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Looks like you have a problem with the external cable or connectors. Your downstream power levels are all down, the target level is 0 dBmV, but the signal to noise ratios are good. The low power levels can still work, but you have problems on the upstream side. The normal signal levels leaving the modem are in the range of 36 to 40 dBmV. Yours are at the upper limit for three channel operation, and, three upstream channels are the usual mode of operation. So, as the external cable or connectors degrade over time, the downstream signal levels drop and the upstream levels leaving the modem increase in order to communicate with the Cable Modem Termination System. The limits at the modem are + / - 15 dBmV (ideally 0 dBmV) on the downstream and 51 dBmV (ideally 36 to 40 dBmV) on the upstream with three channels in operation.
So, you need to have a chat with tech support with the aim of getting a tech out to your home to check out the cabling. Do you run the RG-6 cable through the surge suppressor at all? If so, please disconnect the cable from the surge supressor and run it directly from the wallplate to the modem. If you have a surge suppressor in the system, or anything else that is causing the issue, then the problem may be deemed as customer equipment related and you end up paying the cost of the tech visit. If you do use a power bar to power all of your equipment, you should disconnect it completely for test purposes and run everything off the wall plug in or from an extension cord or two. The power bars can generate RF noise which can penetrate the RG-6 and ethernet cabling and cause major havoc with both cables.
If your cable installation is in place as it was installed originally, there will not be any cost for the tech visit.
Hava a look at this. Navigate to Control Panel....Network and Sharing Center.....Change Adapter Settings (left side selection)....Network Adapter (right click and select properties). That brings up the Network Properties panel. Scroll down and select Internet Protocal Version 4(TCP/IPv4). Then select the lower Properties selection to bring up the Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) Properties panel.
On that panel have a look at the DNS server selection. It will either be on Auto or on a selected DNS address. If it is selected for Auto you will be using the Rogers DNS service. Just to note there have been complaints in the past regarding its performance although I haven't seen any comments on it recently. If it is a selected address, confirm that the address is in fact valid. You could set Google for the DNS if you wanted to: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, or Open DNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
Once set, hit OK and then back out of the panels and reboot the pc or laptop.
Let us know if that does anything to help.
While you're in there mucking around with the Network Properties panel, you could deselect IPV6 while you are passing thru that panel. It doesn't work on the Rogers network properly, so there isn't t much point in having it selected and running. In some cases that does solve some problems as well.
try this: open a command prompt and type in nslookup
I still have to see if there are additional commands that can by used with nslookup to see both dns addressses.
The help command should be nslookup/?
Edit; if you want to flush the dns cache, run the command ipconfig /flushdns
Just for the heck of it, when you have time, can you reset the modem back to Gateway mode, login, copy the DOCSIS WAN Downstream and Upstream tables and paste them into this thread. I'd like to see the signal levels and signal to noise ratios to make sure they are ok.
Looks like you have a problem with the external cable or connectors. Your downstream power levels are all down, the target level is 0 dBmV, but the signal to noise ratios are good. The low power levels can still work, but you have problems on the upstream side. The normal signal levels leaving the modem are in the range of 36 to 40 dBmV. Yours are at the upper limit for three channel operation, and, three upstream channels are the usual mode of operation. So, as the external cable or connectors degrade over time, the downstream signal levels drop and the upstream levels leaving the modem increase in order to communicate with the Cable Modem Termination System. The limits at the modem are + / - 15 dBmV (ideally 0 dBmV) on the downstream and 51 dBmV (ideally 36 to 40 dBmV) on the upstream with three channels in operation.
So, you need to have a chat with tech support with the aim of getting a tech out to your home to check out the cabling. Do you run the RG-6 cable through the surge suppressor at all? If so, please disconnect the cable from the surge supressor and run it directly from the wallplate to the modem. If you have a surge suppressor in the system, or anything else that is causing the issue, then the problem may be deemed as customer equipment related and you end up paying the cost of the tech visit. If you do use a power bar to power all of your equipment, you should disconnect it completely for test purposes and run everything off the wall plug in or from an extension cord or two. The power bars can generate RF noise which can penetrate the RG-6 and ethernet cabling and cause major havoc with both cables.
If your cable installation is in place as it was installed originally, there will not be any cost for the tech visit.
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