Superhub : Blinking light

[cupcakes aka dd]

Quick question. I have a superhub 1. After coming back from our holiday the blue light is constantly flashing. I'm pretty sure it wasn't before we went away. Is this normal?

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

Quick question. I have a superhub 1. After coming back from our holiday the blue light is constantly flashing. I'm pretty sure it wasn't before we went away. Is this normal?

It is normal to be flashing, especially if you have a TBB gragh setup, nothing to worry about.

[cupcakes aka dd]

Cheers

[Ignitionnet]

You may well have been moved to a new piece of kit on Virgin's network that works slightly differently.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

You may well have been moved to a new piece of kit on Virgin's network that works slightly differently.

The bit I don't understand, Igni, is that this is CPE behaviour. Is the flashing light a command bit or something like that in all data?

[Dark Fiber]

I was told by an engineer checking my power levels sometime after my SH1 was installed that the constant flickering occurs when more than four downstream channels are in use. This agrees with my experience and that reported by others.

[Sephiroth]

Cupcakes (the OP) might care to tell us if there were only 4 DS channels previously in use.

[cupcakes aka dd]

If by four downstream channels you mean four devices in use at once then no the flickering occurs as soon as the modern boots up.

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We do have four devices using the modern at times but the flickering does not coincide with this

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

If by four downstream channels you mean four devices in use at once then no the flickering occurs as soon as the modern boots up.

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We do have four devices using the modern at times but the flickering does not coincide with this

Downstream channels are your hub's connections to the internets, via the Virgin Media network. The superhub uses multiple channels, in order to deliver superfast internets to your home.

[heero_yuy]

Most people should now be on 8 downstream channels (QAM256) and 2 upstreams, ideally on QAM64.

[Kushan]

I've yet to see QAM64 in my area.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

The bit I don't understand, Igni, is that this is CPE behaviour. Is the flashing light a command bit or something like that in all data?

The Arris CMTS are edge routers with CMTS cards attached. What the customers are seeing are ARP broadcasts.

With the 'dedicated' kit there are no ARP broadcasts; the CMTS takes care of them by remembering what MAC addresses are where and querying the DHCP server as required if it needs information, then dropping any ARP broadcasts that are sent and responding to the querying device via a unicast.

I have no idea if there's functionality within the Arris equipment to do this, but for right now if there is it's not active, so I presume it's required for the E6k to do its thing.

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Originally Posted by Dark Fiber

I was told by an engineer checking my power levels sometime after my SH1 was installed that the constant flickering occurs when more than four downstream channels are in use.

The engineer was mistaken.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by Kushan

I've yet to see QAM64 in my area.

One upstream's been QAM64 for ages, the other was shunting between 16 and 32 but now seems to have settled for 64.

US-1 US-2 US-3 US-4
Channel Type 2.0 2.0 N/A N/A
Channel ID 68 66 N/A N/A
Frequency (Hz) 53700000 Hz 35800000 Hz N/A N/A
Ranging Status Success Success N/A N/A
Modulation QAM64 QAM64 N/A N/A
Symbol Rate (Sym/sec) 5120000 5120000 N/A N/A
Mini-Slot Size 128 128 N/A N/A
Power Level (dBmV) 50.0 dBmV 50.0 dBmV N/A N/A
T1 Timeouts 0 0 N/A N/A
T2 Timeouts 0 0 N/A N/A
T3 Timeouts 3 3 N/A N/A
T4 Timeouts 0 0 N/A N/A

Upstream power is possibly a little close to the edge but the service seems reliable enough. Downstream is almost perfect figures.

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

The Arris CMTS are edge routers with CMTS cards attached. What the customers are seeing are ARP broadcasts.

I have no idea if there's functionality within the Arris equipment to do this, but for right now if there is it's not active, so I presume it's required for the E6k to do its thing.[COLOR="Silver"]

Wait, does this mean the Arris kit is open to arp spoofing?

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Wait, does this mean the Arris kit is open to arp spoofing?

SHHHhhhh!