Steve R wrote: > At 11:32 PM -0500 2/26/09, Dan posted: > >> At 2:42 PM -0800 2/26/2009, Scott Fiore wrote: >> >>> own a Motorola Surfboard 5220 modem (about 1 1/2 years old) that I >>> connect to my Airport Express. I received a call from my internet >>> provider this morning notifying me that because this modem is being >>> discontinued by Motorola, it will soon stop working and I will need to >>> buy or rent a new modem. Does this sound right? >>> >> yes, and no. And welcome to the quandry posed by owning your own >> telecom gear instead of renting... >> >> Due to the way cable modems work, the ones on a provider's network >> *must* be fully supported by their CMTS (head end router). I think >> you'll find that your ToS states that they can tell you what make & >> model modems are permitted. >> >> That being said... It's baloney that the modem is going to stop >> working just because Motorola is discontinuing that model. Total >> baloney. The truth is that the cable company simply no longer wants >> to support that model, so they're going to unprovision them (shut >> them down intentionally). Why? Two main reasons: 1) Evil company >> etc. 2) They're upgrading to DOCSIS 3.0, and your modem doesn't >> support that faster protocol. >> > > > You could try googling to see if there are any hacks available to > reprogramme your modem to your ISP's new settings. 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. > There's no guarantee a hack would work or be accepted by your ISP's > line but it might be worth a try. > > 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.) > > Steve R > Since this thread is going on and since I have more than a few modems and wireless routers, I've always wanted to ask: what fun stuff can one do with these things, especially the wireless routers? Any ideas? > > >
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