[Elecraft] CODEC UPDATE & CLOSE

[Phil Kane]

On 10/3/2018 8:23 PM, Neil Zampella wrote:

> I had heard anecdotal stories about Xfinity modems and ethernet
> connections to non-computer equipment.  I actually had one customer who
> had the problem, I took a spare Linksys router, and connected it between
> the Xfinity modem, and the equipment, and that fixed the issue for my
> customer.    I basically turned off the Xfinity WiFi, installed a top of
> the line Linksys AC-1900 router, and all the ethernet, and wireless
> connections go through that, and he's not seen the issue since.

My last word:

I bought into the XFinity "X1" program and connected their super-modem
and tried to make it work with my LAN.  I detected security holes in
their "instant hotspot" provision that would violate my company's
insistence of tight firewalls and hard-wire Ethernet for any
off-premises system carrying company information no matter how small.
The upshot is that I returned their modem, bought my own Arris
(Motorola) modem meeting their compatibility specs, and continued to use
my existing Netgear VPN router.  It paid for itself wirhin a year.
Problem solved.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon