On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:49:22AM +0100, Rense Buijen wrote: > Maybe your posts were rejected because this is very old news. > This is known for ages, I have such a cable modem and indeed you can get > the config file by TFTP; decode, alter, encode and upload it, but the > ISP's are not stupid and most of the time this is NOT how they cap your > cable modem, they throw traffic into a packeteer or use other methods to > squeeze your bandwidth. > Interesting, I did not find anything like the url below via google searches, as for the ISP's, this is how they're limiting bandwidth. I know for a fact that it's possible on AT&T's network, as well as Charter Communications. Then again, AT&T can't even figure out BGP or DNS. AT&T proudly implements the SVRP(Scenic View Routing Protocol). > All the info can be gathered by a tool like this: > http://www.weird-solutions.com/_bin/bootpq.exe It was much simpler for me, AT&T leaves the read community as 'public'. > > And a simple google search shows up hundreds of articles explaining how > you can "hack" DOCSIS cable modems, unfortunately (unless you have a > completely clueless provider) all these tricks wont work. > > E.g: http://lists.wi2600.org/pipermail/2600/2001-October/008668.html What search terms did you use? > > Which dates from October 2001. A few months after I found it =) > > (I tried it but my isp squeezes on the other end of the pipe, some > things that you can alter though is bypass restrictions of how many > computers could be connected right into the modem) > I find it disgusting (again and again) that ISP's can be this stupid. > With kind regards, > > Rense
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