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mm_123
Feb 13, 2021Aspirant
C7800 Nighthawk Good upload speed but very low downloads speeds
Hi, I bought a C7800 Nighthawk Cable Modem Router in last Sept 2020 and 5 months now having issues with download speed dropping to nearly zero. Restarting router throughNetgear Genie sometimes so...
mm_123
Feb 13, 2021Aspirant
Thank you so much for getting to this so quickly.
I have removed the spiltter and the line is not chipped anywhere.
Attaching some recent logs, are they enough?
plemans
Feb 13, 2021Guru - Experienced User
those are the router logs.
There are modem logs. Called event logs.
Also, a screen snip of the cable connections page. The cable connections page shows upstream/downstream data
- mm_123Feb 13, 2021Aspirant
Please find both of those attached.
Additionally I have changed the channel to use the least used one in my neighbourhood.
- plemansFeb 14, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Your power levels are very high.
Optimal is -7.5dbmv to 7dbmv. functional (not optimal) is around -13dbmv to 13dbmv.
you're hitting in the 15's. and you have errors in the line and logs.
I usually tell people to remove a splitter/attenuator but in your case an attenuator or a 3-4x splitter might help your signal. Just make sure you get a quality one.
- mm_123Feb 16, 2021Aspirant
Thank you so much!
Is that the only problem you see.
I had to factory reset today morning to make it work again.
Thanks a ton!