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Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 22:01 Post subject:
CTEC wrote:
Do you use an Intel Puma powered modem?
I get A+ directly connected wired or wireless to my Intel Puma SoC powered modem/wi-fi router. The patches were released two years ago, Arris pushed the updated firmware last year, or at least my ISP did. _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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4x4 modem. Most likely due to a surge in internet traffic.
I've found recently that late evening hours or very early morning hours have fewer latency problems. I think the queuing algorithms were not designed to handle this kind of environment.
Some users have speculated that upgrading to a modem with more channels may help, but the problem could be beyond user control. Nodes in your area may be overloaded.
kernel-panic69 wrote:
CTEC wrote:
Do you use an Intel Puma powered modem?
I get A+ directly connected wired or wireless to my Intel Puma SoC powered modem/wi-fi router. The patches were released two years ago, Arris pushed the updated firmware last year, or at least my ISP did.
I did not though I do not want to downplay your own experience.
I still think Puma modems are still awful to this day as I couldn't tweak whatever settings required to ease bufferbloat congestion. Intel recently sold off their home connectivity chips unit to MaxLinear. _________________ ASUS RT-AC68R: 42954
Belkin F7D7302: 43078
I get A+ directly connected wired or wireless to my Intel Puma SoC powered modem/wi-fi router. The patches were released two years ago, Arris pushed the updated firmware last year, or at least my ISP did.
Gotcha. I looked into upgrading the modems firmware and this seems to be exclusively in the hands of my ISP.
Thoughts/recommendations on upgrading the modem? Or should I try to spend the next 6 hours trying to get comcast to push an upgrade?
4x4 modem. Most likely due to a surge in internet traffic.
I've found recently that late evening hours or very early morning hours have fewer latency problems. I think the queuing algorithms were not designed to handle this kind of environment.
Some users have speculated that upgrading to a modem with more channels may help, but the problem could be beyond user control. Nodes in your area may be overloaded.
kernel-panic69 wrote:
CTEC wrote:
Do you use an Intel Puma powered modem?
I get A+ directly connected wired or wireless to my Intel Puma SoC powered modem/wi-fi router. The patches were released two years ago, Arris pushed the updated firmware last year, or at least my ISP did.
I did not though I do not want to downplay your own experience.
I still think Puma modems are still awful to this day as I couldn't tweak whatever settings required to ease bufferbloat congestion. Intel recently sold off their home connectivity chips unit to MaxLinear.
If I understood correctly, QoS wasn't made to handle the low latency environment we see during the wee hours?
I've considered upgrading my modem previously but didn't really have a good reason to, except now maybe...?
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 14221 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 16:49 Post subject:
Your modem is not an Intel Puma SoC-powered modem.
EDIT: Correction, it is not an Intel Puma 6 or 7 SoC, it is a Puma 5. And I find it funny that below are two Broadcom-powered modems being recommended.
If I understood correctly, QoS wasn't made to handle the low latency environment we see during the wee hours?
I've considered upgrading my modem previously but didn't really have a good reason to, except now maybe...?
Any modem recommendations?
No. Allow me to clarify, and that is my fault for not making my point clear. QoS may not be able to handle high latency hours.
I am unsure if a newer modem will solve your problems. It might help since you'll at least be increasing the number of download streams.
SB6183 is an economic upgrade option as it'll increase your downstream from 4 to 16.
DOCSIS 3.1 modems (preferably non-Puma) introduce mandatory PIE QoS for downstream and OFDM tech to upgrade from QAM signals, but it'll cost at least twice the price of SB6183.
kernel-panic69 wrote:
Your modem is not an Intel Puma SoC-powered modem.
EDIT: Correction, it is not an Intel Puma 6 or 7 SoC, it is a Puma 5. And I find it funny that below are two Broadcom-powered modems being recommended.
I also find it rather interesting that the actual Puma line started as Texas Instruments branded cpus.
Broadcom unfortunately makes the better product for cable modem infrastructure as of now.
Wireless is a different realm. Atheros tends to perform better than Broadcom for access points (and QoS).
From what I've read, supposedly Broadcom makes bulk pricing very competitive, so you see a lot of manufacturers contract with them. _________________ ASUS RT-AC68R: 42954
Belkin F7D7302: 43078
