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Upgraded to premier from preferred and no speed increase - have the 3.0 modem surfboard 6180

I have a Surfboard 6180  the 3.0 modem and yet with the upgrade to premier...no speed increase...I do see in a lot of the post that a flag needed to be set in a config file and have been on hold for the last hr.  I do see that posting here can help with it.  Can anyone help me?  ChrisL??

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11 years ago

Your in luck, the SB6180 is one of the few modems that can show you the config file. Should be under the "Help" menu I think, but might need to explore around. See here to access modems UI. Configuration file should be 160001_vm2.0_d.cfg but might be a little different for your area.

Is your modem bonding on downstream? Second light from top should be blue. Also, did you bypass your router and connect direct to modem to test speeds? Last, if all else fails, post your signal levels from the "Connect" menu from the modems UI.  

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11 years ago

Give it a try now and let me know if you still have problems.

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11 years ago

Nope still same speed no increase

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Startup Procedure
Procedure Status Comment
Acquire Downstream Channel 813000000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK Operational
Configuration File OK MC161001_vm2.0_d.cfg
Security Enabled BPI+

Downstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR Correctables Uncorrectables
1 Locked QAM256 13 813000000 Hz -7.4 dBmV 37.9 dB 156 0
2 Locked QAM256 14 819000000 Hz -8.1 dBmV 37.3 dB 224 0
3 Locked QAM256 15 825000000 Hz -7.9 dBmV 36.9 dB 241 0
4 Locked QAM256 16 831000000 Hz -8.4 dBmV 36.8 dB 333 0
5 Locked QAM256 21 861000000 Hz -10.0 dBmV 35.1 dB 720 0
6 Locked QAM256 22 867000000 Hz -10.5 dBmV 34.7 dB 682 0
7 Locked QAM256 23 873000000 Hz -10.1 dBmV 34.5 dB 892 0
8 Locked QAM256 24 879000000 Hz -11.1 dBmV 34.4 dB 883 0

Correctables Uncorrectables
156 0



Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power
1 Locked ATDMA 4 5120 Ksym/sec 37104000 Hz 45.0 dBmV
2 Locked TDMA and ATDMA 1 2560 Ksym/sec 18896000 Hz 45.0 dBmV
3 Locked ATDMA 2 5120 Ksym/sec 23696000 Hz 45.0 dBmV
4 Locked ATDMA 3 5120 Ksym/sec 30704000 Hz 45.0 dBmV

CM IP Address Duration Expires
10.0.228.228 D: 01 H: 00 M: 00 S: 00 Wed May 07 14:22:40 2014


Current System Time: Tue May 06 14:38:27 2014

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11 years ago

Your downstream power and SNR is a little on the low side, but should be enough for "close" to the Premier speed. What speed results are you getting? 

Config file "MC161001_vm2.0_d.cfg" looks good though. So you can rule that out at least.

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same as the preferred speed...no noticeable change at all

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the upload is MUCH faster...

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Im not asking if they were the same. I am asking for the actual results. Download speed, upload speed, latency, etc. Might give a clue on whats causing the issue. When you say "noticeable" how are you gauging that?

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This was before I upgraded...

5/6/2014 2:40 PM GMT

68.230.160.113     20.71 Mb/s 5.48 Mb/s 10 ms Atlanta, GA ~ 100 mi

This was after a few minutes ago.

5/6/2014 7:16 PM GMT 68.230.160.113     20.10 Mb/s 11.66 Mb/s 13 ms Atlanta, GA ~ 100 mi

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And this is after removing the router? Weird. Im not sure. The fact that the download stayed so simular makes me think their was some bottleneck prior thats still in place, but I can't think of what it might be. I guess it could just be your low signal, but Im not sure. Anyone else have any ideas?

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