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ljsiegel
Jun 19, 2020Aspirant
c6900 loses internet daily (also time is off on modem)
My c6900 has been having a problem for several months. Usually at least once a day, typically around 1pm PT, it will go offline for 2-3 minutes. Sometimes we power cycle the router. Sometimes we wait...
FURRYe38
Jun 19, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Be sure there are no coax cable line splitters in the between the modem and ISP service box.
Be sure your using good quality RG6 coax cable up to the modem.
Possible faulty modem if a reset doesn't clear the problems.
plemans
Jun 19, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Do you have a screen snip of the logs?
You're power levels aren't horrible but there's some seperation (should all be within 3.5dbmv of each other on downstream) and your upstream is low (still in spec but boarderline). the screen snip only shows the powerlevels when its loaded and perhaps during that time the levels are dropping, causing it to have issues.
that's where the logs can help.
Like FURRYe38 said, check for splitters, attenuators, or amplifiers in the line. And check the cable.
- ljsiegelJun 19, 2020Aspirant
Could it have something to do with date/time? I noticed in the log it got reset to 1970 right around the time it crapped out.
Here's from the Event Log.
There was also something in the plain Log but it might have gotten flushed with other messages. Is there a way to get full log history?
- ljsiegelJun 20, 2020Aspirant
Here are the latest logs.
We had a failure today at 1:11PM (shows as 12:11PM as the router is off by one hour). Included in the PDF is a grab of the Logs and Event Log as well.Do I need a new modem/router? I'm tempted to get one from Xfinity to see if this resolves the problem. Frustrating....
Thanks in advance for any guidance,
Linda
- plemansJun 21, 2020Guru - Experienced Userthe "dynamic range window" violations that you're getting indicate the power spiking/fluctuating enough that it goes out of spec. Which can cause the drop/reboots.
Make sure there aren't any splitters, amplifiers, attenuators in your coax line. If there's not, then you need your isp to check the line.
Its still possible that its the modem but it usually is the line when you're getting that notice.