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Cable modem continually resetting

I have a fairly new (1-2 years old) Motorola SB6141 cable modem. Over the past several months but occurring rather frequently, it completely shuts down and reboots. I've had Cox out to check the lines into the house and they claim all is good. I see that Cox is now recommending the SB6183. Have there been issues with this older version as opposed to the new model? I'm a Preferred user and am getting quite frustrated with the continual resets. FYI here are some of the error messages from the Modem log from today as well as earlier....Any help or feedback would be appreciated!! Aug 18 2015 09:39:16 3-Critical R02.0 No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:39:16 3-Critical R07.0 Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - initializing MAC;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:39:01 3-Critical R02.0 No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:39:01 3-Critical R07.0 Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - initializing MAC;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:38:46 3-Critical R02.0 No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:38:46 3-Critical R07.0 Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - initializing MAC;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:38:31 3-Critical R02.0 No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:38:31 3-Critical R07.0 Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - initializing MAC;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 18 2015 09:12:10 6-Notice I401.0 TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 14 2015 08:47:31 3-Critical I02.0 REG RSP not received;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 14 2015 08:47:31 4-Error I271.0 T6 Timeout and retries exceeded;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 14 2015 08:47:30 3-Critical I251.3 Registration RSP rejected unspecified reason;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 14 2015 08:47:30 3-Critical I251.4 Registration RSP rejected message syntax error;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 14 2015 08:47:30 6-Notice I401.0 TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 14 2015 08:47:30 5-Warning Z00.0 MIMO Event MIMO: Stored MIMO=-1 post cfg file MIMO=-1;CM-MAC=e8:6d:52:70:43:b5;CMTS-MAC=00:1b:d5:fe:7c:62;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;

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@Drach

I tried checking the modem from here however at this time the logs are blank.  Beyond that all I'm seeing is some indications of a possible power problem.  Do you have it connected to a surge strip of some kind with a lot of other devices?  Would it be possible to try connecting the modem to a different power source?

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Chris....After I sent this I did a factory reset so that erased the data however after rebooting it reset yet once again so you can look and see what's transpired. I just now took the unit off the plug strip and will try a direct connect to the wall plug to see if there's any improvement.

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@Drach

Thanks, from here the logs are looking pretty good and I'm not seeing indications of the power issue that I was earlier.  The only other thing that stands out as a possible performance issue at this point might be a router issue.  I'm seeing indications from this end that the router might not be suitable for the speed of service you're subscribed to.

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Chris....so far moving the SB6141 off the plug strip and direct to the wall plug seems to have solved the reboot issues. This info should be included in the FAQ section for Cox's internet support. Never knew this could be an issue. Regarding the router it's a Linksys E2500 (Version 1) and should be able to handle the higher speeds. I did note that WMM QOS was enabled so I'm testing with that disabled....it should make a difference. Are you aware if the newer versions perform better?

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@Drach

Power is a difficult issue to write a FAQ about, the symptoms aren't really unique enough to point to such a cause.   I suspect in your case the power strip is loaded near capacity in terms of how much power it's rated for leaving devices to compete with each other to meet their power demands.

The main issue with the router is it only seems to have 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports which means the actual throughput is typically lower than that.  You might benefit from testing your speeds with a gigabit Ethernet enabled PC directly to the modem.  If you see your full speeds in that configuration you might benefit from upgrading the router.

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So Chris...I tested both methods using Ookla and here are the results and yes there is a slight improvement. I'll run with this for now and look into newer units with gigabit Ethernet ports in the future. You've been a great help!! IE Speed test with router - Down - 93.95Mbps / Up - 12.13Mbp w/o router - Down - 116.55Mbps / Up - 12.13Mbp

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@Drach

It seems your router actually has enough processing power to get close to the limited of the Ethernet port speeds.  This is actually not a very common thing I see.  As close as your results are it's pretty much going to be up to you to determine if the cost to benefit ratio is there with regards to upgrading the router.  One other thing to consider is you'll need to upgrade when the next speed increase rolls around being that the router you have now is right at the limit for your current speed.

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Well Chris I guess it was just wishful thinking on my part. The move of the plug seemed to work for a day or two but now the router is continuing to reset again. Any thoughts for the next move? I haven't reset it so the logs should be available....similar to before.

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@Drach

Thanks, I looked again and I'm still seeing indications of much of the same stuff we addressed before.  I'm thinking a tech will probably need to come out and troubleshoot a signal or equipment problem.

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