Well, dyslexia strikes again. I just crawled under the desk again to check the model number and find that it is TG1682G. I appreciate your being gentle in questioning the model number.
I looked up the specs and manual, but could not answer my own question due to ignorance on my part. -Denis On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 1:51 PM, King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/20/2017 02:08 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > Snarky, yes, but I appreciate the advice. I had a wireless router which > > you may recall from a previous post was blamed for a DNS poisoning event > > (likely erroneously.) And I have been considering Ooma for a while. It > is > > time to do it. Then getting my own cable modem will be simpler--more > > choices if voice is not needed. And it does appear I have learned > little, > > but not nothing, on this list. Some people are slow learners. > > > > But for curiosity's sake, does this modem have a DNS cache? > > I still find it suspicious that I can't find your Arris TG1268T anywhere > on 3 search engines and Arris web site. The router portion, which does > the DNS lookup, and is where you set the wifi info etc), is most likely > accessed via the base internal network address, typically 192.168.1.1 > for example, and look for menu for Network and DNS. There might be > something under Interfaces. If the firmware is based on openwrt or > similar, it's most likely using dnsmasq, which uses a cache although the > default size "might" be set to zero. restarting dnsmasq clears the cache. > > Also, don't forget that browsers can cache dns as well. (Firefox > about:config look for "network.dnsCache") > > > > > I believe they do use the wireless in the modem to provide xfinity > > wireless, but I have been lead to believe it does not go under my > bandwidth > > and data cap. My laptop reports an xfinity wireless but I have been > unable > > to connect to it. Instead I connect to wireless using one I have named > > Comcastrrash in the Arris. > > > > Well, Bill W. responded to this. I will just add the trust must be > earned, something Comcast hasn't done IMHO. I solve the wifi issue by > not giving them access to "free" wifi. > > -Ed > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
