[Cialug] new cable modem advice

[Don Cady]

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> However, these "minor deviations" from the DOCSIS 1.1 and PacketCable
> 1.0 specs have cost us some man hours in trying to get their modems
> working with VoIP.  There are workarounds that we can do, but they
> don't always seem stable.
We were just talking about this Wed. night. It would have been great if you 
could've been there. (but you probably work evenings, right?)

> Also, their deviation from the DOCSIS 1.1 spec caused a bit of a
> problem we someone learned that the bridge between the ethernet port
> and the cable RF side wasn't disabled during the initial boot process.
> This combined with the "deviation" that a modem isn't suppose to
> accept a download of configuration from the ethernet side caused it so
> that the Motorola's could be "hacked" very easily and we ended up
> suspending several peoples accounts and dropping them due to constant
> violations.  Of course, this point probably won't sway you away from
> the brand :)  But it does illustrate Motorola's abillity to pass the
> spec tests, but not particularly adhere to the specs.
Years of government contracting.

Don