RoboticsSee You On The Dark Side Premium Member join:2003-10-23 Louisa, VA |
Robotics
Premium Member
2014-Jun-29 7:28 pm
[Signals] Are These "OK" Signals?For the last 24 hours my downstream speeds have been cut in half. Took a snapshot of the modem levels and just wondering if they are good, bad, so-so. My speeds have been great for years. But something has changed big time in the last day or so. All I would like to know is are the levels good? Thanks |
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Downstream is a bit low (-12 to +12, 0 is ideal).
Upstream is golden (+35 to +52). |
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RoboticsSee You On The Dark Side Premium Member join:2003-10-23 Louisa, VA |
Robotics
Premium Member
2014-Jun-29 7:46 pm
Thank you for your response. I'm gonna wait a day (or two) and see if it somehow corrects itself. If it doesn't I will go ahead and make a call. Thanks again |
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JohkalCool Cat MVM join:2002-11-13 Pennsyltucky
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to cheeseman
said by cheeseman:Downstream is a bit low (-12 to +12, 0 is ideal). Huh? You do know that -12 is lower than -7. Ref: » Comcast High Speed Internet FAQ » What should my Signal Levels be? |
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Personally I would not recommend an upstream above 50. At that point where I live I begin to see service issues. Of course each place is slightly different but at 52, that leaves basically no room for fluctuations.
And it's actually +10 to -10 IIRC as the recommended downstream signal. |
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Tobin join:2003-09-21 Burlingame, CA |
to Robotics
I think CableLabs defines the following for upstream using 64QAM:
One channel = no higher than 57 dBmV Two channels = no higher than 53 dBmV Three-four channels = no higher than 51dBmV
For downstream it's technically -15 to +15 dBmV for any amount of channel bonding, but it's probably best to be between -3 to +5 dBmV. |
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RoboticsSee You On The Dark Side Premium Member join:2003-10-23 Louisa, VA
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Robotics
Premium Member
2014-Jun-30 7:34 am
Oh lord. Thanks all for the responses...but now I don't know exactly if these are good or not. The responses I think confused me. (but it could be me too) I'm going to call them later today. My download is normally 20 to 28-30mbps. All weekend they have been 5 to 7mbps. Uploads have been consistently faster than downloads (about 6.85 uploads), so something is wrong. Thanks again you all |
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Tobin join:2003-09-21 Burlingame, CA |
to Robotics
I wouldn't suspect your signal levels if your download/uploads are normally fine. They are within spec. Below those tables should be a counter for correctable/uncorrectable codewords. Can you post a screenshot of that? |
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RoboticsSee You On The Dark Side Premium Member join:2003-10-23 Louisa, VA |
Robotics
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2014-Jun-30 8:11 am
I will when I get home. I just walked into work. I can say the correctable/uncorrectable's were extremely high numbers from what I remember seeing yesterday. |
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fish23
Anon
2014-Jun-30 1:51 pm
I was once told by a Comcast tech that signal levels have nothing to do with speed. |
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EGThe wings of love Premium Member join:2006-11-18 Union, NJ |
EG
Premium Member
2014-Jun-30 3:16 pm
said by fish23 :I was once told by a Comcast tech that signal levels have nothing to do with speed. They were wrong. Out of spec signal stats / poor connection quality can result in *packet loss* which can affect speeds. |
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to Johkal
Yes, I do know that. 0 is ideal, -12 is the bottom. Therefore, it is a bit low, because -12 -7 0. |
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JohkalCool Cat MVM join:2002-11-13 Pennsyltucky |
Johkal
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2014-Jun-30 4:48 pm
Not to split hairs, but your statement was/is still confusing. Per the FAQ: -7 dBmV to +7 dBmV "Recommended" -8 dBmV to -10 dBmV / +8 dBmV to +10 dBmV - "Acceptable" -11 dBmV to -15 dBmV / +11 dBmV to +15 dBmV - "Maximum" Lower than -15 dBmV & Higher than +15 dBmV - "Out Of Spec." -7 is hardly low & -12 is not the bottom. |
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RoboticsSee You On The Dark Side Premium Member join:2003-10-23 Louisa, VA |
to Tobin
Here is that screenshot, and sorry I thought it was the uncorrectables that were high in number...but my memory was proved wrong. It was the un-error ones. |
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DarkLogixTexan and Proud Premium Member join:2008-10-23 Baytown, TX |
to fish23
said by fish23 :I was once told by a Comcast tech that signal levels have nothing to do with speed. correct, though if they are borderline then (which the OP's aren't) then they can go out of sync and losing sync will kill your speed. |
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said by Johkal:-7 is hardly low & -12 is not the bottom. Well the bottom depends on the modem and if it can "hear" that low. |
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EGThe wings of love Premium Member join:2006-11-18 Union, NJ
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to DarkLogix
said by DarkLogix:correct, though if they are borderline then (which the OP's aren't) then they can go out of sync and losing sync will kill your speed. Losing sync kills everything no ? Packet loss / bit errors cause slower speeds. |
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Tobin join:2003-09-21 Burlingame, CA |
Tobin
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2014-Jun-30 5:54 pm
Your cable modem can drop 'sync' on individually bonded channels, which can lead to reduced available bandwidth and a higher chance of congestion, I guess. |
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EGThe wings of love Premium Member join:2006-11-18 Union, NJ |
EG
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2014-Jun-30 6:31 pm
FWIW, I was referring to a loss of *block* sync. |
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to Robotics
I have a 6141, and my service has yet to be activated, but my modem syncs. My upstream power level for two channels is 53. Is that bad, and could it be caused by using a 7.5dbi splitter? |
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DarkLogixTexan and Proud Premium Member join:2008-10-23 Baytown, TX |
Yes and Yes. 53 upstream is high and likely to have trouble maintaining sync, if the other possible channels have even more attenuation it might be why you're only seeing 2. |
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Tobin join:2003-09-21 Burlingame, CA |
to VirtualLarry
You'd be at 46dBmV without the 4-way splitter. I'd rather see low 40s without any splits at all since even a 2-way split puts you at 49.5dBmV |
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to Robotics
I wasn't sure if I was allowed to run the cable straight from the jack to the modem without a splitter. |
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