critical SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Would appreciate any help on this as its infuriating me, would these errors be causing the spikes in ping? Thanks in advance all
