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mohrfam
May 21, 2020Aspirant
Cable Modem CM500V needs to be restarted daily to maintain download speed
My contracted download speed with Xfinity is 325 MBsec but I often find downloads are running around 10 mb/sec. My way to fix the porblem is by unplugging the power on my CM500V modem, waiting 10 sec...
FURRYe38
May 22, 2020Guru - Experienced User
What is the Mfr and model# of your external router that you have connected to the CM series modem?
mohrfam wrote:My contracted download speed with Xfinity is 325 MBsec but I often find downloads are running around 10 mb/sec. My way to fix the porblem is by unplugging the power on my CM500V modem, waiting 10 seconds and then plugging the power back in. That fixes the problem. Do I have a faulty modem or some other problem?