Small tip for cable modem business users from CMC
I've been the one asking a lot of questions on this forum and I have not given much input that may have been helpful, so hope this helps someone a little bit.
I don't want to mention any company's name because they may come here, read this message and change their tactics. Let's just say they are the biggest cable internet provider here in US. Anyways, I had a regular internet subscription with them and was able to change my IP using the standard method no problem.
When switched to business internet, they gave me this big chunk of modem and changing the IP WOULD NOT work, so I was panicking. I spent at least an hour trying to figure out why.
Turns out that if you just replace the modem, it works. Give them back the modem they provided you and use the Motorola surfboard extreme. It works perfectly now. I was about to switch back to my old home subscription if I was not able to change my ip.
I even called them up and made sure that my subscription was dynamic not Static IP, and they said it was dynamic. So, for the longest time, I couldn't figure out why my IP wouldn't change using the method from the Stealth Book. Anyways, hope this helps someone later on.
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