Intermittent internet quality and upstream issues
Hello, I am trying this venue as a last resort to getting a substantial answer to my Cox Internet service challenges. Cox Internet Premiere (grandfathered) 150Mbps\10Mbps Intermittently, internet quality drops from well above 150 Mbps/ 10Mbps to something far less. The primary issue I have is the diminished upstream and huge packet loss that occurs each time. At worst, the upstream drops to 0.9 Mbps and I get packet loss in the 10-30% range. Of course this happens most often after business hours, though not at regular times/days through the week, and never when the techs have shown up. For almost two years I experienced exceptional internet service. Beginning February 14th,the intermittent issues began to occur. Over time I have narrowed the issue down to a degradation of service from/through the Cox. I replaced the modem 3 times, including one of the new Cox Panoramic modems from a Cox store. I simplified my home network to one PC (ethernet), one game console (ethernet), one laptop (wireless), and one cell phone (wireless). Wired devices are plugged straight into the modem/router. Arris SBG7580-AC with latest firmware. 3 tech visits, with the last one checking all the way out to the pole. There iscurrently an escalated support ticket that has been unassigned for over two weeks. I've been told by 4 different Tier 2 folks that they escalated the ticket and that I would hear back from someone within 24-72 hours. I am currently in the 4th iteration of that... no one has contacted me back yet. I have spent at least 40+ hours of my time trying to troubleshoot and work with Cox support to resolve this. Oh, and I have worked for 20+ years managing small business networks, so I'm not one of those 'techs that are not worth their salt' as one T2 tried to insinuate to me. What is going on? Is this situation being addressed? Is there anything I can do to help resolve this?Solved27KViews0likes7Comments
Upload Speeds drop in the Evening.
Been having some issues as of late. in the evening the upload speeds drop considerably. to the point where my sons can not game online on their ps4. bought a new modem and new router thinking it would solve the issue. then we upgraded to the ultimate package at 300/30. sometime around 7pm every night the upload speeds drop and come back around 10pm or so. all other times speeds seem to be fine. what could it be? have had a tech out and he changed all ends on the cables and signal tests were good at that point. issue still hasn't been resolved. requency start Value This field below allows you to modify the frequency the cable modem start with its scan during initialization and registration. Enter the new start frequency and restart the cable modem for it to take effect. Starting Frequency Startup Procedure Procedure Status Comment Acquire Downstream Channel 825000000 Hz Locked Connectivity State OK Operational Boot State OK Operational Security Enable BPI+ IP Provisioning Mode Honor MDD IPv4 only Downstream Bonded Channels Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR Correctables Uncorrectables 1 Locked QAM256 3 825000000 Hz 2.7 dBmV 38.0 dB 0 0 2 Locked QAM256 1 813000000 Hz 2.4 dBmV 37.8 dB 3 0 3 Locked QAM256 2 819000000 Hz 2.5 dBmV 37.9 dB 1 0 4 Locked QAM256 4 831000000 Hz 3.0 dBmV 38.1 dB 2 0 5 Locked QAM256 5 837000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 38.1 dB 4 0 6 Locked QAM256 6 843000000 Hz 3.8 dBmV 38.2 dB 1 0 7 Locked QAM256 7 849000000 Hz 4.1 dBmV 38.3 dB 3 0 8 Locked QAM256 8 855000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 38.2 dB 4 0 9 Locked QAM256 9 861000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 38.3 dB 4 0 10 Locked QAM256 10 867000000 Hz 4.9 dBmV 38.2 dB 3 0 11 Locked QAM256 11 873000000 Hz 5.0 dBmV 38.2 dB 1 0 12 Locked QAM256 12 879000000 Hz 5.2 dBmV 38.3 dB 2 0 13 Locked QAM256 13 885000000 Hz 5.2 dBmV 38.2 dB 3 0 14 Locked QAM256 14 891000000 Hz 5.0 dBmV 38.0 dB 5 0 15 Locked QAM256 15 897000000 Hz 4.8 dBmV 37.8 dB 7 0 16 Locked QAM256 16 903000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 37.6 dB 6 0 17 Locked QAM256 17 909000000 Hz 4.5 dBmV 38.3 dB 0 0 18 Locked QAM256 18 915000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 38.2 dB 0 0 19 Locked QAM256 19 921000000 Hz 4.1 dBmV 37.9 dB 0 0 20 Locked QAM256 20 927000000 Hz 4.0 dBmV 37.7 dB 0 0 21 Locked QAM256 21 933000000 Hz 3.7 dBmV 37.5 dB 0 0 22 Locked QAM256 22 939000000 Hz 3.4 dBmV 37.3 dB 0 0 23 Locked QAM256 23 945000000 Hz 3.2 dBmV 37.1 dB 0 0 24 Locked QAM256 24 951000000 Hz 3.0 dBmV 37.0 dB 0 0 Upstream Bonded Channels Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power 1 Locked ATDMA 2 5120 Ksym/sec 23300000 Hz 42.0 dBmV 2 Locked TDMA and ATDMA 1 2560 Ksym/sec 18400000 Hz 41.5 dBmV 3 Locked ATDMA 3 5120 Ksym/sec 29800000 Hz 44.5 dBmV 4 Locked ATDMA 4 5120 Ksym/sec 36300000 Hz 44.0 dBmV17KViews0likes62Comments
I am not getting the speeds I am paying for!
So as I mentioned in the title I am not getting the "108 Mbps and11 Mbps" that the cox speed test is showing. I have aMotorolasurfboard sbg6782-ac so I don't believe that the modem/router is the problem. You may wonder how I know I'm not getting the speed that I am PAYING for and that is because of this site testmy.net. It has manyexplanationsof whycertaininternet tests aren'tcompletelytrue. Secondly I have been trying to stream on Twitch.tv and the quality is based off of upload and computer hardware. When doing this you need to set a max bit rate setting which is based off of your upload, and if I were to go by what cox is saying, 10Mbps, I should be able to put that setting on the max. But guess what, I can't. It can only work when the setting is at 1000kb/s which means I am only getting about 1Mbps - 1.5Mbps. Also if you use the speed test that I posted above you will see that(might not be for all) your download is about half of what the cox speed test says. While yes there is somevariablesthat will make it so that you don't get 100% of what you pay, 50% seems a littleridiculous. So I am posting to see if others might have this problem and have found a solution or if cox will hopefully give me what I am paying for. Oh and I have hard wired to my router/modem.14KViews0likes15Comments
New Construction Install Request
How can I get someone out to my address to verify that the equipment in my yard is in fact a Cox pedestal so we can get service at our new home? I've been trying for weeks to get someone out here but everyone that I have spoken with acts dumbfounded. I was in the industry for 12 years in Kansas City and when someone had the same situation that I currently have, I would have a technician out at that address to look at it and 9 times out of 10 we had them built in the billing system and services installed in less than 24 hours. Since I've started this process, I have been forced to go with Dish (shame on you Cox) and we are using our phones as hotspots for connectivity.Solved11KViews0likes1CommentHigh Ping and Packet Loss in Gaming
In games such as CSGO, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, and PUBG, I have really high ping and packetloss. Sometimes the ping is great and the packet loss is bad, but other times the ping is horrible and so is packet loss. Sometimes my ping ranges from 10ms - 70ms. Othertimes it ranges from 60ms - 300ms. Packetloss sometimes ranges from 0% - 10%, but other times it ranges from 10% - 100%. Sometimes I can't even watch videos in 720p. I contacted the ISP once and they sent a technician out, but he said that nothing could be fixed. They swapped out for another modem and nothing. He said it can't be fixed, however I don't believe that because we shouldn't be having poor internet like this.11KViews1like1Comment"Enter network password" windows repeatedly popping up on Outlook email
I've had 3 minimum long chats with tech support and they've changed passwords, fiddled around, but in a nutshell I am still plagued constantly by these "enter network password" pop up windows. All PWs are entered correctly. Send/receive test works fine, all email addresses send/receive okay --- and then they don't! I have a Dell PC, Windows 8.1, MS Office 2013, I use Outlook 2013 for email. (Don't use webmail, just my PC.) Tech support has been hopeless in resolving this and I am tearing my hair out. Impossible to work with these darned pop-ups. Some days worse than others but no real rhyme or reason. One tech tried to tell me it might be because my McAfee security setting was high (it's set on medium level). I said, "and that would explain 6 pop up windows in 20 seconds?" No answer. I'm beyond disappointed in Cox. Twice, the tech support sessions left things worse rather than better. Has anyone had and resolved this problem? Thanks for any advice.11KViews0likes6Comments
Motorola Arris SBG6782 DOCSIS 3.0 Router Issues and sporadic disconnects of WIFI devices
I am starting this post in hopes that other Cox Customers will see it and also respond with their personal troubles with the SBG6782 DOCSIS router. I have seen numerous posts regarding connectivity problems with Cox personnel providing the same reply that the issue has to be the modem. I personally offered Cox to come to my home and set up a device to monitor the signal in two places 1) Directly before the NIU and 2) Directly before the Cable Modem in order to see where the troubles lie so we can proactively fix the problem I am having at my home. That offer was never taken up and all I was told is that they can send a technician to my home and "test" the signal. Since 2007, I have had Cox in my home several times and each time something has been swapped out. I now have Cox supplied coax from the wall jacks to every device in my home. I have a new Cox supplied splitter in my attic. All cables going into my splitter now have new heads. I even have a new, Cox provided, Amplifier in my home. Everything in the house has been replaced by Cox yet the problems are still here. I even have issues with my cable boxes freezing up and not responding and yes...those have been replaced as well. About a year or so ago, the internet got SO bad that I tossed my old Surfboard router and purchased a new Motorola SBG6782 router from Best Buy. When I hooked it up, it was AWESOME. Fastest speeds I have ever witnessed. Unfortunately, that lasted for about 3 days and then the trouble began. Webpages hanging, or not even loading. Wi-Fi devices crippled by painfully slow internet or no internet at all. Even the laptop I use that plugs DIRECTLY INTO THE MODEM ITSELF experiences the same exact symptoms. The biggest problem I am having is that our internet will literally STOP working for a few minutes, several times a day generally requiring a reboot of the router to fix. I have on several occasions, had to reboot my router several times a day or, just wait patiently for the signal to come back and continue my internet experience. I don't even try and work from home as connecting to work is useless as we use Citrix and my connection gets dropped at least 3 times while I try and work. I have supplied multiple logs from my router and am given a very informative answer however, that answer doesn't fix the problem that is obviously internal to Cox. ChrisL on the Cox Forum has been a huge help and I thank you for every answer you have provided and every attempt you have made to help but I am asking for this to be escalated to a chronic team as there are way too many people on these forums having the same exact issues that I am having so we all cant just have "faulty" modems. I am providing again the error messages I see in my modem logs: Tue Feb 03 19:14:24 2015 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Tue Feb 03 18:45:21 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Mon Feb 02 20:08:37 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Mon Feb 02 03:30:45 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Sat Jan 31 11:57:32 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Sat Jan 31 11:30:16 2015 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Sat Jan 31 10:55:08 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Sat Jan 31 08:04:58 2015 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Fri Jan 30 16:37:33 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Fri Jan 30 04:23:17 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Thu Jan 29 01:41:04 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Wed Jan 28 14:19:24 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Tue Jan 27 15:14:17 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Sun Jan 25 15:10:21 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=b8:16:19:e8:19:f7;CMTS-MAC=d0:72:dc:32:e3:64;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Fri Jan 23 04:57:46 2015 Critical (3) Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast Maintenance opportunities received - T4 time out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Wed Jan 21 11:11:31 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Mon Jan 19 12:40:50 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Sun Jan 18 20:25:34 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Fri Jan 16 02:46:56 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Thu Jan 15 04:33:54 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=4;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Tue Jan 13 18:27:12 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Sun Jan 11 17:19:02 2015 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=;CMTS-MAC=;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; As you can see from this log, this is happening almost EVERY DAY, sometimes MULTIPLE TIMES a day and this is just a portion of my log. I have this same event logged almost daily since November 13, 2014 (I am sure it has been overwritten as I have had the modem about a year now. Someone from Cox, please look at this post and understand my pain of paying for a service I cannot use like I want to. I have children who cannot do homework because the internet doesn't work so we have to use our limited 4G LTE cell phones to look up things for homework and research. Hopefully something will come out of this post but I doubt it. The best I will get is having a tech come out which will waste his time and mine because since I rebooted my router about an hour ago, Internet has been flawless.10KViews0likes14Comments
How to reset gateway password
I recently upgraded my Cox router and have forgotten the password I changed it to from the default "password" when I set it up. I've looked through the Cox Support articles and have searched everywhere but somehow no one, in the last 20 years, has forgotten it. I'd rather take a bullet than have to chat with a representative so, please, if anyone knows how to do this and can tell me I will be forever grateful.9.9KViews0likes2CommentsDoes Cox Limit the Number of Devices to Private Home Wi-Fi Router?
We have a cable modem and router (separate units) that we have supplied ourselves (that is, they are not ones we rent from Cox). Does Cox limit the number of devices (e.g. laptop, Macbook Pro, iPhones, iPads, Roku boxes, etc.) that I can connect to the internet through my router? I heard someone mention once that they had an issue with the number of devices that their ISP allowed them to connect to their Wi-Fi router, but I wasn't sure if that was something that Cox did or not.8.9KViews0likes1Comment
