Creative use of Xfinity WiFi to get a dual WAN
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https://msol.io/blog/tech/2015/03/10/how-i-doubled-my-internet-speed-with-openwrt/
@Nic posted this link in IRC.
This is a great creative way to make use of something forced on users..
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This wifi is part of the reason I've kept the modem I bought many years ago. It's a DOCSIS 2.0 so I think it may be time to upgrade the old Motorola surfboard with something like a Arris Model WBM760A
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@thecreativeone91 If you can, wait for docsis3.1 - promises much better up/down ratios
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@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 If you can, wait for docsis3.1 - promises much better up/down ratios
Dang just read the specs on that. Could bring connections just as good as fiber.
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That's an awesome idea. You could do this other ways too, like by having two separate radio bridges and a traditional router. More equipment and more complicated, but depending on the setup that you wanted to use.
Also, if you could see a neighbour's free hot spot you could increase this to a third bonded channel too.
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Where the third one coming from @scottalanmiller ?
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@Dashrender Your Main, Your Guest, and Your neighbour's Guest.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Also, if you could see a neighbour's free hot spot you could increase this to a third bonded channel too.
Keep in mind Open network doesn't necessarily mean free. You have to have permission to be on it. Almost all my neighbors have open SSIDs but, it would be illegal for me to connect to them.
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/legal_free_wifi.htm
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@thecreativeone91 said:
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/legal_free_wifi.htm
Doesn't apply in this case. You have to be a Comcast customer to use the "Free Wifi" - you have to login with a Comcast username and password.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Also, if you could see a neighbour's free hot spot you could increase this to a third bonded channel too.
Keep in mind Open network doesn't necessarily mean free. You have to have permission to be on it. Almost all my neighbors have open SSIDs but, it would be illegal for me to connect to them.
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/legal_free_wifi.htm
That's not what's going on here though. Comcast is trying to make wireless internet a ubiquitous thing for their customers. You're at the and you jump on a Comcast WiFi connection (username/password required) same goes when you're at your friend's house who happens to have Comcast - you get on the guest side of things.
One thin I really don't like about the guest network though - it doesn't use WPA.. it only authenticates you via the username/password to a portal, but the WiFi traffic itself is plaintext unless you're visiting a HTTPS site.
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Yes. That's if your neighbour has comcast free wifi. I'm saying you can't do it with just any wifi.
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@thecreativeone91 Right, but we are talking about comcast. Plus since the ISP almost always have a monoploy, most of the time if you have Comcast, your neighbor does too
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@thecreativeone91 Right, but we are talking about comcast. Plus since the ISP almost always have a monoploy, most of the time if you have Comcast, your neighbor does too
Only one of my neighbours do. We have a choice from about 10 ISPs here. I have comcast but I won't use their Xfinity modem/router. I use my own modems.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Only one of my neighbours do. We have a choice from about 10 ISPs here. I have comcast but I won't use their Xfinity modem/router. I use my own modems.
Your the exception, not the rule, Many time you have 2 choices, Cable or DSL.
You might consider using their Xfinity modem/router. I am pretty sure the "Free Hotspot" traffic isn't part of your speed cap, so you can get even more speed by doing as the article suggests.
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You might consider using their Xfinity modem/router. I am pretty sure the "Free Hotspot" traffic isn't part of your speed cap, so you can get even more speed by doing as the article suggests.
No thanks. I don't want double nat. And I don't care for the extra speed, I'd rather not be broadcasting wifi out for everyone. You also have to pay monthly for those modems. Where as I don't have to pay them for my modems.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
You might consider using their Xfinity modem/router. I am pretty sure the "Free Hotspot" traffic isn't part of your speed cap, so you can get even more speed by doing as the article suggests.
No thanks. I don't want double nat. And I don't care for the extra speed, I'd rather not be broadcasting wifi out for everyone. You also have to pay monthly for those modems. Where as I don't have to pay them for my modems.
OK that's a loser of an idea.. you have to pay to provide access to other people.. nah!
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@Dashrender yeah most people are non the wiser. You are renting the modem/router at $5-$10 month. I bought my own and its much cheaper and better.
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I like the idea of making wifi available to customers anywhere their other customers have access... but pay so someone else can have access? HELL NO!
Like you said dealing with double NAT would be bad enough... but having to pay.. ummm NO!
