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RE: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question
From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk () iname com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 00:19:13 -0500
It's my understanding that the public Wi-Fi uses the same data flow as the subcriber's data flow. I've seen nothing in the release notes for ARRIS or Moto that suggest one can tie an SSID to a specific service flow. Frank -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Jay Ashworth Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:01 AM To: NANOG Subject: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question I expect Frank Bulk to have an opinion on this, all others welcome. Hat tip to Bright House -- I've noticed lately that I don't have to go through their captive portal when using their public wifi hotspots (they participate in the CableWifi consortium, using WAPs built into their 6580 and other cablemodems, and offer a carrier-specific connection SSID as well). This has led me to a point of curiosity: If I'm the subscriber, and I've paid for 15 mb/s down, then my wired connection and my private wireless (if provisioned, and they charge $10/mo, so I'll do that myself, thanks) are using one ... DOCSIS path? back to the CMTS. I assume that cableco provided voice is on a separate path, and I'm sure the TV service is -- if it's even IP at all. But the question is: is that public wifi service *also* on a separate bandwidth-limited channel out of the cablemodem? Offline replies fine, unless you think it's of sufficiently general interest; I expect it's implementation dependent. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
Current thread:
- CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Jay Ashworth (May 28)
- RE: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Frank Bulk (May 28)
- Re: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Scott Helms (May 29)
- RE: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Frank Bulk (May 29)
- Re: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Livingood, Jason (May 30)
- Re: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Blake Hudson (May 30)
- RE: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Armstrong, Bill R (May 31)
- Re: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Scott Helms (May 29)
- RE: CMTS/Public Wifi provisioning question Frank Bulk (May 28)