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Dalton
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5 years ago

Constant T3 Time-out

For the greater part of the almost 2 years since I have had Cox as my ISP, I have been plagued with what seems like a limitless amount of T3 time-outs on my network. According to the logs (As far as I can see) there has been a reported 67 "Critical" T3 time-outs in the past 2 days. I have had a technician out in the past concerning the issue, and he could only tell me that their was nothing they could do to diagnose the problem unless the T3 time-out were to happen while he was monitoring the modem.

Some additional information concerning my experience when these T3 time-outs happens. When they do occur, it seems that my downstream continues to work until the time-out causes my modem to reset itself after trying to reconnect (and failing) to the upstream. An example being, that during voice chats, the people I am talking to will not be able to hear me, but I am able to hear them. Included is my modems most recent logs as well as the modems status information.


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 30 957000000 Hz -2.7 dBmV 39.5 dB 1364 770
2 Locked QAM256 9 831000000 Hz -1.3 dBmV 39.9 dB 1754 988
3 Locked QAM256 10 837000000 Hz -1.4 dBmV 39.9 dB 1758 1335
4 Locked QAM256 11 843000000 Hz -1.5 dBmV 39.2 dB 1482 987
5 Locked QAM256 12 849000000 Hz -1.8 dBmV 39.8 dB 1720 1027
6 Locked QAM256 13 855000000 Hz -2.3 dBmV 39.6 dB 1694 1001
7 Locked QAM256 14 861000000 Hz -2.3 dBmV 39.6 dB 1554 940
8 Locked QAM256 15 867000000 Hz -2.2 dBmV 39.7 dB 1483 821
9 Locked QAM256 16 873000000 Hz -2.2 dBmV 39.7 dB 1845 893
10 Locked QAM256 25 927000000 Hz -2.3 dBmV 39.7 dB 1355 904
11 Locked QAM256 26 933000000 Hz -2.6 dBmV 39.7 dB 1588 827
12 Locked QAM256 27 939000000 Hz -2.6 dBmV 39.7 dB 1485 665
13 Locked QAM256 28 945000000 Hz -2.3 dBmV 39.7 dB 1344 821
14 Locked QAM256 29 951000000 Hz -2.5 dBmV 39.7 dB 1056 786
15 Locked QAM256 31 963000000 Hz -2.9 dBmV 39.5 dB 1182 744
16 Locked QAM256 32 969000000 Hz -2.8 dBmV 39.6 dB 1182 1044

Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power
1 Locked ATDMA 4 5120 Ksym/sec 38600000 Hz 38.5 dBmV
2 Locked ATDMA 1 5120 Ksym/sec 19300000 Hz 39.5 dBmV
3 Locked ATDMA 2 5120 Ksym/sec 25800000 Hz 39.0 dBmV
4 Locked ATDMA 3 5120 Ksym/sec 32200000 Hz 38.0 dBmV

Tue Jan 07 01:17:17 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:17 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:19 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:20 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:21 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:22 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:23 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:24 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:25 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:26 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:27 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:28 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:29 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:33 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:34 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:35 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:36 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:37 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:38 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:39 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:40 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:41 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:42 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:43 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:44 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:46 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:47 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:48 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:49 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:17:53 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:18:13 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:18:33 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:18:33 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;
Tue Jan 07 01:18:33 2020 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 1;
Tue Jan 07 01:18:53 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:19:13 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:19:13 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;
Tue Jan 07 01:19:13 2020 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 3;
Tue Jan 07 01:19:31 2020 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:19:47 2020 Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:19:57 2020 Critical (3) No Maintenance Broadcasts for Ranging opportunities received - T2 time-out;
Tue Jan 07 01:20:02 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;
Tue Jan 07 01:20:33 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:20:34 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Tue Jan 07 01:34:52 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:42:32 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:42:32 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;
Tue Jan 07 01:42:32 2020 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 1;
Tue Jan 07 01:42:51 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 01:42:51 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;
Tue Jan 07 01:42:51 2020 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 2
Tue Jan 07 02:10:01 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 02:12:11 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Time Not Established Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;
Tue Jan 07 02:21:08 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 02:23:18 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Time Not Established Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;
Tue Jan 07 04:00:27 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 04:02:37 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 04:21:37 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 09:34:04 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 09:36:14 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Tue Jan 07 09:49:40 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 09:49:40 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Maintenance Ranging attempted - No response - Retries exhausted;
Tue Jan 07 09:49:40 2020 Critical (3) 16 consecutive T3 timeouts while trying to range on upstream channel 3;
Tue Jan 07 09:49:52 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 09:49:52 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;
Tue Jan 07 09:52:02 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Tue Jan 07 09:53:46 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Tue Jan 07 09:55:56 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Tue Jan 07 18:02:31 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 00:27:25 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 00:29:35 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;
Time Not Established Notice (6) Honoring MDD; IP provisioning mode = IPv4
Time Not Established Warning (5) DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response ;
Time Not Established Warning (5) ToD request sent - No Response received;
Time Not Established Warning (5) ToD request sent - No Response received;
Time Not Established Notice (6) TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;
Wed Jan 08 00:38:37 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 04:02:04 2020 Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - Re-initializing MAC;
Wed Jan 08 04:02:04 2020 Notice (6) Rng Rsp Abort Status - Reinitialize MAC...
Wed Jan 08 04:02:16 2020 Notice (6) Honoring MDD; IP provisioning mode = IPv4
Wed Jan 08 04:02:25 2020 Warning (5) DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response ;
Wed Jan 08 04:02:25 2020 Warning (5) ToD request sent - No Response received;
Wed Jan 08 04:02:24 2020 Notice (6) TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;
Wed Jan 08 04:02:32 2020 Warning (5) Unicast DSID PSN startup error
Wed Jan 08 09:25:42 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 09:25:43 2020 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Wed Jan 08 09:49:22 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 09:49:24 2020 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Wed Jan 08 09:49:26 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 09:49:36 2020 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Wed Jan 08 18:42:00 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 18:42:01 2020 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Wed Jan 08 19:14:16 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out
Wed Jan 08 19:14:18 2020 Warning (5) Dynamic Range Window violation
Thu Jan 09 05:24:18 2020 Critical (3) No Response received - T3 time-out

  • @Dalton, Do you have any splitters or signal amps on the cable line going to the modem? If so, please try and bypass them and see if there is any change. If not, please send us an email with your full name, address, and a link to this thread to cox.help@cox.com. -Allan, Cox Support Forums Moderator.