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Nighthawk C7800 drops connection, has DOS Attacks, and 8/32 locked channels.
Attaached are my logs. Additional information includes that I indeed have a cable splitter in my box, but it connects it to only to the direct cable. Sooooo there is no need for the splitter. Does th...
Plemans,
I've crawled under the house and made sure the coax was intact and not damaged or freyed in any way.
ISP just reported to me that they have no issues with my connection on their end.
The ISP said to leave the splitter, even though it's not splitting anything, because my power levels are fine where they are.
Note:
-I bought this cable modem new in September 2021.
-Every morning I have to unplug and plug back in my cable modem about 10 times to get it to broadcast internet. Stays on for about 5 minutes then kicks off, but eventually sticks. I don't know if it is confirmation bias, but it seems like I lose interet during freezing temperatures.
-I performed a factory reset and my DHCP lease time went from 24 hours to 1 hour. (Personally spoke with ISP and they said they don't have control over that).
I'll have a line tech come out if it isn't resolved this week and the logs look the same.
The reason to remove the splitter is because they can go bad and cause interference on your line.
You're currently not locking the channels you should and you logs indicate a line issue connecting back to the ISP.
So I'd take out anything in the line that could be causing issues.
Plemans, I've removed the splitter, and it has effected the power levels in the following way:
This is post splitter removal:
Power levels are a bit high but they're at least locking all the channels.
I'd be betting on a sketchy splitter.
Is it running better?
I mean it is running fine. I'm paying for 200 mbps and according to speedtest I am currently getting 80mbps on 2.4ghz and 220mbps on the 5ghz band. I usually experience my disconnections in the morning. I wake up to no internet and keep resetting it until 9AM where it finally settles down and works consistently.
Should I reattach the splitter since my power levels are off now? Contact ISP? They'll probably know I tampered with it. I'll check the logs in the morning as well.