Probably your modem negotiates with whatever the next thing is upstream and
that box kept your configuration. If its their box they've probably got some
little note in the ToS that allows for it.
We've got a storage system that has a little Linux computer (or 2 for
redundancy) onboard. If the computer fails you get a replacement, hot swap it
into the box, it picks up your software version and configuration from a saved
copy and configures itself. It sits and churns for about 15 minutes and then is
ready to use again.
Compared to the old days when new hardware meant between 9 and 25 minutes of
staring, hoping, praying the system would accept a manual update this is indeed
magik and well appreciated.
-Curt
On Thursday, August 20, 2020, 4:25:26 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
It's a Uverse modem, I plugged it into the line, it churned and blinked
for a few minutes then all was well. I had the computer plugged in
directly, phone etc are on wifi. I don't know how it did it, but it
made my life simpler I guess. Maybe they knew this modem was for me, or
maybe it just talked to their network and it knew it was mine as it was
on my line. F'n Majick however it was done.
I boxed up the old one to send back, there are a coupla little bits
inside rattling around, probably something that got blown off the
circuit board or something.
--FT
On 8/20/20 3:56 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
>> Was AT&T storing the settings in their cloud and the new one automatically
>> downloaded it all and reset itself?
> Horses, not zebras. The necessary settings could have been on your computer
> and applied.
> Or yes, they could have come from the other end of the link. Not necessarily
> very far away
> as these things go. No need for a nebulous cloud. Especially if this is a
> proprietary modem.
> What is the nature of the physical link? Did they know for whom the
> replacement was destined?
> Could have been pre-configured before being shipped.
>
> -- Jim
>
--
--FT
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