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corvairbob
Jan 17, 2020Tutor
Netgear C7000 V2 Nighthawk AC1900 Wifi Cable Modem Router
i have the c3700 combo unit and the last week or so i keep getting your connection is not private this site is not safe. i deleted norton security, deleted the chrome browser and put it back. i then r...
corvairbob
Jan 17, 2020Tutor
thanks but i have to get what i can afford.
for some reason the c3700 now half the time i get an error that tells me to go to xfinity and reset the modem. then i go there and i get a message that says they can't find my device. but i'm online so it has to be working.
i spent 3 hours wednesday with comcast help and they said they see it then they do not see it. so either somethingis going on with the modem or the tap on the pole. but because the c3700 is so old now i figure i will get anewer one that i can afford.
so the newest one i can afford seems to settle in on the c7000 unit. or the motorolla mg7500 but this is not the motorolla site so i do not talk about that one.
at this time i have my pc online and i keep getting this site is not safe. and that is not alway true as i can go back to one of them later and it is ok. so i turned on the chrombook and that tells me my modem in not connected to the internet. but i'm here now sending this reply out. so there is an issue going on with the modem at least. here is a snip of the log just now and the errors it shows. if it gets inserted
FURRYe38
Jan 17, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Have the ISP check the signal and line quality UP to the modem.
Be sure there are not 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.
Sounds like the 3700 is becoming faulty and needs replaced. If your ISP supports the C7000 then try it. Get it from a place with a good refund policy. So if it doesn't work out, you can return it.
You might consider going with separate modem and router units as well.
- corvairbobJan 17, 2020Tutor
Have the ISP check the signal and line quality UP to the modem. spent 3 hours wednesday doing that and the c3700 was on and off all the time but i was online.
Be sure there are not coax cable line splitters in the between the modem and ISP service box. i have 1 splitter at the end of a single line from the pole to that splitter, and they put that there for the signal to go to the cable box. that is normal.
Be sure your using good quality RG6 coax cable up to the modem. the line from the pole is what the cable company installed. it is a bit heavier from the pole to the lighting ground lug, then from that lug to the modem in a one pc cable.Sounds like the 3700 is becoming faulty and needs replaced. If your ISP supports the C7000 then try it. Get it from a place with a good refund policy. So if it doesn't work out, you can return it. yes i'm now asking sellers if they will allow a return and refund if i get one of the c7000 units and comcast just can't get it to connect. they told me they have these units in my area, so i'm hopful noe will work
You might consider going with separate modem and router units as well. i tried that and i do have a motorola unit that is a modem only with a c6300 router, but my cameras just do not like that setup. i tried to install it on the c3700 unit and i could not get the r6300 router just would not hook up to it. my soninlaw is an it tech at a big company in grand rapids mi. and he tried for a few hours and told me it was not going to connect up to the c3700 combo. he tried both c3700 modems and neither would hook up. then he tried the motorola and it connected but comcast did not like the modem. so i'm up s/c without the paddel on that. also i spent days on this site getting help setting them up and nothing wroked. so that is why i want a combo, at least with that i have one device to mess with.
and i agree the c3700 is getting bad to the point of failure. as soon as i get another unit all the old one i have now go to the recycler or trash. then is the c7000 does work i will get a second unit for a spare. thanks
- FURRYe38Jan 17, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Let us know how it goes with the C7000 modem.
- corvairbobJan 23, 2020Tutor
ok i got the c7000 100nas nighthawk combo yesterday. it took an hour to get it going, turns out these mus have the previous owners info in them as comcast tried maybe 15 tiimes sending the reset signal and it just did not stay connected. so then i told them this was the 3rd c7000 i have tried to setup on comcast, and that comcast show them to be a good unit for there service. so i told him the other 2 were used and maybe that is why they were on ebay for sale. and i got this one and it was advertised as new in the box. so that sparked him to check and sure enough this new one was setup on someone elses account, and pushing the reset button does not take that out of the modem.
so i deleted it from that other persons account and then it worked for me. go figure. it started out slow for download at 50 mbps and today it is going to 100 then slows down som to 80 mbps, maybe later it will pick up.
i'm not getting all those errors telling me this site is not safe now, lets see if it keeps going? also the old modem did ot let my magic jack phone connect to the internet and mose of my other devices, now it looks like avertything but for 1 tablet is connecting.
but can anyone tell me why this unit which is listed as 24 downstream and 8 upstream shows 24 downstream channels and only 1 upstream? the c3700 dit the same thing but only 8 downstream and 4 upstream with 1 upstream working.
also in the advance setting section do i leave that box unchecked that says disable port scan and dos protection? in the c3700 it was checked and on the c7000 it is not.
plus i see a lot of this is the log DoS attack: TCP- or UDP-based Port Scan] from 75.75.76.76, port 53
and in the event log i see tons of this? i figured the old unit was bad and this was normal but this is said to be new and it is still there.
Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=a0:40:a0:39:76:b0;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:71:3e:5b;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
but outside of these things are looking better now. thanks