>From talking to folks involved with http://www.cablewifi.com/ and Comcast support there is a separate service flow for the public SSID. I have yet to configure that in the lab, but it sounds like a good project :)
Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms -------------------------------- On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Frank Bulk <frnk...@iname.com> wrote: > It's my understanding that the public Wi-Fi uses the same data flow as the > subcriber's data flow. I've seen nothing in the release notes for ARRIS or > Moto that suggest one can tie an SSID to a specific service flow. > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jay Ashworth > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:01 AM > To: NANOG > Subject: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question > > I expect Frank Bulk to have an opinion on this, all others welcome. > > Hat tip to Bright House -- I've noticed lately that I don't have to go > through their captive portal when using their public wifi hotspots (they > participate in the CableWifi consortium, using WAPs built into their > 6580 and other cablemodems, and offer a carrier-specific connection SSID > as well). > > This has led me to a point of curiosity: > > If I'm the subscriber, and I've paid for 15 mb/s down, then my wired > connection and my private wireless (if provisioned, and they charge > $10/mo, so I'll do that myself, thanks) are using one ... DOCSIS path? > back to the CMTS. > > I assume that cableco provided voice is on a separate path, and I'm sure > the TV service is -- if it's even IP at all. > > But the question is: is that public wifi service *also* on a separate > bandwidth-limited channel out of the cablemodem? > > Offline replies fine, unless you think it's of sufficiently general > interest; I expect it's implementation dependent. > > Cheers, > -- jra > > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > j...@baylink.com > Designer The Things I Think RFC > 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land > Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 > 1274 > > >
