Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-11 Thread Delong.com via NANOG
XFINITY will send you bursts of other peoples data constantly. That’s the nature of CMTS, it’s a broadcast network, acts like one giant ethernet. Owen > On Oct 11, 2023, at 15:00, William Herrin wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 12:32 PM Delong.com wrote: >> Nope… My Surfboard 8611 has tha

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-11 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 12:32 PM Delong.com wrote: > Nope… My Surfboard 8611 has that (just Cable<->single ethernet port). Cool. The models I have only bridge. > The SRX-340 provides a backup simple network (SRX LAN ->NAT->$CABLECO) in > case things go wrong with the (usually more reliable mul

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-11 Thread Delong.com via NANOG
> On Oct 11, 2023, at 11:34, William Herrin wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:12 AM Delong.com wrote: >> There are still some knobs… >> >> e.g. bridge mode or not (usually) > > I'm guessing that's only if there's a built-in wifi router. My grand > experience with cable modems counts to

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-11 Thread Michael Thomas
On 10/11/23 11:34 AM, William Herrin wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:12 AM Delong.com wrote: There are still some knobs… e.g. bridge mode or not (usually) I'm guessing that's only if there's a built-in wifi router. My grand experience with cable modems counts to exactly two brands and fou

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-11 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:12 AM Delong.com wrote: > There are still some knobs… > > e.g. bridge mode or not (usually) I'm guessing that's only if there's a built-in wifi router. My grand experience with cable modems counts to exactly two brands and four models, but in each case the model without

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-11 Thread Delong.com via NANOG
There are still some knobs… e.g. bridge mode or not (usually) Owen > On Oct 10, 2023, at 23:01, William Herrin wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 6:07 PM Al Whaley wrote: >> My understanding is that the internal web page in the consumer modems is >> gone. App or nothing. > > With xfinity,

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-10 Thread William Herrin
On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 6:07 PM Al Whaley wrote: > My understanding is that the internal web page in the consumer modems is > gone. App or nothing. With xfinity, when you plug it a "non-activated" modem, you get a walled garden where you can connect to some of their web servers for the purpose o

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-10 Thread William Herrin
On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 6:36 PM Crist Clark wrote: > I had a forced modem upgrade with them earlier this year. I vaguely recall it > was not without some frustration, but I managed to get it done. > > I don’t seem to have a problem logging in at > https://login.xfinity.com/login > Is it transient

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-10 Thread Al Whaley
My understanding is that the internal web page in the consumer modems is gone.  App or nothing. I don't think the options one could set from the web login are there anymore either, though I haven't bothered to confirm that myself. Gotta love it. The business modems still have internal web pa

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-10 Thread Crist Clark
I had a forced modem upgrade with them earlier this year. I vaguely recall it was not without some frustration, but I managed to get it done. I don’t seem to have a problem logging in at https://login.xfinity.com/login Is it transient or still persisting for you? On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 5:07 PM

Re: xfinity not working

2023-10-10 Thread Delong.com via NANOG
I didn’t have a problem with it a couple of months ago, but that was when I installed Comcast Business, so likely a different user experience from residential. I had to call them on the phone to turn off my residential after the business install was completed and operational. Owen > On Oct 10

xfinity not working

2023-10-10 Thread William Herrin
Howdy, Wondering if any of the folks from Xfinity have tried activating internet service with their own modem and without installing a mobile phone app any time in the recent past. It doesn't work. It just doesn't work. http://www.xfinity.net/activate -> https://idm.xfinity.com/myaccount/account