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Old 01-03-09, 03:23 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Think its infinite im using
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Old 01-03-09, 03:25 PM   #22 (permalink)
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That log is not useless, you just need to know how to interpret it.

From experience, 2 possibilities:
modem is unable to get a good upstream lock (unlikely)
MAC is bad (very fking likely)

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please dont imply i dont know what im doing, it could be a number of things.

telnet logs are very detailed and will tell you mac is refused.

theres no point having half the info.
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Old 01-03-09, 03:30 PM   #24 (permalink)
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sorry i edited my post as you were replying.

i edit my posts a lot lol. i wouldnt imply you don't know what you are doing, i've seen a lot of your posts and i like your work
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That log is not useless, you just need to know how to interpret it.

From experience, 2 possibilities:
modem is unable to get a good upstream lock (unlikely)
MAC is bad (very fking likely)

cheers, fitz
I have tried MACs from numerous areas though and i am still having the problem.
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have you tried disabling 'enable force_cfgfile'?
Also please post your upstream signal details


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have you tried disabling 'enable force_cfgfile'?
Also please post your upstream signal details


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I have tried disabling the "force cfg".

Is this the upstream details your after?

Upstream Channel Lock Status Locked
Modulation
QAM16
Channel ID
4
Symbol rate
2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream Frequency
29200000 Hz
Upstream Power 49.0 dBmV
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ok your upstream is fine. bruteforce yourself a new mac using dhcpsniffer
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ok your upstream is fine. bruteforce yourself a new mac using dhcpsniffer
I tried that yesterday mate, and when i put the MACs in i was still having the same problem.
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