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<blockquote data-quote="Ember1205" data-source="post: 1780317" data-attributes="member: 374272"><p>Since the MAC Address of Alien is tied to ARRIS because of the first six characters, it would not be a third-party device like an RPi. </p><p></p><p>Modems download their firmware at boot time from a TFTP server at the provider side. Every time you restart your modem, you download the firmware and will always get whatever version the provider deems appropriate. Loading firmware from the manufacturer is not supported, and after a restart it would re-download the provider's built version of the firmware anyhow. This is part of the DOCSIS2.0 standard (which carries forward into DOCSIS3.0).</p><p></p><p>So, no, I don't believe that your scenario could be considered legitimate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ember1205, post: 1780317, member: 374272"] Since the MAC Address of Alien is tied to ARRIS because of the first six characters, it would not be a third-party device like an RPi. Modems download their firmware at boot time from a TFTP server at the provider side. Every time you restart your modem, you download the firmware and will always get whatever version the provider deems appropriate. Loading firmware from the manufacturer is not supported, and after a restart it would re-download the provider's built version of the firmware anyhow. This is part of the DOCSIS2.0 standard (which carries forward into DOCSIS3.0). So, no, I don't believe that your scenario could be considered legitimate. [/QUOTE]
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