Subj : Cable modem change
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Markus Reschke
Date : Wed Nov 30 2016 16:06:16

Hello Michiel!

Nov 30 13:45 2016, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Nicholas Boël:

 MvdV> The second gamble was if I could get it registered with- and 
 MvdV> accepted by the cable company. I didn't get it through their 
 MvdV> official channels. From their POV it is a renegade. Much to my 
 MvdV> surprise however I managed to register it with the activation codes 
 MvdV> supplied to me for my previous modem.

Basically the cable modem just needs to support the right DOCSIS version and its MAC has to be activated, i.e. the cable provider puts the MAC into the database and links it to your customer ID. There's no authentication like it's done for DSL (PPP).

Regards,
Markus

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