Disregarding the legality of such a practice, is it possible to gain anything from uncapping a cable modem these days?
Sb5101 hack with comcast haxorware the new firmware v 1.1 revision 32 into my new. Tags: sigma1.7, sigma, 1.7, comcast, config, file, sb4100, sb4200, sb5100,.
I did some research on this, and there still seems to be a very active modem mod community. That said, what I don't understand is that everything I've read on DOCSIS 3.0 networks is that the speed is limited at the headend/cmts by mac address. So sure, you can get a faster config file loaded on your modem with haxorware or forceware, but, does that matter?
It seems that if the headend/cmts limits the speed by your mac, unless you can clone the mac from another modem that is subscribed to the cable provider to the speed you are trying get, that the trunk simply won't let you get that speed.
If this is the case, why do people even bother with modem mods? Am I missing something?
(sorry if this isn't the best sub for this, seemed like it had something to do with networking to a degree....xpost from /r/netsec)