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jgnoonan
Dec 03, 2017Star
CM1000 Xfinity issues
I am quite frustrated at this point. I had a CM600 modem to support Comcast's Extreme 150 service. I've had it for a few years and was consistently getting 160 to 170mbps speed from it. About three weeks ago, I noticed a drop off and did a speed test and could not get more than 50mbps. Comcast reset the modem (I did the same thing). No change. They sent a tech out to the house and he swapped out my modem for one of theirs and lo and behold, 170mbps. He said I needed a new modem. I was a little suspicious of this, but wanting to eventually get gigabit service when it becomes available, I bought a CM1000. It provisioned fine, but I am seeing the same behavior. At the start of the speed test it spikes to over 100 but eventually averages out to 70 or 80. They came out again and re-trenched a new thicker line between the street and the house. Still the same behavior. The tech came out again today and installed a dedicated line directly from the outside box to the modem. Still the same behavior. The logs from the Modem are consistently showing:
Time | Priority | Description |
2017-12-03, 10:41:31 | Notice (6) | CM-STATUS message sent. Event Type Code: 4; Chan ID: 21 22 ; DSID: N/A; MAC Addr: N/A; OFDM/OFDMA Profile ID: N/A.;CM-MAC=b0:39:56:4b:b8:68;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:a7:12:4e;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; |
2017-12-03, 10:41:17 | Warning (5) | MDD message timeout;CM-MAC=b0:39:56:4b:b8:68;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:a7:12:4e;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
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The Cable Connection page displays the following. Any thoughts on this issue?
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. | |
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<tabindex=-1>Startup Procedure
Procedure | Status | Comment |
Acquire Downstream Channel | 555000000 Hz | Locked |
Connectivity State | OK | Operational |
Boot State | OK | Operational |
Security | Enable | BPI+ |
IP Provisioning Mode | Honor MDD | IPv6 only |
<tabindex=-1>Downstream Bonded Channels
Channel | Lock Status | Modulation | Channel ID | Frequency | Power | SNR / MER | Unerrored Codewords | Correctable Codewords | Uncorrectable Codewords |
1 | Locked | QAM256 | 20 | 555000000 Hz | 2.8 dBmV | 36.8 dB | 158493311 | 546 | 0 |
2 | Locked | QAM256 | 1 | 423000000 Hz | 5.4 dBmV | 38.7 dB | 157105990 | 36 | 0 |
3 | Locked | QAM256 | 2 | 429000000 Hz | 5.6 dBmV | 38.9 dB | 157114932 | 13 | 0 |
4 | Locked | QAM256 | 3 | 435000000 Hz | 5.6 dBmV | 39.0 dB | 157125743 | 17 | 0 |
5 | Locked | QAM256 | 4 | 441000000 Hz | 5.1 dBmV | 38.7 dB | 157134245 | 29 | 0 |
6 | Locked | QAM256 | 5 | 453000000 Hz | 4.2 dBmV | 38.5 dB | 157143868 | 60 | 0 |
7 | Locked | QAM256 | 6 | 459000000 Hz | 3.8 dBmV | 38.3 dB | 157153008 | 71 | 0 |
8 | Locked | QAM256 | 7 | 465000000 Hz | 3.5 dBmV | 38.3 dB | 157162210 | 62 | 0 |
9 | Locked | QAM256 | 8 | 471000000 Hz | 3.2 dBmV | 38.2 dB | 157171891 | 72 | 0 |
10 | Locked | QAM256 | 9 | 477000000 Hz | 2.7 dBmV | 38.0 dB | 157181040 | 59 | 0 |
11 | Locked | QAM256 | 10 | 483000000 Hz | 2.2 dBmV | 37.5 dB | 157190267 | 74 | 0 |
12 | Locked | QAM256 | 11 | 489000000 Hz | 2.0 dBmV | 37.4 dB | 157199468 | 75 | 0 |
13 | Locked | QAM256 | 12 | 495000000 Hz | 1.9 dBmV | 37.4 dB | 157208618 | 80 | 0 |
14 | Locked | QAM256 | 13 | 507000000 Hz | 1.7 dBmV | 37.3 dB | 157218872 | 61 | 0 |
15 | Locked | QAM256 | 14 | 513000000 Hz | 1.6 dBmV | 37.3 dB | 157227558 | 70 | 0 |
16 | Locked | QAM256 | 15 | 519000000 Hz | 1.4 dBmV | 37.3 dB | 157237136 | 95 | 0 |
17 | Locked | QAM256 | 16 | 525000000 Hz | 1.1 dBmV | 37.1 dB | 157246947 | 121 | 0 |
18 | Locked | QAM256 | 17 | 531000000 Hz | 1.3 dBmV | 37.4 dB | 157255633 | 105 | 0 |
19 | Locked | QAM256 | 18 | 537000000 Hz | 1.3 dBmV | 37.1 dB | 157264694 | 132 | 0 |
20 | Locked | QAM256 | 19 | 543000000 Hz | 1.6 dBmV | 37.1 dB | 157275272 | 112 | 0 |
21 | Locked | QAM256 | 21 | 561000000 Hz | 2.9 dBmV | 32.3 dB | 147085863 | 2537135 | 7646772 |
22 | Locked | QAM256 | 22 | 567000000 Hz | 3.6 dBmV | 27.2 dB | 135579752 | 4471561 | 17201032 |
23 | Locked | QAM256 | 23 | 573000000 Hz | 3.7 dBmV | 35.5 dB | 152906954 | 3458380 | 927827 |
24 | Locked | QAM256 | 24 | 579000000 Hz | 3.1 dBmV | 34.7 dB | 157299415 | 177 | 0 |
25 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
<tabindex=-1>Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel | Lock Status | Modulation | Channel ID | Frequency | Power |
1 | Locked | ATDMA | 1 | 35600000 Hz | 35.8 dBmV |
2 | Locked | ATDMA | 2 | 29200000 Hz | 35.8 dBmV |
3 | Locked | ATDMA | 3 | 22800000 Hz | 34.0 dBmV |
4 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV |
5 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV |
6 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV |
7 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV |
8 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV |
<tabindex=-1>Downstream OFDM Channels
Channel | Lock Status | Modulation / Profile ID | Channel ID | Frequency | Power | SNR / MER | Active Subcarrier Number Range | Unerrored Codewords | Correctable Codewords | Uncorrectable Codewords |
1 | Locked | 0, 1 | 25 | 372000000 Hz | 7.6 dBmV | 38.3 dB | 1108 ~ 2987 | 4381967 | 35743 | 0 |
2 | Not Locked | 0 | 0 | 0 Hz | 7.2 dBmV | 0.0 dB | 0 ~ 4095 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
<tabindex=-1>Upstream OFDMA Channels
Channel | Lock Status | Modulation / Profile ID | Channel ID | Frequency | Power |
1 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0 dBmV |
2 | Not Locked | Unknown | 0 | 0 Hz | 0 dBmV
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Any help or guidance I can give Xfinity would be greatly appreciated. I really want to own my own equipment and not pay $10 a month for their stuff.
Warm regards,
Joe
Well it is finally fixed. The tech showed up today and I showed him the two frequencies that were having the problem. He checked outside, and then at the tap. He came into the house and said he needed to call a bucket truck in to fix it. I got a recorded call from Comcast that they were working to fix the issue. I got a second call an hour later that the issue was fixed. I ran a speed test and got a consistent 160mbps (yay!). I used the reset button on the modem and let it re-provision. All the signal/noise and power levels were good and there were no uncorrectable codewords. They didn't tell me what they fixed, but at long last, it is fixed.
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Forgot to add the modem information:
Hardware Version 2.02 Firmware Version V3.01.02 Cable Modem Serial Number 4L0477W102A3E CM certificate Installed CM MAC b0:39:56:4b:b8:68 - DarrenMSr. NETGEAR Moderator
Are you doing the speed tests directly from the modem or do you have a router in between?
DarrenM
Yes DarrenM. It was the first thing I did. The same issue was happening on my CM300 and they said it was the modem so I bought the CM1000 brand new from BestBuy. Comcast even trenched a new thicker cable from the street junction to the box in the house, and replaced the split line that the modem was connected to to a direct line from the modem to the box. I had an open cased with them through @comcastcares on Twitter and I pinged them today demanding to be connected to L3 support. He said he saw noise in the signal and wanted to send a tech. I told him that's what you said the last time and they came out and replaced the cable. I've been in the software and hardware business for 40 years and I can tell when someone is minimally trained and just taking shots in the dark. Let me know if you need any other information.
Part of the problem is your firmware
V3.01.02
3.01.04 is supposed to correct the issues with the ODFM channel dropping and fallback to DOCSIS 3.0 channels. Should be out by now. Uplug your modem from the power. Toggle your power button. Wait for 60 Seconds. Power it back up Check your verision.BigQuark So here's the latest update. Comcast came out to my house yesterday and their engineer also called Netgear. They replaced the CM1000 with a Comcast modem and it worked. Before they came, I had gone in to look at the modem stats and the logs and I noticed the firmware had been updated to V3.01.04. I am not sure when that happened, but in the last week my problems actually got worse. Sometime in the early evening or in the middle of the night, my speed would actually drop from 70mbps (should be 150) to 1mbps. The only way I could get back to the 70mbps was sending a reset signal to the modem through the Xfinity App. I at first tried to unplug the modem and wating 60 seconds, but even that didn't work. Comcast showed up at 8AM yesterday and I was up at 6AM. I did a speed test before they got there and it was back down to 1mbps so I sent another reset signal to the modem through the Xfinity app and that restored the modem to the 70mbps. Once they put their modem on, I am now getting 175mbps which is what I was getting with the original CM300 before this all started. They have waived the monthly modem fee and will waive it again until firmware comes out that fixes the problem. V3.01.04 does not seem to be the version that fixes it. If there are logs I can get off the modem, let me know how and I will send them to you. I figure if I power it on and connect it to the ethernet port directly, I should be able to log in at 192.168.100.1. Thanks for keeping me up to date and let me know what you need. Many thanks
Warm regards,
Joe Noonan
DarrenMDoes Netgear have any update on this issue?
- DarrenMSr. NETGEAR Moderator
this speed issue is not caused by CM1000 but rather its a issue on Comcast side and it is related to the Arris CMTS that needs to be updated with patches to fix the problem. We need to know how many users this is affecting so we can take this data to Comcast push them to make the fix. So more people posting they are having the issue the better for me to pass to our team to pressure comcast.
Thanks
DarrenM
Count me in on your report. I have the CM1000, Comcast, Gigabit Tier Service. I believe I am on a Cisco CMTS however.
- Slpope99AspirantSame issue. I just upgraded to gigabit speed and I cant get more than 400mb down. As the day goes on my speed gets less and less until I reboot. I'm on the latest firmware. I've connect the modem direct to my pc using cat6 and I cant get full speed.
I've called comcast and they reposted the provision with no avail.- vkdeltaNETGEAR Employee Retired
- Slpope99Aspirant
Time Priority Description 2018-02-21, 21:00:29 Notice (6) DS profile assignment change. DS Chan ID: 32; Previous Profile: ; New Profile: 1 .;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:81:9a:5e;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Time Not Established Notice (6) Honoring MDD; IP provisioning mode = IPv6 Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:81:9a:5e;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 2018-02-21, 20:59:21 Critical (3) Resetting the cable modem due to docsDevResetNow Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:81:9a:5e;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; 2018-02-21, 20:48:19 Critical (3) Resetting the cable modem due to docsDevResetNow Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:81:9a:5e;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:81:9a:5e;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1; Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
<tabindex=-1>Startup Procedure Procedure Status Comment Acquire Downstream Channel 519000000 Hz Locked Connectivity State OK Operational Boot State OK Operational Security Enable BPI+ IP Provisioning Mode Honor MDD IPv6 only <tabindex=-1>Downstream Bonded Channels Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR / MER Unerrored Codewords Correctable Codewords Uncorrectable Codewords 1 Locked QAM256 1 519000000 Hz 3.0 dBmV 41.3 dB 256253426 0 0 2 Locked QAM256 2 525000000 Hz 3.0 dBmV 41.3 dB 256354703 0 0 3 Locked QAM256 3 531000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 41.2 dB 256363832 5 0 4 Locked QAM256 4 537000000 Hz 3.4 dBmV 41.3 dB 256372448 0 0 5 Locked QAM256 5 543000000 Hz 3.2 dBmV 41.3 dB 256382017 6 0 6 Locked QAM256 6 549000000 Hz 2.9 dBmV 41.1 dB 256391731 5 0 7 Locked QAM256 7 555000000 Hz 2.8 dBmV 40.9 dB 256399687 0 0 8 Locked QAM256 8 561000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 40.9 dB 256387553 0 0 9 Locked QAM256 9 567000000 Hz 2.7 dBmV 40.7 dB 256420638 0 0 10 Locked QAM256 10 573000000 Hz 2.8 dBmV 40.8 dB 256429386 0 0 11 Locked QAM256 11 579000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 38.8 dB 256439486 0 0 12 Locked QAM256 12 585000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 39.7 dB 256448391 0 0 13 Locked QAM256 13 591000000 Hz 3.5 dBmV 40.3 dB 256458340 0 0 14 Locked QAM256 14 597000000 Hz 3.1 dBmV 40.4 dB 256467361 0 0 15 Locked QAM256 15 603000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 40.5 dB 256476587 0 0 16 Locked QAM256 16 609000000 Hz 3.2 dBmV 40.5 dB 256494261 0 0 17 Locked QAM256 17 615000000 Hz 3.0 dBmV 40.3 dB 256504165 0 0 18 Locked QAM256 18 621000000 Hz 3.5 dBmV 40.4 dB 256513574 0 0 19 Locked QAM256 19 627000000 Hz 3.7 dBmV 39.7 dB 256523609 0 0 20 Locked QAM256 20 633000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 40.3 dB 256531881 0 0 21 Locked QAM256 21 639000000 Hz 4.6 dBmV 38.9 dB 256541262 0 0 22 Locked QAM256 22 645000000 Hz 4.6 dBmV 37.2 dB 256545778 0 0 23 Locked QAM256 23 651000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 35.9 dB 256551433 0 0 24 Locked QAM256 24 657000000 Hz 4.2 dBmV 37.8 dB 256556670 0 0 25 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 26 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 27 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 28 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 29 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 30 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 31 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 32 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 0 0 <tabindex=-1>Upstream Bonded Channels Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power 1 Locked ATDMA 1 35800000 Hz 43.8 dBmV 2 Locked ATDMA 2 29400000 Hz 43.3 dBmV 3 Locked ATDMA 3 23000000 Hz 42.5 dBmV 4 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 5 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 6 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 7 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 8 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV <tabindex=-1>Downstream OFDM Channels Channel Lock Status Modulation / Profile ID Channel ID Frequency Power SNR / MER Active Subcarrier Number Range Unerrored Codewords Correctable Codewords Uncorrectable Codewords 1 Locked 0, 1 25 708000000 Hz 4.2 dBmV 36.0 dB 1108 ~ 2987 26207888 18164935 0 2 Not Locked 0 0 0 Hz 2.0 dBmV 0.0 dB 0 ~ 4095 0 0 0 <tabindex=-1>Upstream OFDMA Channels Channel Lock Status Modulation / Profile ID Channel ID Frequency Power 1 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0 dBmV 2 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 Hz 0 dBmV Hardware Version 2.02 Firmware Version V3.01.04 Cable Modem Serial Number Removed CM certificate Installed CM MAC b0:b9:8a:af:7e:28
- lambs4evaAspirantSo I just got the modem; and it doesn’t seem to be working everytime it gets close to being finished (no blinking) it starts all over again, it’s been doing this for the past half hour.
- DarrenMSr. NETGEAR Moderator
I would contact your ISP make sure the modem is added and provisioned correctly in there system.
DarrenM