So Bill, are you thinking locked down is a good thing, they can¡¯t get to your devices via a back door?
John
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On Jul 3, 2024, at 8:20?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:
?OK... Spectrum brought a modem (the next day at 8am promptly), so I didn't buy a modem. When I went to look online about how to get into the modem to change any settings, all I could find was that Spectrum has the modems locked down so no end user can get into them. Even looking up the modem make and model yields nothing but references to locked-down Spectrum modems. Yay.
Bill
On Jun 28, 2024, at 10:45, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:
On Jun 27, 2024, at 6:10?PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:
Spectrum (the internet provider where my mom lives) told me today that my modem was no longer supported [1]. It's an Arris SB6141, which is DOCSIS 3.0.
They say they will let me have a modem to use for free, but I'm a bit worried that it really a gateway, and I don't want them to have their backdoors in the router. So... I went to look at DOCSIS 3.1 modems, and they are pricier ($150 to $200!) than I expected ($60). Clearly I haven't bought a modem in many many years.
So... should I take the free modem (which might be a gateway) or should I buy a modem? Any tips/arguments either way would be appreciated.
I have the Arris ONT (Optical Network Terminal) required by AT&T. It has a WiFi router built in. I put it in pass through mode and connected a Synology router downstream for WiFi and Ethernet. This should mitigate possible backdoors in the Arris box. The only problem I had doing this was AT&T gives almost no documentation about the device, so I had to find it on the Arris Website using the part number.
L^2
