New Surfboard SB6183 Cable Modem...power level are they right?

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SCORPION6969
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New Surfboard SB6183 Cable Modem...power level are they right?

Post by SCORPION6969 »

I put in the SB6183 to replace a SB6141...plan to get higher service soon.

Right now I have Time Warner 15/1 service.

Do these power levels look right?

Downstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR Corrected Uncorrectables
1 Locked QAM256 9 609000000 Hz -3.4 dBmV 40.5 dB 0 0
2 Locked QAM256 10 615000000 Hz -3.3 dBmV 40.5 dB 0 0
3 Locked QAM256 11 621000000 Hz -3.6 dBmV 40.3 dB 0 0
4 Locked QAM256 12 627000000 Hz -3.2 dBmV 40.1 dB 0 0
5 Locked QAM256 13 633000000 Hz -3.2 dBmV 40.3 dB 0 0
6 Locked QAM256 14 639000000 Hz -3.0 dBmV 40.6 dB 0 0
7 Locked QAM256 16 651000000 Hz -2.8 dBmV 40.7 dB 0 0
8 Locked QAM256 18 663000000 Hz -2.5 dBmV 40.1 dB 0 0
9 Locked QAM256 19 669000000 Hz -2.5 dBmV 40.4 dB 0 0
10 Locked QAM256 21 681000000 Hz -2.9 dBmV 40.3 dB 0 0
11 Locked QAM256 23 693000000 Hz -2.9 dBmV 40.3 dB 0 0
12 Locked QAM256 24 699000000 Hz -2.9 dBmV 40.3 dB 0 0
13 Locked QAM256 25 705000000 Hz -2.7 dBmV 40.4 dB 0 0
14 Locked QAM256 27 717000000 Hz -1.8 dBmV 40.8 dB 0 0
15 Locked QAM256 28 723000000 Hz -1.6 dBmV 40.7 dB 0 0
16 Locked QAM256 32 747000000 Hz -2.0 dBmV 40.5 dB 0 0

Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power
1 Locked ATDMA 44 2560 Ksym/sec 37000000 Hz 45.8 dBmV
2 Locked TDMA 41 2560 Ksym/sec 19400000 Hz 44.8 dBmV
3 Locked ATDMA 42 5120 Ksym/sec 24200000 Hz 45.0 dBmV
4 Locked ATDMA 43 5120 Ksym/sec 30600000 Hz 45.5 dBmV
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Post by Philip »

Yes, those signal levels look pretty good. (Downstream power close to 0 dBmv, upstream power under 50 dBmv)

Both those modems are capable of over 100Mbps as well.
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