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Virgin used to just use the mac address with their old modems, you could flash the firmware and change the mac so you could buy their cheapest package and flash
by dangerface 5y ago
Virgin used to just use the mac address with their old modems, you could flash the firmware and change the mac so you could buy their cheapest package and flash the mac of a modem with unlimited gbit internet. They craked down on that a few years ago tho so I don't think this is possible anymore.
- lxgr 5y agoModern DOCSIS also uses certificate-based authentication. Only the owner of a given MAC OUI is able to create a certificate covering MACs under it that will be accepted by the CMTS.