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Packet Loss and Latency Spikes

This is not the first time this is happened (it happens periodically), but I am having issues with packet loss and disconnects between my modem and the ISP (hop 2). They are intermittent and very annoying. I pay $75 a month for fast internet, and I am the only person who uses it, yet I have constant problems. I had these issues with the old Cox-issed Cisco modem and my current Surfboard SB6183. Same issues with three different routers as well (Apple AirPort Extreme, Netgear Nighthawk X6, Linksys WRT1900AC). It has to be on Cox's end, but I get zero help when I call in and talk to support. They always ask me stupid questions (have you reset the modem, have you checked your router, have you tried connecting directly to the modem via ethernet, etc.) and say everything looks fine on their end. I had a tech out last month and he pulled a filter/splitter off and replaced it and said things were fixed. I was at work when he came and my housemate said that he was here for about 10 minutes. Below is a screenshot of Pingplotter, the status page of my modem, and the event log of my modem.

 http://i.imgur.com/1Gnp1a5.png

Startup Procedure
Procedure Status Comment
Acquire Downstream Channel   Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK Operational
Configuration File OK
Security Enabled BPI+
DOCSIS Network Access Enabled Allowed

Downstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR Corrected Uncorrectables
1 Locked QAM256 73 813000000 Hz 8.7 dBmV 40.2 dB 9 65
2 Locked QAM256 74 819000000 Hz 9.1 dBmV 40.3 dB 23 48
3 Locked QAM256 75 825000000 Hz 8.9 dBmV 40.3 dB 17 56
4 Locked QAM256 76 831000000 Hz 9.1 dBmV 40.2 dB 43 133
5 Locked QAM256 77 837000000 Hz 9.4 dBmV 40.3 dB 15 84
6 Locked QAM256 78 843000000 Hz 9.8 dBmV 40.1 dB 11 67
7 Locked QAM256 79 849000000 Hz 9.7 dBmV 40.5 dB 13 60
8 Locked QAM256 80 855000000 Hz 9.6 dBmV 40.3 dB 18 69
9 Locked QAM256 89 909000000 Hz 8.8 dBmV 40.3 dB 15 55
10 Locked QAM256 90 915000000 Hz 8.7 dBmV 40.3 dB 38 61
11 Locked QAM256 91 921000000 Hz 8.7 dBmV 40.3 dB 24 98
12 Locked QAM256 92 927000000 Hz 9.2 dBmV 40.5 dB 38 31
13 Locked QAM256 93 933000000 Hz 8.8 dBmV 40.3 dB 22 81
14 Locked QAM256 94 939000000 Hz 8.2 dBmV 40.1 dB 49 107
15 Locked QAM256 95 945000000 Hz 7.7 dBmV 39.9 dB 18 57
16 Locked QAM256 96 951000000 Hz 8.2 dBmV 40.0 dB 12 69

Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power
1 Locked ATDMA 4 5120 Ksym/sec 37300000 Hz 36.9 dBmV
2 Locked ATDMA 1 2560 Ksym/sec 19400000 Hz 34.8 dBmV
3 Locked ATDMA 2 5120 Ksym/sec 24300000 Hz 35.3 dBmV
4 Locked ATDMA 3 5120 Ksym/sec 30800000 Hz 36.0 dBmV



Current System Time: Mon Jan 02 20:18:17 2017

 

TimePriorityDescription
Mon Jan 02 20:02:24 2017 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Mon Jan 02 19:45:13 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Mon Jan 02 19:44:45 2017 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Mon Jan 02 19:44:44 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Mon Jan 02 19:43:15 2017 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Mon Jan 02 19:40:31 2017 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Mon Jan 02 19:39:48 2017 Notice (6) TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Warning (5) DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response ;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Notice (6) Honoring MDD; IP provisioning mode = IPv4
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Maintenance Broadcasts for Ranging opportunities received - T2 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Mon Jan 02 19:38:47 2017 Critical (3) Resetting the cable modem due to docsDevResetNow
Mon Jan 02 19:14:32 2017 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Mon Jan 02 14:49:12 2017 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Sun Jan 01 12:18:24 2017 Critical (3) Resetting the cable modem due to docsDevResetNow
Sun Jan 01 12:06:25 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 10:18:08 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 10:18:04 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 07:45:18 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 04:12:00 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 02:49:36 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 02:49:26 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 01:04:25 2017 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Jan 01 00:34:59 2017 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 22:08:29 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 21:16:38 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 21:16:10 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 19:37:00 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 19:36:57 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 19:36:44 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 19:29:30 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 19:21:46 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 19:04:05 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 18:26:28 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 17:06:43 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 14:38:58 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 10:22:19 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 10:20:20 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 31 09:14:17 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 20:11:54 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 19:32:03 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 19:31:47 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 14:19:22 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 12:53:38 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 12:32:27 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 12:06:47 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 11:44:52 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 11:16:42 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 09:43:45 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Dec 30 08:47:55 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 23:01:39 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 17:40:27 2016 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 0;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 17:40:27 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 17:40:27 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 17:37:28 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 15:10:05 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 15:09:58 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 13:05:10 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 13:04:38 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 12:16:33 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 10:44:07 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 04:02:33 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 02:35:07 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 02:34:58 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 02:34:46 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 01:28:56 2016 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 0;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 01:28:56 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Dec 29 01:28:56 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 20:58:38 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 14:04:29 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 12:26:04 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 12:25:50 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 10:26:12 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 10:24:58 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 10:23:40 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 10:23:38 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 10:23:36 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Wed Dec 28 10:18:33 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Tue Dec 27 18:29:10 2016 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Tue Dec 27 18:27:38 2016 Critical (3) Resetting the cable modem due to docsDevResetNow
Tue Dec 27 14:13:19 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Tue Dec 27 14:06:05 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Tue Dec 27 13:57:24 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Tue Dec 27 12:15:27 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Tue Dec 27 11:34:07 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Tue Dec 27 09:26:31 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Mon Dec 26 17:42:40 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Mon Dec 26 04:52:59 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Mon Dec 26 04:52:45 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 14:20:37 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 13:40:15 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 09:58:00 2016 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 0;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 09:58:00 2016 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 09:58:00 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 09:39:19 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 04:37:19 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sun Dec 25 00:05:00 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 24 14:36:22 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Sat Dec 24 09:44:20 2016 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=74:ea:e8:f0:7b:4d;CMTS-MAC=00:21:a0:fb:6a:74;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;

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their tech's first off speak really bad English. Don't list to the customer. Mostly all they can say is we will reset the modem. even the second tier isn't that well informed. We have been a customer for 15 yrs (internet) and I'm a computer programmer (retired) I know more about their setup them most of them, so don't expect much help for anything out of the ordinary. the ones they send out are independent contracters in (most) cases and some are absolutely terrific. I seems here in Glendale/Peoria AZ area every time we get an outage or maintence the latency/packet loss make online games unplayable. Modem reset and router reset has no effect but a day or 3 later the system is almost acceptable for gamming again. We my wife and I are waiting for Century--Link to get up to speed in our area and we'll switch in a heartbeat. If cox can't hire some people that know their oops that know networks. they will not always have a high speed monolopy.

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Thanks for the update, Thehollowaytape! Let us know if you notice further issues.

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Hi Becky,

Service tech came today and checked everything out with no reported problems.  They replaced the modem and recommended replacing the wireless router (originally provided by Cox a year ago).

After they left, I was still having issues so I tried direct linking my computer to the modem.  I have run for about an hour now with zero latency spikes...

New router is ordered and on the way!

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Hi Mkb914,

I'm glad you were able to pinpoint the source of the problem. Thanks for posting an update! I'm sure the new router will make a big difference.

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I had a similar issue.

Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out:  I was getting this same message on my cable modem.  After hours of complaints and a few phone calls and chat sessions, Cox finally put out a outage notification.  It was a problem on their end...not the modem or the router.  I almost went out and bought a modem when they finally admitted to the problem.  That was yesterday.  Now today...about 30 minutes ago...I lost connectivity again.

No worries...getting a secondary ISP to see if they are better.  This is not the first time I have had problems, but certainly I have decided not to wait for them to fix the problems because it seems like they don't even know what to do.

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T3 errors are usually caused by a problem with the upstream signal(US) to noise ratio (SNR). This can be caused by local wiring issues, issues on the lines on the poles, or a issue at the plant where the signal starts. So it can be a sign of a outage, but not everyone getting T3's are in a outage. You may be having the same symptoms as OP, but unless they are also in AZ, it is probably not directly related. 

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@Becky @ChrisL

The issues have not been rectified. I thought it might be my Arris SB6183, so I bought a TP-Link TC-7620 and I'm having the same issues: more T3 time-outs. The "technician" that came out on Sunday (subcontractor, not in a Cox truck) had no idea what a time-out even was. He said "my modem shows critical so it's probably a problem with the modem." Well, this is the third modem that I've had these issues with since last September when I bought the Arris, one being a Cox-issued Cisco.

What do I need to do to get this resolved? Everything I read about T3 time-outs is pointing to an issue with signal noise on one or more of the upstream channels. It seems the modems are having issues talking back to the CMTS, and ramp up the upstream power levels trying to compensate (akin to talking louder into a phone) until the power level gets so high that the modem drops packets due to power levels being out of range (too high). The cause seems to be an issue with wiring somewhere outside of my house. It could even be one of my neighbors that has old wiring or a bad splitter or something causing issues for everyone in the neighborhood. Some of the houses in my neighborhood are from the 60s. Once again, the worst part about these issues is that they are intermittent and sometimes happen for hours on end and sometimes can go 6 or 8 hours with no issue. Either way, the time-outs are not normal and something is causing noise in the return path to the CMTS that my modems have not been able to overcome.

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We can have our Maintenance team come out and do some further investigating. We'd have to schedule a tech appointment to do some troubleshooting to share what they find with our Maintenance team.

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