NTP sync fail randomly, need to reboot modem to resolve everytime

CyrusCarbon
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‎12-10-2025 12:46 PM - last edited on ‎12-10-2025 04:46 PM by

I subscribed to Bell's 3.0G service for my home office, but I've encountered a serious issue with internet time synchronization that occurs randomly. This problem is particularly noticeable with my IoT devices. When they reboot, they are unable to synchronize with the NTP server. Each time this happens, I have to reboot the Bell modem, and once it's restarted, everything returns to normal.

I’ve tried rebooting the IoT devices individually, but that doesn’t resolve the issue; instead, their time settings revert to factory defaults. In my office, I have an IP camera, a TV/media box, a NAS, and various other IoT devices, wired and wireless as well. They are also appeared the NTP issues.

When the problem arises, I immediately perform NTP testing on my computer, wired connect to Bell modem (please see the attached screenshots).

I called Bell support, she said she is just a Level 1 support and unable to resolve my question, and she will suggested me subscribing a Bell Tech Expert to remote to my computer and they will resolve my issue 🤔. 

What should i do?


Failed: Sync with time.google.com

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Failed: Sync with time.windows.com

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Failed: Sync with ca.pool.ntp.org

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Every time, after the modem reboot, it will resume everything!!

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Vanadiel
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‎12-10-2025 01:18 PM

when it fails, does a tracer route also fail?

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CyrusCarbon
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In response to Vanadiel

‎12-14-2025 10:31 PM - edited ‎12-14-2025 10:33 PM

I just got the problem again, traceroute doesn't work. When the traffic went out from the modem (edge.home), no response from the next hop. 

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CyrusCarbon
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‎12-14-2025 10:45 PM

One more thing, when i go to speed test. I will get failure page

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dks
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‎12-15-2025 06:51 AM

Do you have a VPN in play? 

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CyrusCarbon
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In response to dks

‎12-15-2025 07:13 AM

No VPN, direct internet. I also tried to use Ethernet to connect to the modem.

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Vanadiel
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In response to CyrusCarbon

‎12-16-2025 11:25 AM

Are you using the 10G network port on the hub?

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CyrusCarbon
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In response to Vanadiel

‎12-16-2025 02:19 PM

Yes, i used of the port and connected to the switch, 10G is one of the downstream port to another switch.

But for the testing, i am using my computer and plug to the dedicated port on modem to test it. I also tried to use Wifi to make testing but also failure.

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