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AtHomeTech
Nov 04, 2019Aspirant
CM1000 Dropping Connection - Daily
Hi All, I'm hoping someone hhere as either seen this before, or is able to help me figure out what is going on. I have a CM1000 that I installed over about a year ago or so, coupled with a L...
FURRYe38
Nov 04, 2019Guru - Experienced User
You first need to isolate the modem from the router and see if the modem alone exhibit this issue or not. IF so, then I would have the ISP check the signal line and quality up the modem from there side.
Be sure there are no coax cable line splitters in between the modem and ISP service box.
Test with a wired PC connected to the modem to see if you notice these drops in connections. You can use pingplotter.com app on your wired PC to see if there are any packet loss during a test run with only the modem. Might let this run late at night when others are not in need of internet.
Hopefully you can narrow down this issue.
- AtHomeTechNov 05, 2019Aspirant
Thanks for the ideas, and I appreciate the reply.
I determined that I should try replacing the router first, based on the fact that I would lose my wifi connection to my devices when the service would take a dive on me. I replaced my Linksys router with a Netgear XR700, and so far I haven't had any more signal loss/drops. Granted, it's still early so I want to give it a few more days to see if I experience any long term improvement.
Time will tell, I suppose.
- FURRYe38Nov 06, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Awesome. Enjoy the new router. If you need help and support for the XR router, you can find some here:
I recommend not updating FW to anything recent if possible unless it's already done of course.
Please mark your thread and solved so others will know.
Enjoy.- AtHomeTechNov 06, 2019Aspirant
Thank you for the reply and the link to the router thread. I'll be sure to check that out later today.
My girlfriend let me know this morning that she had an issue this morning with not getting out to the internet on her iPhone, but it was short lived. Not sure of the cause, but there were no log entries on the modem around that time, so who knows.
I'm going to give it another couple of days before I'm convinced that the new router handled the problem, but so far so good.