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merrywhether
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Aug 30, 2023
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CM1000 intermittent outages from T4 resets

I've been troubleshooting intermittent connection outages for a while and first spent a lot of time on my router because it had the cursed ASUS firmware over the summer and I no longer trusted it. Finally ruling that out and replacing all ethernet cables, I moved onto my modem and the logs seem to reveal a common source of this issue: T4 timeouts. Concurrent with the latest outage I saw:

 

Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=<removed>;CMTS-MAC=00:aa:6e:c0:af:8f;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;

 

I also saw a T3 timeout earlier but there was no corresponding outage:

 

Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=<removed>;CMTS-MAC=00:aa:6e:c0:af:8f;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;

 

These outages occur for all devices on my network, both wired and wireless. The router's traffic monitor shows upload and download speed crater to <1kbps (which I'm assuming is actually zero). They occur daily but at random times making testing fairly difficult.

 

I had a technician scheduled for tomorrow but I've delayed them two days to troubleshoot a bit more from this info. This sounds similar to other issues like https://community.netgear.com/t5/Cable-Modems-Gateways/c7000v2-resets/td-p/2028769 so I'm hoping that my connection info can point me in the right direction. So far:

  • I've had the ISP (Cox) send various forms of reset signals to the modem but have not yet done a factory reset (not sure if that is functionally different).
  • I've ordered a new coax cable to test the path to the wall tomorrow (though like the other cables I have no reason to doubt this one other than being thorough).
  • I live in an apartment building so I'm not 100% sure about the wiring, but I believe I'm connected to the jack closest to the source. After looking in building's utility closet I definitely have some questions about the cables in there (picture attached below).

Am I on the right track? Do the power and error values indicate anything in particular? Anything else I should be doing or not doing? And what should I tell the tech if/when they arrive? What are the odds the modem itself has gone bad in ~2 years?

 

Frequency start Value
This field below allows you to modify the frequency the cable modem start with its scan during initialization and registration. Enter the new start frequency and restart the cable modem for it to take effect.
Starting Frequency
237000000

Startup Procedure

ProcedureStatusComment
Acquire Downstream Channel237000000 HzLocked
Connectivity StateOKOperational
Boot StateOKOperational
SecurityEnableBPI+
IP Provisioning ModeHonor MDDIPv4 only

Downstream Bonded Channels (Partial Service)

ChannelLock StatusModulationChannel IDFrequencyPowerSNR / MERUnerrored CodewordsCorrectable CodewordsUncorrectable Codewords
1LockedQAM25645237000000 Hz-7.7 dBmV42.4 dB83910436876801178537
2LockedQAM2561735000000 Hz-4.7 dBmV43.3 dB8377708301012
3LockedQAM2562741000000 Hz-4.6 dBmV43.5 dB8377737701020
4LockedQAM2563747000000 Hz-4.6 dBmV43.5 dB837777723960
5LockedQAM2564753000000 Hz-4.6 dBmV43.6 dB837782395620
6LockedQAM2565759000000 Hz-4.7 dBmV43.4 dB837787078840
7LockedQAM2566765000000 Hz-4.9 dBmV43.3 dB837791283984
8LockedQAM2567771000000 Hz-4.9 dBmV43.4 dB837795074952
9LockedQAM2568777000000 Hz-5.1 dBmV43.2 dB837798652842
10LockedQAM25625117000000 Hz-7.7 dBmV41.6 dB485251150143833325996
11LockedQAM25626123000000 Hz-7.6 dBmV41.8 dB690033220163975390868
12LockedQAM25627129000000 Hz-7.6 dBmV42.0 dB621800109262519363908
13LockedQAM25628135000000 Hz-7.7 dBmV42.1 dB766127526437302593842
14LockedQAM25629141000000 Hz-7.9 dBmV42.1 dB766052900413231629905
15LockedQAM25630147000000 Hz-7.8 dBmV42.1 dB774762502407304665968
16LockedQAM25631153000000 Hz-7.9 dBmV42.3 dB766456684319473588048
17LockedQAM25632159000000 Hz-7.8 dBmV42.6 dB692655942238875463220
18LockedQAM25633165000000 Hz-7.6 dBmV42.7 dB629332735206123415809
19LockedQAM25634171000000 Hz-7.4 dBmV42.8 dB766607358147331324084
20LockedQAM25635177000000 Hz-7.1 dBmV42.9 dB837322068159840348792
21LockedQAM25636183000000 Hz-7.1 dBmV42.9 dB746984837109809271674
22LockedQAM25637189000000 Hz-7.2 dBmV42.9 dB62908973988838230675
23LockedQAM25638195000000 Hz-7.1 dBmV43.0 dB64460968884716234953
24LockedQAM25639201000000 Hz-7.1 dBmV43.1 dB81057447696449254230
25LockedQAM25640207000000 Hz-7.2 dBmV42.9 dB54678908957402171298
26LockedQAM25641213000000 Hz-7.1 dBmV42.9 dB76015859374389208946
27LockedQAM25642219000000 Hz-7.4 dBmV42.8 dB63068899663471170200
28LockedQAM25643225000000 Hz-7.6 dBmV42.6 dB83757143783680208837
29LockedQAM25644231000000 Hz-7.9 dBmV42.5 dB83759707278515192616
30LockedQAM25646243000000 Hz-7.9 dBmV42.5 dB83762219685286161454
31LockedQAM25647249000000 Hz-8.1 dBmV42.3 dB8377319717835758272
32LockedQAM25648255000000 Hz-7.8 dBmV42.3 dB8378654392638777

Upstream Bonded Channels

ChannelLock StatusModulationChannel IDFrequencyPower
1LockedATDMA117600000 Hz54.5 dBmV
2LockedATDMA224000000 Hz54.0 dBmV
3LockedATDMA330400000 Hz53.5 dBmV
4LockedATDMA436800000 Hz54.3 dBmV
5Not LockedUnknown00 Hz0.0 dBmV
6Not LockedUnknown00 Hz0.0 dBmV
7Not LockedUnknown00 Hz0.0 dBmV
8Not LockedUnknown00 Hz0.0 dBmV

Downstream OFDM Channels

ChannelLock StatusModulation / Profile IDChannel IDFrequencyPowerSNR / MERActive Subcarrier Number RangeUnerrored CodewordsCorrectable CodewordsUncorrectable Codewords
1Locked0, 1, 2, 3159300000000 Hz-6.2 dBmV39.3 dB296 ~ 7895285958816138243565540
2Locked0, 1, 2, 3160918000000 Hz-4.9 dBmV41.5 dB1108 ~ 29872199339601009926702

Upstream OFDMA Channels

ChannelLock StatusModulation / Profile IDChannel IDFrequencyPower
1Locked3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13636800000 Hz48.5 dBmV
2Not Locked3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1300 Hz0.0 dBmV

 

 

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