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Ping bottle neck modem killing R9000
Firmware 1.0.5.42 R9000 Nighthawk X10 Started getting intermittent ping spikes from a stable 30 to stable 2000 to stable 4000 back down to stable 60. Entire time getting consistent 650-950 down. Fig...
I only have increased ping times on modem connection when there is any type of demand on the router.
Have tried 3 other modem router combos. Issue with nighthawk.
Surfboard 6190.
And yes they did check wiring from hub to home and ran diagnostics off of my modem, an ISP modem, and my coax.
Would not be posting here if it wasn't a router issue.
Do not really understand what was disjointed about that. Pretty straightforward.
CMTS logs are fine.
Just for reference I went and bought a cheap target router to make sure.
Absolutely no issues, modem log still clean. Ping is stable.
Great and all just love the nighthawk. Miss the functionality already.
You might check out Voxel's firmware for your R9000.
Here is the link: https://www.voxel-firmware.com/Downloads/Voxel/html/index.html
Be sure and review the README folder in the upper right corner.
Usually a discussion about the firmware over on Small Net Builders forum here:
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-r9000-r8900-v-1-0-4-79hf.93774/
