[WiFi] Xbox One Service Advisory
Comcast and Microsoft are aware of a software issue affecting the ability of Xbox One users to play some games online. This issue is only observed when the Xbox One is connected to a network via WiFi...
View Article[Connectivity] Motorola SB5101U - all lights off except Activity light
Contacted Comcast they don't appear to know what this means. Power: off Receive: off Send: off Online: off Pc/Activity: long solid/short blink Cant find what this means on any guide for the lights on...
View Article[Signals] Upstream Jump Then Back
Really this is just a curiosity post more than anything. My 3 upstreams always were in the 45-46dB range. About 6 weeks ago, woke up 1 morning and they were between 40-41dB. I wasn't sure if there was...
View Article[Connectivity] upstream issue between ~11pm and ~2am comcast Philadelphia
I have had a persistent problem for the past 3+ months. Comcast has been unable to help me. They either blame my wifi (which it is not) or my router (which has been replaced 3 times). Or, they stop...
View Article[Connectivity] Baltimore City outage
Internet has been down since around 11am, and was flaky earlier in the morning. I called and was advised that there is an outage in the area and they expected to have it fixed by 5pm. 5pm has come and...
View Article[IPv6] ALL areas support /60 now..
If your router can request a IA_PD have fun with it.. -- Comcaster.. Network Engineer with NETO
View Article[IPv6] IPv6 lost after day long outage
So last week we had an outage in the Panama City area that lasted almost a day. For some reason after the outage I've been unable to pull a IPv6 address. I've rebooted my TG862(bridged) a couple times...
View ArticleData Cap Limit Voicemail?
I got a voicemail from comcast saying I'm using to much internet? Is this serious? I login online and this is my usage for the past 3 months http://i.imgur.com/esDMcoE.jpg and I'm already at 280GB out...
View ArticleHelp measure the global Internet!
Based in the U.S. and want to help measure the global Internet? There is a program called RIPE Atlas (see https://atlas.ripe.net/). It is run from the Netherlands at RIPE NCC, which is building the...
View Article[Speed] Extreme 200 Coming Soon
Comcast doesn't have a status/plan widget for the Extreme 505 tier. It just shows some other tier and then my PDF bill reflects the 505 tier. Whelp this showed up and figured it might be of some interest.
View Article[Speed] Cannot get full speed on router from my modem
I have a Motorola SURFboard SB6121 DOCSIS 3.0 CPE Cable Modem and a Linksys X2000 Wireless-N Router with ADSL2+ Modem. If I am connected directly to my modem I get 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload....
View Article[Business] New SMC Firmware?? I might just be crazy!
I just had my SMC unit quit responding for no reason. Had to power cycle as it would not respond to my default gateway IP (I have a static block) nor would it respond to the 10.1.10.1 IP and now I see...
View Article[Equip] FiOS Routers as MOCA Bridges with Comcast
I'm in the middle of trying to get MoCA setup in my home which has Comcast Cable/Internet using Verizion MI424WR's. I followed instructions on page 1 and have the units configured and working with coax...
View Article[Rant] For those in GA hit by data caps: Be sure to file a complaint!
http://consumer.ga.gov/consumer-services/filing-a-complaint Be sure to file a complaint explaining that these new data caps are anti-consumer and are misleading and unfair to consumers, especially...
View Article[Equip] how does the SMCD3G handle upload congestion on ethernet ports?
say I have 2 devices with 2 separate static IPs connected to it & they both start maxing out the upload speed allotment; is there any kind of fairness queing done by the SMC (e.g., with 20mbps up...
View Article[Connectivity] gateway rebooting
I'm fairly new to Xfinity (3 weeks) so I'm not sure if this is an issue or normal behavior. I have an Arris TG862G gateway and it's rebooted itself several times now, without any apparent reason. It...
View Article[Connectivity] Packet loss and high jitter starting at 9pm ET near DC/Baltimore
For the past week, I've noticed that around 9pm, my ping gets out of control. It may have been going on longer than this, but until know I never noticed it. I started playing Battlefield 4, which is as...
View Article[Price] business class, out of contract pricing?
I'm coming up on 2 years of business class. I pay about $85/mo for 16/3 with a static. I originally signed a 2 year deal. I received a call from comcast reminding me that my contract pricing is about...
View Article[WiFi] How to find someone local to install and set things up for me?
I'm an intermediate PC user and have little or no experience configuring network stuff like this. We have Comcast HSI using their TG862G/CT here, and are using it wirelessly to go to 2 PC's, a Roku 3,...
View Article[DNS] Wrong PTR/rDNS entry set on Comcast?
I do traceroutes from time to time and noticed this. It's trivial but it's something I noticed. 3 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms te-5-3-ur01.scotts.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68.86.249.129] 4 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms...
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