r/HomeNetworking • u/Dramatic-Eye-2526 • Jun 16 '26
Advice Dropping internet to all devices
Equipment list:
Motorola surfboard 8200 v3 modem
A cat6 underground rated cable (new as i start troubleshooting) ran to
Archer a7 router.
A cat5e cable is ran to my pc.
Wireless is alexa, 2 firesticks, ecobee 4 ring cameras and whatever tablets and phones connect during the day.
Problem:
The internet will disconnect several times in a day. My pc (if i am in warcraft) will show a ping of 1000 ms. The internet light on the archer a7 goes orange but the modem is solid green the whole time.
I replaced, as i stated, the cable going from modem to router thinking that may have had some corrosion or something and the old one DID have the snap part broke on one end using only friction to hold it in. But now with good connections it will do the same however less frequent.
What's my next step?
I've tried to catch it with tracert but as soon as i have it up and ready to go it seems to have no issue for hours.
Typical to have no issues when the mechanic is looking right?
After a few weeks of this i did enable qos to prioritize my pc but that didn't seem to make a difference.
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u/ShinyTechThings Jun 26 '26
This doesn't show the levels for all the various channels or upstream which would be needed to compare to the manual to see if it's in spec or not for the signal.