[olug] mystifying cable modem problem

[Eric Pierce]

Exactly.  However, I'll try Ethereal out tonight.  It's good to try out new
shit.

I tried Jay's suggestions (to have Cox remove and re-add my modem), but that
didn't work, and I tried resetting/standby/etc. the modem, but that didn't work
either.  I went to a popular electronics store and am currently "leasing" a
Motorola SB 5100 modem.  I had it provisioned by Cox, and I got right on the
network...  I could finally access the modem at 192.168.100.1, and I noticed
that the signal level was -13 Db.  Seems kinda low.

The Toshiba modem I have has a 5 year warranty, so I'm going hit them up on
that.

In the meantime, if anyone has an extra modem laying around for a decent price,
I'm interested.

Thanks,
Eric


--- Terry <td3201 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that if he would know how to do all that, he wouldn't be
> asking what ethereal is.  :)
> 
> 
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:18:07 -0500, Dave Hull <dphull at insipid.com> wrote:
> > Quoting Bill Brush <bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu>:
> > 
> > > 1.  A 10base-T network can be switched also.
> > >
> > > 2.  A 100base-T network can be run on a hub.
> > >
> > > 3.  Even if the network is switch you can use a promiscuous port to see
> > > everything (on a managed switch).
> > >
> > > 4.  On an unmanaged switch you can use certain tools to do Arp poisoning
> so
> > > your monitoring station can act as the man in the middle.
> > 
> > >From what I hear, some switches "fail open" or revert to a hub like mode
> if they
> > are overwhelmed (buffer overrun?) or otherwise compromised. If you can make
> that
> > happen on the network in question, you can see pretty much everything.
> > 
> > --
> > Dave Hull
> > http://insipid.com
> > 
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