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RE: cable modem firmware upgrade

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Stewart)
Thu Jan 29 05:22:54 2015

X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: "Paul Stewart" <paul@paulstewart.org>
To: "'Nathan Anderson'" <nathana@fsr.com>,
 "'A MEKKAOUI'" <amekkaoui@mektel.ca>, <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <C12CA40900F4E0448A2D4E66DFA6A59B1E4B22AFCA@Demekin.FSI.local>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 05:22:44 -0500
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That has been my experience as well (only from the RF side) and I would
believe this was a design choice.   The ISP usually wants to keep control
over the firmware versions of the CM for various technical/support reasons
versus having consumers mess with the firmware.

Paul


On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:11 PM, A MEKKAOUI wrote:

> Anyone knows how to upgrade Motorola SB6120 cable modem firmware other 
> than going through the internet provider? Your help will be appreciated.

My employer managed a handful of small DOCSIS networks for a while where 99%
of the modems were Motorola, and as far as I know, there is no way to push a
firmware update to the modem from the ethernet side...only from the RF side.




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