[TriLUG] Cable modem / Router recommendations

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:48 AM Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
      They accepted a pcap file instead of telling you do install a
suspicious program with admin rights and no firewall on a Windows
machine and then do a screen capture? I am shocked. Shocked, I tell
you!


> 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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