Need advice on docsis 3.0 cable modem with DMZ and configurable.

Thu Sep 13 11:54:59 MST 2018

I haven't found one yet, wreaks havoc on my letsencrypt cert processes.
however https is not blocked.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:43 AM Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks Stephen, the c7000 is listed at $199, i can get docsis 3.1 for less
> than that.
>
> I just want  my linux box which is my firewall in the dmz of my cable
> modem for Cox cable.
>
> I'm also finding out they block port 80, anyone know if I can get that
> lifted?
>
> The joys of switching ISPs
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 10:11 AM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> you have 2 options, Im my case I used an ubiquity edgerouter lite and it
>> has Wan +2 Lan ports and full commercial tools for management. but it can
>> be set to amd a dmz on one port, and your network on the other port in very
>> little time.
>> https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/
>>
>> If you want the All in one route, the other one I have used with great
>> success is the netgear Nighthawk c7000, I only retired it when I moved from
>> Cable to Fiber.
>>
>> https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/cable-modems-routers/C7000.aspx
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:04 AM Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I need advice on a docs is 3.0 cable modem.
>>>
>>> I just bought a Motorola mb7220-10, it turns out there is nothing that
>>> is configurable.
>>>
>>> It's hard coded to 192.168.100 and I want 192.168.0
>>>
>>> There's no DMZ or port forwarding. This was not clear when I ordered it.
>>>
>>> So I'm looking for one that I can configure with a DMZ and set to
>>> 192.168.0, I don't need WiFi and I'd like it to cost under $100. My
>>> download speed will only be 30mb so I don't need docsis 3.1
>>>
>>> Anyone have any recommendations?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 1:36 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In some places they even have fiber to the prem. (me)
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 12:02 PM Michael Butash <michael at butash.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You need to make sure your modem supports 3.1 too, don't forget that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cox has just recently finished upgrading to all the new 3.1 hardware
>>>>> here, and phoenix tends to be their technology leader market due to being
>>>>> their biggest, so I'd be surprised if comcast has done more rural areas.
>>>>> They always seem to be the first to fight any sort of rural network
>>>>> legislation as they hate wasting their capital on non-rich areas, so make
>>>>> sure they can even support the 8-24 channels down needed for those speeds.
>>>>> You'd be amazed how screwed up cable plants can be in rural/old areas that
>>>>> in some cases, they just cannot support the rates.  Tempe was like this for
>>>>> a long while here due to the original podunk cable co that built it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cox is actually one of the better cable MSO's out there sadly.  My
>>>>> first job in tech in '99 was @home networks that pioneered cable modem
>>>>> tech, and taught the cable behemoths about that little internet thing, and
>>>>> dealing with them all from comcast, cox, intermedia, att, and others, cox
>>>>> was always one of the least crappy of them.  So much I even worked for them
>>>>> after for a bit (more crappy to work for imho).  Not perfect, but
>>>>> definitely better.  If you like to pirate media, oddly they were one of the
>>>>> strongest to reject lawsuits, abuse subpoenas, and other media cartel
>>>>> incursions on human rights, where comcast (being the ultimate media whore
>>>>> thanks to corrupt/owned fcc) is the opposite...
>>>>>
>>>>> That said, I've been having more frequent outages (including 2
>>>>> yesterday) with Cox, and they're steadily warning and charging me for
>>>>> bandwidth now, so I'm having Centurylink installed to check out that is
>>>>> almost double the speed and $25 less than my cox bill now.  As much as I
>>>>> hate Centurylink, they don't have the bandwidth caps, that started with
>>>>> Comcast coincidentally, and Cox can stick it now (pun intended) that they
>>>>> impose them too if I'm just going to go over monthly.  Joy of having both
>>>>> services at least temporarily is I can steer traffic out either/both with
>>>>> my Fortigate firewall with sd-wan features, so going to play a month or two
>>>>> before I can one or the other to see...
>>>>>
>>>>> -mb
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:01 PM, Jim <jim.nantz15 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I found out Tuesday what was causing me to not get the speed I was
>>>>>> told I should get.  Once again the Comcast guy I was talking to said he
>>>>>> wanted to send out a repairman to find out why I wasn't getting the 150
>>>>>> Mbps everything told him I should be getting.  Tuesday morning the
>>>>>> repairman showed up with his supervisor.  The supervisor told me the 150
>>>>>> Mbps speed is for customers in areas that are served with a docsis 3.1
>>>>>> network, but where I live is served by a docsis 3.1 network.  Because of
>>>>>> this I get 100 Mbps, but could get 150 if I wanted to pay more. Then he
>>>>>> said the network in this area isn't able to supply everyone with 150 Mbps,
>>>>>> and no he doesn't know when this area will be upgraded.  I was amazed that
>>>>>> all the corporate people I talked to didn't know that this was the case.
>>>>>> They all said I should be getting 150.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After the repairman and his boss left, I called and emailed the
>>>>>> corporate people who had been telling me I should be getting 150 and told
>>>>>> them what the local supervisor said.  Later one of them called back and
>>>>>> agreed with me that since I had been told I should be getting 150, that he
>>>>>> would give it to me for the price I'm paying now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is Cox as fscked up as Comcast?
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