Jason Clinton wrote:

> Paul Taylor wrote:
> 
>>http://www.netwide.net/users/CableGuy/HowtoUncapDocsisCompliantCableModems.htm

> If you get caught, you will lose access to RR forever. Don't get caught. 
> AFAIK, when the cable modem comes online and handshakes with the 
> upstream network, a MD5 hash of the config file is exchanged and if they 
> do not match, you get reported. Cable modems that don't handshake aren't 
> allowed on the network. You better make very sure that the .bin file is 
> lost when a power cycle occurs. Chuck, in our LUG, who is a Tier 3 Tech 
> at RR, knows a lot more about this. I'd ask him.

Do you know if Comcast does a similar check?  I'm not planning on 
uncapping, becasue I don't want to lose the great service I have, but it 
would be nice to know.  I just purchased my own DOCSIS compliant cable 
modem to replace the one I had to lease and I would not be opposed to 
looking at the internals and learning about it.

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Hmmm.