[Lvlug] Clear Modems 4 Sale

[Tom Garland]

On 07/30/2010 01:11 PM, Rich Roehm wrote:
> Cox has their own silly thing with cablemodems. Cox's process is that
> the owner has to call and 'release' the modem from their account so it
> can be assigned to a new\other account in the future. If you wind up
> with spare\friend's cablemodem you'll need them to remove it first.
> Maybe Clear has a similar process.
>
>
> Rich.
>
I know because of the way COX establishes authorization.
I had to do it yesterday. What you  have to do is associate
the MAC address of the PC you will be using with the modem
you are using via the Internet cable connection. Of course
you can only do it when you are running a winblows OS
on your PC. That way if you want to use another computer
with your COX modem  you have to do the same thing with
the new PC to get its MAC address and then COX charges
you for multiple PCs using their Internet access every month.

Clear registers the 4G modem MAC address. When I added
a second modem I just told them the MAC address and I had
access throughout the valley. I think it would probably work
anywhere in the U.S. with Clear reception. The modem
is a full blown router that you have all sorts of control
over. The COX modem is controlled via the coax cable.

Of course many years ago I used to route all of my other
Internet access through the PC with the registered MAC
address and later I used just a router.

Cloning works, aren't programmable routers great!  ;-)

Tom
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