[Cialug] Mediacom - not Linux related

[David Champion]

Your ISP is getting harassed by the media company about the perceived
infringement, they're passing the hate along to you.

-dc

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 8:28 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got one of those letters once, for something that clearly wasn't me. Call
> me crazy, but I'd send back a short letter with a number of four letter
> words informing them of where they can go. They can claim "common carrier"
> status but you're supposed to be responsible for that stuff?
>
> Who are they to commission you as sheriff of your internet connection? Why
> is it your mandatory responsibility to clutch at your internet connection
> like a Gollum with his precious so you can carry out someone else's dirty
> work for them?
>
> I'm feeling irritated with stupidity today. More than usual, I mean.
>
> --
> Todd
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Kevin Smith <kevin at linuxsmith.com> wrote:
>
> > Figured it out I think. They used a contractor to do the install, who
> > failed to add a MoCA filter. Apparently, without that what we are
> > experiencing can happen. Two cable Internet services are combined
> somehow.
> > I'm actually seeing devices on someone else's cable Internet service on
> her
> > network; and Mediacom is seeing their online activity as my mother's.
> >
> > Anyway, they are sending someone out to correct it. They removed the
> > "violations" from her account.
> >
> > On Sep 5, 2017 13:00, "tony welder" <tony.wvoip at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > For starters, it may not be the modem/wifi, it could be her computer.
> If
> > > the computer is compromised, they may be using it to seed the content
> > out.
> > > It wouldn't matter what service you were on, the problem would follow
> you
> > > no matter where you go.
> > >
> > > There's also the possibility that she is actually pirating the content
> > > herself.  It's the most pirated show on the planet right now... just
> > > saying.
> > >
> > > WPA2 is tough to break.  I've tried several times, it just takes way
> too
> > > long, requires some decent hardware (GPU for running through a
> > dictionary,
> > > then john the ripper plus regex on dictionary... then finally a brute
> > > force(which damn near NEVER works) ) and requires a lot of luck.
> > >
> > > If we're still hung up on it being your WIFI then they maybe getting in
> > > through WPS.  A lot of devices say they have it disabled... when all
> they
> > > did was disable it through through the web interface.  Takes me about 5
> > > minutes to break into those.  If you actually set it up, then it will
> > take
> > > me up to 2 days assuming the devices doesn't have any serious counter
> > > measures.  With a device the employs more than just simple throttling,
> it
> > > could take me over a month to break in.
> > >
> > > I recommend doing some sort of packet capture, at the top of that
> > network,
> > > to see if any devices are compromised.  It's one of the best ways to
> > figure
> > > out if one of your IOT devices or person X's computer is compromised.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Tony
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Justin Richeson <
> neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > My IP seems to stick as long as my down time is minimal.  My guess is
> > > > unless you're offline while they do a lease reset, you get the same
> IP
> > > > back.  Or unless they change routing behind the scenes.  I know I've
> > had
> > > my
> > > > IP changed a few times, but defiantly had it more than two
> > > weeks...probably
> > > > had my current IP at least since we had a major outage early this
> year.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:42 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 5 Sep 2017, Dave Hala wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > My experience with mediacom was that the dhcp lease on an ip
> > > addresswas
> > > > > roughly two weeks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > How interesting!  I have been using the same IP [as static] for
> over
> > > five
> > > > > years on the firwall box behind our Charter modem, .. as long as we
> > > keep
> > > > > it active, their system will not reprovision for another user.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone tried a similar strategy with MediaComm?
> > > > >
> > > > >         Lee
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