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DBoss
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5 years ago

Packet loss for over 6 years

I've had packet loss issues on and off for the past 6 years. Every time it is a huge ordeal on my end with having multiple techs come to my house, diagnose nothing wrong, changing out all of my network equipment, and eventually getting someone who has access to the full logs solve my issue. This typically takes 3 weeks minimum. Today marks 1 month of dealing with this this time. I've called the FCC, the Mayor's office, my business reseller Cox rep since I resell Cox to dozens of local businesses and still they can't get this one residential issue resolved. When COVID started in March, I was having the same issue of dropped packets to my first hop (the node). This is an intermittent issue and I've told every tech I've worked with that. They still ignore me and close the ticket and I'm back to square one a day or week later when the issue returns. I will be on VOIP calls with clients, remoted into their servers, workstations, or network equipment and unable to accomplish the tasks they are paying me for because the packet loss starts and I drop connection to those systems. I now have a Cox rep that the Mayor called for me. He stated he would be sending a troubleshooting specialist to help diagnose the issue. They sent a Tier 1 tech that installs internet. This tech found 0.4% packet loss but they don't do anything below 1% packet loss so another closed ticket. If it were just 0.4% packet loss all the time I would not be dropping calls or connections. I have screenshots of packet loss to the node going back months, and the recent issue coming back a little over a month ago has screen shots at least every other day. I understand issues can be hard to diagnose. When I'm having those issues I place monitors and my best guys on them so I know it will be resolved. I do not just close a ticket. When I'm working with someone in the industry that knows something about networks/tech, I gather as much detail as they can give me, including logs, screenshots, troubleshooting they have already attempted, ect. I have all these things and have offered them to both the field techs and account reps but none want this info. This info has timestamps with examples of the packet loss to the first hop. I have screenshots of the modem event log for the entire month. I do not understand how such a large company can't triage a simple household issue properly when I run a tech business that has a fraction of their Gross revenue and can resolve internal networking issues in less time. Even if I couldn't I would be doing everything in my power to get them a stable connection. Instead I have cox charging me full price with no end in sight of this nightmare.

Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire FEC framing;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire FEC framing;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing;;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Oct 15 09:59:52 2020 Critical (3) Resetting the cable modem due to docsDevResetNow
Thu Oct 15 10:01:45 2020 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Maintenance Broadcasts for Ranging opportunities received - T2 time-out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Maintenance Broadcasts for Ranging opportunities received - T2 time-out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Critical (3) No Ranging Response received - T3 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 ;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Time Not Established Warning (5) ToD request sent - No Response received;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.0;CM-VER=3.0;
Thu Oct 22 17:15:37 2020 Notice (6) TLV-11 - unrecognized OID;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
Fri Oct 23 09:45:06 2020 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;
  • DBoss's avatar
    DBoss
    New Contributor II

    Another tech came out today and still I have 35% packet loss tonight. My company is a Cox cable reseller. I have called the rep. I have called the mayor. I have called the FCC. Nothing will get Cox to solve the problem.

  • J05iah's avatar
    J05iah
    New Contributor II

    Have you done a traceroute? The last two days have been horrible. My internet is basically unusable due to packet loss:

    • DBoss's avatar
      DBoss
      New Contributor II

      Read my messages to Ryan. Since I am dropping packets to my first hop, there is no reason to do a traceroute. This would look like packet loss to ip72-210-60-1.ph.ph.cox.net in your screenshot. If I'm dropping packets to the first hop, then it's not even getting to the plant, much less the major hub in Dallas/FTW

    • ryanncv's avatar
      ryanncv
      New Contributor

      I'm also experiencing major packet loss for any traffic that is routed through "Phoenix1.Level3.net" as shown in your screenshot. There are a handful of sites that basically won't load or are simply unusable due to the packet loss/slow speeds. This is definitely not an issue specific to my modem or router, as it happens on both the residential connection at my house AND an entirely separate Cox Business connection at my office 3 miles away. I have tried several different computers, bypassed all routers and switches, and rebooted modems. 100% an issue with Cox and/or Level 3.

      I manage a web site that is hosted on WebHostingHub.com and I can't even access that site without switching over to a VPN or using my cellular connection. Extremely frustrating. I opened a support ticket with Cox over the phone yesterday but still haven't seen any improvement.

      • DBoss's avatar
        DBoss
        New Contributor II

        Considering I am pinging my first hop and dropping packets, there is no reason I need to do a traceroute to the hops further up the chain.

  • @DBoss. Those T3 errors are definitely a concern. Are there any signal amps or splitters on the cable line going to the modem? -Allan, Cox Support Forums Moderator.
    • DBoss's avatar
      DBoss
      New Contributor II

      There are no splitters inside the home, just a single coax cable coming out of the wall and going directly into the modem. The tech that came out on Monday tested the connection from the box directly on the other side of the wall from the modem.