At 12:01 PM -0500 2/27/2009, Steve R wrote: >You could try googling to see if there are any hacks available to >reprogramme your modem to your ISP's new settings.
If the issue is a DOCSIS upgrade then there can be no hack. That modem just won't do it. >Problem being, you need the new settings (a friend or neighbour on >the same ISP after the changeover could find those settings for you) >and you'd be offline after the changeover until you were able to >make the changes. What changes do you think could be made? As soon as that modem comes back online, after being unprovisioned, two things will happen: 1) Its routing will be limited to the cable company's LAN so it can get access to the CMTS, auth, and tftp servers (this is part of the normal init sequence). 2) The administrators will be notified - and they'll pounce. >There's no guarantee a hack would work or be accepted by your ISP's >line but it might be worth a try. No, it's not worth a try. Breaking into an ISP's network is a criminal offense. >When I changed ISPs, my old ISP modem was wireless and 4-port. The >new ISP modem was the same, with three ports and wireless disabled. >Google gave me several hits on how to hack the new modem -- I >declined the risk because I had an unused router that could serve the >same functions. A neighbour also changed ISPs and did hack his new >ISP modem, which has been working fine with the 4 ports and wireless >for more than a year. (He has more money than me to replace the modem >if he messed up.) Now you're talking about changing normal config parameters that the cable company doesn't care about - things on the LAN side of the modem, not the WAN side. And you're still running the same rev DOCSIS. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
