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Originally Posted by sniper007
Someone explain all of this channel (ID?) hopping and switching stuff? Is this where you basically reboot and pick up a new IP and/or a new port/area of your local network? Does it go to a different UBR/Cabinet or something or does it literally mean say channel 99 of 1000 and each channel can be more or less congested?
Also, what number of channels out of the possible 8 should be "locked" and also on upstream? I have 6 of 8 on down, and 1 on upload. I am on 50mb XXL and my router (in normal router mode) reports the below stats. Is all ok and power levels ok? I do get some jitter at times and the latency graphs from the TBB monitor aren't the best but connection seems fine otherwise.
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Channel hopping is exactly the way it sounds. Restoring the hub to factory defaults makes it search through the list of available channels, and (the way it should work) you should be put onto the least congested one, though that isn't usually the case, it takes multiple reboots usually. BTW, this only refers to upstream, because all the channels that are available to you on the downstream are usually bonded. Each area has a different amount of channels, which is why some people are on 6 7 or 8, some may still be on 4 or 5.
The reason there is only 1 upstream channel is because upstream isn't yet bonded, hence the channel hopping to find the least congested channel. An area will usually have at least two channels.
Channel ID's are just ID's, they aren't an indication to how many channels are available to you.
Your IP and route through the network remains the same, it's just the channel which serves bandwidth which is different. There are differing amounts of users on each channel available to you, so one can be more congested than another.
Power level wise, you are fine, though you are on the upper end of fine. Any higher than +7 dBmV on the downstream and that's classed as out of spec.