If folks have questions - happy to assist - my team manages the engineering of our WiFi network (in home & out of home). Just send me a note off-list.
Jason Livingood Comcast On 5/29/14, 11:27 PM, "Frank Bulk" <[email protected]> wrote: >Interesting, I may need to open a ticket with Moto to ask how that¹s done. > > > >Frank > > > >From: Scott Helms [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 7:58 AM >To: Frank Bulk >Cc: Jay Ashworth; NANOG >Subject: Re: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question > > > >From talking to folks involved with http://www.cablewifi.com/ and Comcast >support there is a separate service flow for the public SSID. I have yet >to configure that in the lab, but it sounds like a good project :) > > > > > > >Scott Helms >Vice President of Technology >ZCorum >(678) 507-5000 >-------------------------------- >http://twitter.com/kscotthelms >-------------------------------- > > > >On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Frank Bulk <[email protected] ><mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > >It's my understanding that the public Wi-Fi uses the same data flow as >the subcriber's data flow. I've seen nothing in the release notes for >ARRIS or Moto that suggest one can tie an SSID to a specific service flow. > >Frank > >-----Original Message----- >From: NANOG [mailto:[email protected] ><mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Jay Ashworth >Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:01 AM >To: NANOG >Subject: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question > >I expect Frank Bulk to have an opinion on this, all others welcome. > >Hat tip to Bright House -- I've noticed lately that I don't have to go >through their captive portal when using their public wifi hotspots (they >participate in the CableWifi consortium, using WAPs built into their >6580 and other cablemodems, and offer a carrier-specific connection SSID >as well). > >This has led me to a point of curiosity: > >If I'm the subscriber, and I've paid for 15 mb/s down, then my wired >connection and my private wireless (if provisioned, and they charge >$10/mo, so I'll do that myself, thanks) are using one ... DOCSIS path? >back to the CMTS. > >I assume that cableco provided voice is on a separate path, and I'm sure >the TV service is -- if it's even IP at all. > >But the question is: is that public wifi service *also* on a separate >bandwidth-limited channel out of the cablemodem? > >Offline replies fine, unless you think it's of sufficiently general >interest; I expect it's implementation dependent. > >Cheers, >-- jra > >-- >Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >Designer The Things I Think RFC >2100 >Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land >Rover DII >St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 >1274 <tel:%2B1%20727%20647%201274> > > > > >
