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Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

Mattst
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N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

A few days ago I started losing my connection from my N450 CG3000Dv2 modem/router.  This occurs on both a hard-wired (gigabit) connection to the router and on other devices connected wirelessly.  I contacted Comcast support the first time this happened and they sent refresh signals to the router (which hasn't helped).  On the next call to Comcast, they said everything looked good on their end and that I'd need to contact Netgear.

 

Is there any diagnostic I can run locally in order to determine if the router itself is failing?  It's not quite 3 years old, but I've had routers before that dropped connections like this and I'm not sure if they lasted more than 3 years either.

 

thanks,

Matt

Model: N450 (CG3000Dv2)|N450 WiFi Cable Modem Router
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

Hello Mattst

 

You could post the logs when it happens you can find them in the settings under Maintenance and then event log. This may tell us what is happening.

 

DarrenM

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Mattst
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Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

Thanks.  Here's the log:

 

Time Priority Description
2017-01-12, 01:33:52.0 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
2017-01-12, 01:33:23.0 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
2017-01-12, 01:30:34.0 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
2017-01-12, 01:25:45.0 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
2017-01-12, 01:23:42.0 Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
2017-01-12, 01:21:55.0 Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
2017-01-12, 01:21:49.0 Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
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=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=my:ff:ff:ff:ff:my;CMTS-MAC=00:01:02:02:03:03;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Notice (6) WiFi Interface [wl0] set to Channel 3 (Side-Band Channel:N/A) - Reason:INIT

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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

Hello Mattst

 

Those T3 timeouts typically mean its a signal issue on your lines so you might need your ISP tech to come out and check everything out. I linked a article on what the timeouts mean below.

 

https://volpefirm.com/docsis_timout_descriptions/

 

DarrenM

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Mattst
Aspirant

Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

Thanks I will see what they say.

 

Just curious - do you know why all those entries are logged without a timestamp (using "Time Not Established" instead)?  I would have thought the router would have its own internal time that could be used in the log.

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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

Hello Mattst

 

Typically the modem will get its Time info from the CMTS of the ISP so with those timeouts it is having issuse talking to that server.

 

DarrenM

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Mattst
Aspirant

Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

I noticed today when the router/modem cut out again that the Power LED was blinking red (which the manual says means "The modem router is performing a self-test or the thermal cutoff circuit has been triggered.").  Is a self-test related to the log entries above, or is my device overheating?  

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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

Re: N450 CG3000Dv2 dropping wired and wireless connection repeatedly

Hard to tell but that sounds like a different issue than the T3 timeouts I would make sure its not getting to hot do not have things stacked on top of the modem.

 

DarrenM

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