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Sunday, July 26th, 2015 11:00 AM

Slow Speed Help. (MDD Loss?)

This started yesterday.  It's like my connection keeps dropping

My modem (SB6141) started restting itself over and over.  After about an hour, it finally stayed on.

Since them, my download speed has been fluctuating.

 

It works fine for a little bit, and then it drops to hardly anything.

I have 50 down, 10 up.

Upload speed is always fine, it has no problem, it appears to only be download speed.

When working, download is about 43-44 (Not 50 like I'm supposed to get.)

When failing, the test either won't run, or it tells me 3-4 down.

 

I found the log page for my modem and I keep seeing this:

Jul 26 2015 10:36:456-NoticeN/AMDD Recovery following MDD Loss;CM-MAC=a4:7a:a4:7c:97:96;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:63:92:4b;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Jul 26 2015 10:36:435-WarningT202.0Lost MDD Timeout;CM-MAC=a4:7a:a4:7c:97:96;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:63:92:4b;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Jul 26 2015 10:36:435-WarningN/ADS Partial Service Fallback: MDD Lost-> CM in DOCSIS 3.0 Recovery Mode ;CM-MAC=a4:7a:a4:7c:97:96;CMTS-MAC=00:01:5c:63:92:4b;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;

 

This repeats over and over. The same 3 messages each time it happens.

 

Does anyone have an idea of what is going on?  What do I need to do to get this fixed?

 

Thanks.

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9 years ago

Hello JeffW and welcome,

 

Your SB6141 Customer Owned Modem (COM) is supported by Comcast for functional operation of your Internet Service. If you can log into your COM and post a display of the upstream, downstrean, SNR signaling parameters, this would be helpful for further community forum diagnosis.  

 

I also recommend that you contact 800-391-3000, use technical high speed internet option, and request the technical agent to verify that your boot file is reflecting your correct modem type, bandwidth, and other health check signaling parameters are all within specification.  

 

If all of the above is in proper operational integrity, then you will need to contact the manufacturer about the internal COM hardware and firmware operational integrity.

 

Hope thisi helps you out.  

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9 years ago

Thanks!

 

Here is the Signal page:

 

Downstream Bonding Channel Value

Channel ID
Frequency555000000 Hz 561000000 Hz 567000000 Hz 573000000 Hz 585000000 Hz 
Signal to Noise Ratio37 dB 32 dB 35 dB 37 dB 35 dB 
Downstream ModulationQAM256 QAM256 QAM256 QAM256 QAM256 
Power Level
The Downstream Power Level reading is a snapshot taken at the time this page was requested. Please Reload/Refresh this Page for a new reading
-1 dBmV  -1 dBmV  -1 dBmV  -1 dBmV  -2 dBmV  

 

Upstream Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID41 42 43 44 
Frequency36500000 Hz 30100000 Hz 23700000 Hz 17300000 Hz 
Ranging Service ID9197 9197 9197 9197 
Symbol Rate5.120 Msym/sec 5.120 Msym/sec 5.120 Msym/sec 2.560 Msym/sec 
Power Level54 dBmV 54 dBmV 54 dBmV 53 dBmV 
Upstream Modulation[3] QPSK
[3] 64QAM
 
[3] QPSK
[3] 64QAM
 
[3] QPSK
[3] 64QAM
 
[3] QPSK
[3] 64QAM
 
Ranging StatusSuccess Success Success Success 

 

Signal Stats (Codewords) Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID
Total Unerrored Codewords3088627603 3087891888 3087926725 3087934812 3086405743 
Total Correctable Codewords3333 28709 4306 3808 1445491 
Total Uncorrectable Codewords4196 7030 5685 6276 70894 

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9 years ago

It appears to me that your upstream power level @ 53 - 54 dBmv is too far out of specification. This is the root casue as to why your COM is constantly rebooting. Contact Comcast as I indicated and have them get a technician out to your business to fix this signaling by removing splitters, replacing coax conntectors that are deteriorated, etc.  Just tell them that your upstream power level is at 54 and out of spec. This shold get you back up and running on a consistent basis.