As an update, I did eventually get the cable modem through from them. On 10 November 2010 17:51, James Bensley <jwbens...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting, for me they sent their standard little black cable modem which > terminates with a single ethernet port, and a wireles router with a WAN port > rather than an all in one jobbie. > > --James. (This email was sent from a mobile device, this is not secure) > > On 10 Nov 2010 17:21, "Simon Dick" <sim...@irrelevant.org> wrote: >> On 25 October 2010 21:55, James Bensley <jwbens...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 25 October 2010 16:08, Glenn Kelley <gl...@typo3usa.com> wrote: >>>> Doubtful - for the direct connection. >>>> He could ask them to place the cable modem however into bridge mode >>> >>> I don't believe that can be done (although most VM modems are >>> accessible via http://192.168.100.1 you could check there). >>> >>> Upon initial install I believe the modem they give you registers its >>> MAC with their network so you account is locked to that. Assuming any >>> time you have a fault you will ring them and they would (if needs be) >>> supply you with another router so there is no reason for a MAC unknown >>> to them should ever show up on your line. >> >> Having just had that installed myself, they shipped me a Netgear 11n >> router with built in cable modem, if you hassle them enough they are >> willing to send out just a modem that you can use with your own >> router, they told me today they'd be sending me it, despite the 3-4 >> previous people I'd talked to saying that they didn't do them anymore, >> only their "Media HUB". For the new routers there seems to be no way >> to put them into Modem mode, default IP 192.168.0.1 user: admin and >> password: changeme >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com >> For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com >> >> Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> >
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