Motorola Surfboard 4200

Motorola Surfboard 4200
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Nellem @ 13th Aug 12:44AM:
Motorola Surfboard 4200

hello guys,

i am switching back to WOW since they lowered their price recently! :D yay! ordered 8mbps and cable tv. hope they don't cut the speed down or something since they lowerd their price.

i have couple qustions, i know like 3 years ago WOW didn't support motorola surfboard 4200 docis 1.1 or something like that so i couldn't get full 6mbps speed on 4200. is that the still a problem? or did they manage to update 4200 firmware to docis 2.0?

do WOW still give out crappy webstar modem?

i need some update!
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Nellem @ 13th Aug 12:47AM:
Re: Motorola Surfboard 4200

does anyone have docsis2 for sb4200?
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Inflex @ 13th Aug 02:06PM:
Re: Motorola Surfboard 4200

For full speeds you will need to use a WOW provided modem.

What makes you think there is something wrong with the Webstar modems?
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imrf @ 13th Aug 02:53PM:
Re: Motorola Surfboard 4200

The 4200 is a DOCSIS 1.1 modem only. It's not DOCSIS 2 compatible.

WOW only supports up to speeds with their modems. And yes, they provide the the Webstar modems, which IMO, are better than the Moto modems.
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Nellem @ 14th Aug 04:05AM:
Re: Motorola Surfboard 4200

i didn't say there is something wrong with the webstar modems.

you can still get full speed without using provided modem, which means u can use ur own modem like me and get full speed as long as they provide config file for the modem you have.
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Inflex @ 14th Aug 12:43PM:
Re: Motorola Surfboard 4200

said by Nellem :

i didn't say there is something wrong with the webstar modems.

said by Nellem :

crappy webstar modem

OK.

:huh:
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imrf @ 14th Aug 01:34PM:
Re: Motorola Surfboard 4200

said by Nellem :

you can still get full speed without using provided modem, which means u can use ur own modem like me and get full speed as long as they provide config file for the modem you have.

I worked with WOW a while ago trying to get my 4200 to get full speeds with them and never got it to work. I would only get a very unreliable 6Mbps out of 8Mbps on mine. So I'd hate to see what it'll do with my 15Mbps tier. WOW doesn't support your own modem, so they don't promise anything with it. IMO, there isn't a point to keep such an old, outdated modem for now.
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