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T3 and T4 Timeouts

Our internet has been disconnecting for about 5-10 minutes almost every day. Also, the internet gets very slow multiple times, but does not go out. Here is the modem log. I blocked out the MAC addresses.

 Sat Sep 05 14:43:24 2015    Notice (6)   TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Sat Sep 05 14:43:06 2015    Warning (5)   DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response ;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Sat Sep 05 14:42:41 2015    Critical (3)   SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Sat Sep 05 14:42:35 2015    Notice (6)   T4 No Station Maint Timeout - Reinitialize MAC... 
 Sat Sep 05 14:42:35 2015    Critical (3)   Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Sat Sep 05 14:42:31 2015    Critical (3)   Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Sat Sep 05 14:38:02 2015    Critical (3)   Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Sat Sep 05 07:35:24 2015    Error (4)   DHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response v4 option;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 19:36:09 2015    Critical (3)   Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 19:35:26 2015    Notice (6)   TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Time Not Established   Warning (5)   DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response ;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 16:50:26 2015    Critical (3)   Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 16:50:02 2015    Critical (3)   Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx2;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 16:49:59 2015    Critical (3)   No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out  
 Thu Sep 03 16:49:45 2015    Critical (3)   Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 16:45:24 2015    Critical (3)   Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 08:16:12 2015    Critical (3)   SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to receive MAC SYNC frame within time-out period;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 08:16:09 2015    Critical (3)   SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 
 Thu Sep 03 01:34:18 2015    Critical (3)   SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to receive MAC SYNC frame within time-out period;CM-MAC=xx;CMTS-MAC=xx;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; 

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Yea, those are some serious errors. What are your signal levels? Almost looks like your downstream SNR is low or sometimes not broadcasting at all.

Also, can you describe the general layout of the cable wiring between the pole and your modem? Splitters? Amps? Etc

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Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR Correctables Uncorrectables
1 Locked QAM256 49 813000000 Hz 10.2 dBmV 34.4 dB 10507 0
2 Locked QAM256 50 819000000 Hz 10.4 dBmV 34.4 dB 11627 219
3 Locked QAM256 51 825000000 Hz 10.2 dBmV 34.3 dB 21557 134
4 Locked QAM256 52 831000000 Hz 9.9 dBmV 34.3 dB 31886 0
5 Locked QAM256 57 861000000 Hz 8.5 dBmV 30.8 dB 78124 0
6 Locked QAM256 58 867000000 Hz 8.9 dBmV 30.8 dB 88993 0
7 Locked QAM256 59 873000000 Hz 9.2 dBmV 30.8 dB 116581 0
8 Locked QAM256 60 879000000 Hz 9.7 dBmV 30.7 dB 116422 0

Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power
1 Locked TDMA and ATDMA 4 2560 Ksym/sec 18896000 Hz 35.5 dBmV
2 Locked ATDMA 1 2560 Ksym/sec 37104000 Hz 35.5 dBmV
3 Locked ATDMA 2 5120 Ksym/sec 30704000 Hz 35.5 dBmV
4 Locked ATDMA 3 5120 Ksym/sec 23696000 Hz 35.5 dBmV

There are no splitters or amps.

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Yup, looks like I was right. Your downstream SNR (clarity) looks very low even though the signal strength is high. Should be above 36. That tells me something is interfering with the signal. You sure you don't have a signal amplifier? Perhaps a old one put in a long time ago, and some place out of sight? If that is the signal, give or take, from the street, then you need a technician. 

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I don't think there are any hidden amps because I got cox internet in May this year.

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Hello sylfin512,

We can certainly look into this issue for you. Please send us an email with your full address and cox pin to cox.help@cox.com so we can help resolve this issue for you.

Thanks,

Allan - Cox Social Media Support Specialist

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