I read up on DOCSIS, and learned alot about cable modems. Basically, all this info is a log of a connection. It starts by scanning for a good frequencies on the line - QAM is download freqs, QSPK is upload. It then goes through DHCP stuff, gets an IP (but still cannot access the network). It TFTPs down a config file containing all kinds of stuff (including your caps, and authentication info), applies it, then registers itself on the network - network access is good to go. All this can be seen in the log a few posts ago - you can follow it through all that. I think the $ stuff is frequencies scanned, and frequencies locked, etc... -Lucas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Attaway" To: "Lucas Peet" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:02 PM Subject: Re: Something interesting > On Tue, 7 May 2002, Lucas Peet wrote: > > > If there's anyone who's paying for a 'Business' account...I'd like to see > > what their's say. > > > > I wonder if a sniffer would decode that better - like Ethereal or somesuch. > > And I'm curious as to what 'service' that is running on port 55555, and what > > all this information means. Logging of some such, probably sent out to RR, > > and stuck in a log file somewhere...which is then parsed, and anything > > flagged that seems out of whack - uncappers, etc... > > That's just all diagnostics information that happens to be available on > port 55555. If you are interested in reconfiguring the cablemodem itself, > you had better know the encryption keys and snmp messaging. I'm sure the > crown jewels of road runner are kept in a safe place. If they got out in > the wild and caused problems, they'd have to send out the .bin file to all > their modems. I bet these modems are secure, else there would be a lot of > michief going on that would annoy the rest of us. > > from the newsgroup roadrunner.kc.earlybird: > > "The cap is set at the modem itself with a Bin file that is sent from the > cable company. If you have a Surfboard 3100, 4100, or a 3 Com "Sharkfin" > you will be able to view these settings through the internal web > diagnostics page on the modem itself." > > there was quite a discussion about all this... > > -- > Why drive a car when you can ride a bike? > http://attaway.yi.org http://counter.li.org user #142150 > > > >