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preops72
New Contributor III
2 years ago

Unreliable Connectivity & Upload Speeds

The internet at my home has been an ongoing issue for nearly 2 years now, but became 10x worse in the last 2 weeks with no changes to anything.

I have tried 3 different routers, 2 different modems, upgraded to CAT8 cables and essential exhausted all options and troubleshooting on my end.

I've paid out of pocket to have a Cox Technician come out and run a direct line to my room in hopes it would resolve the issue, no luck, perhaps worse even.

Today I reached out via chat to a technical support representative and the tech rebooted the modem and believed the issue to be resolved, I knew this would not but did not have any way of getting this tech to escalate my issue. Moments after we ended our technical chat the upload speeds did a dip back to 0 so as I had suspected the issue indeed was not resolved.

For a casual internet user it would only be a slight inconvenient. But I am an avid user that is trying to use a constant 10-20mbps upload for livestreaming, and video upload.

The current devices I have installed at our home are
Modem: ARRIS SURFboard SB8200 DOCSIS 3.1 - Link: https://a.co/d/1iOPeB1 
Router: NETGEAR Nighthawk Pro Gaming WiFi 6 Router (XR1000) 6-Stream AX5400 - Link: https://a.co/d/3gflkNn

I've also got a few sets of pingplotter results here

Link: https://imgur.com/jzAHLWK 
Link: https://imgur.com/yZA3Jhb 
Link: https://imgur.com/CiUTJ0C 
Link: https://imgur.com/UbpTss7 

If there's anything else I can provide to help resolve this please let me know and I'll do my best to gather any/all information needed.

bad service
connection issues
packet loss
upload speed
  • WiderMouthOpen's avatar
    WiderMouthOpen
    Esteemed Contributor
    2 years ago

    Can you post your signal levels from 192.168.100.1? See here for more info. Also, check your logs around the time of the disconnects. Do you see any T3 or T4 errors? If you post the logs, make sure to edit out your MAC address.

    • WiderMouthOpen's avatar
      WiderMouthOpen
      Esteemed Contributor
      2 years ago

      While most of the packet loss is at hop 2, which is between modem and Cox, some of the pingplotter shows packet loss happening at the router itself. It could just be how your router is handling ICMP packets. Have you tried bypassing the router and connecting direct to the modem and tried streaming then?

      • preops72's avatar
        preops72
        New Contributor III
        2 years ago

        I have not but certainly can try and test it! 

        Though mind you these same issues have been occurring on these other 2 routers that I tried using to resolve the issue before the one I now have.

        Router 2: IQrouter – IQRV3 - Link: https://a.co/d/fLycbpf 

        Router 3: TP-Link AC5400 Tri Band WiFi Gaming Router(Archer C5400X) - Link: https://a.co/d/2g0qmUx