[TriLUG] Cable modem / Router recommendations

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

Reminds me of the time that I had inbound traffic on my TWC access
point with RFC1918 addresses.  I went round and round with their
support people who insisted that this wasn't possible and that it had
to be MY traffic.

I went as far as to show that I had no devices or VLAN configured in
the range in question.  I then engaged in packet capturing showing the
traffic as inbound on the WAN port with the TWC modem MAC address in
the packet header.  

Round and round we went, but finally they did something about it.

On Sat, 2019-11-30 at 00:19 -0500, Matt Pusateri via TriLUG wrote:
> True but it’s much easier for them to inspect the traffic when it’s
> their own device, not that they can’t do that anyways
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > 
> > On Nov 29, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Dewey Hylton via TriLUG <trilug at trilu
> > g.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Agreed. Add in a Ubiquiti AP behind Ubiquiti ERX (both run linux)
> > and I
> > see few problems.
> > 
> > ----- On Nov 29, 2019, at 10:06 PM, Triangle Linux Users Group
> > General Discussion trilug at trilug.org wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:36:57 -0500
> > > > Glenn Hennessee via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Your friend needs to check the list of authorized modems at
> > > > https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/compliant-modems-char
> > > > ter-network/
> > > > They will not provide support for modems not obtained through
> > > > them. As
> > > > far as I know they do not charge for their modems unless that
> > > > has
> > > > changed recently. I bought my own several years ago when they
> > > > were
> > > > going to a $8 a month rental. I saved the purchase price in
> > > > less than
> > > > a year. Glenn
> > > The problem comes in when anything goes wrong for any reason. The
> > > standard in the industry is "oh, a part of  your system isn't
> > > from us?
> > > Well, the defect is in that part, and we don't service it.
> > > Meanwhile,
> > > you have neither the tools nor the permissions to troubleshoot
> > > their
> > > wiring outside your house and around the neighborhood.
> > > 
> > > I just pay the eight bucks a month, and vote for anti-monopoly
> > > politicians, when I can find them.
> > > 
> > > SteveT
> > > 
> > > Steve Litt
> > > November 2019 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical
> > > Troubleshooting Second edition
> > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr
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