vmng300 cable modem - 50mb question

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by jb66

The superhub looks as if it can bond 8 downstream channels in the diag page to the vmg300s 4.

Thank you for that, yes thats the reason I was unsure as I am at home but the answer is within my work applications, which I would have checked when next in work.

[qasdfdsaq]

I've explained a few times, the VMNG300 has 4DS channel bonding whereas the Superhub has 8. 8DS was supposedly a requirement for 100mbps service but isn't currently used in practice, so the VMNG300 can handle all current configurations used in practice (barring perhaps some trial configurations).

[Edit]

NVM, beat me to it.

Mind you, I've had a thought. If VM are asking for Superhubs back when a customer disconnects, then presumably that's so they can give it to someone else, i.e. reassign it to a different customer. It may not be possible now, but logic suggests at some point in the future VM *will* make it possible to reassign an old modem/superhub to a new customer - either that or they will have to reprogram the MAC addresses on the returned SHs.

To be honest though, their current policy of *not* taking for modems back may actually be illegal under WEEE regulations.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Mind you, I've had a thought. If VM are asking for Superhubs back when a customer disconnects, then presumably that's so they can give it to someone else, i.e. reassign it to a different customer. It may not be possible now, but logic suggests at some point in the future VM *will* make it possible to reassign an old modem/superhub to a new customer - either that or they will have to reprogram the MAC addresses on the returned SHs.

They can reassign modems once they are returned and refurbished, but they cannot reassign unreturned modems because they cannot be added to the inventory as per my answers to Zeke's posts above.

[jb66]

Can the vmg300 bond upstream?

[qasdfdsaq]

Should be able to, has same upstream bonding capability on the spec sheet as the Superhub (4 channels) but I heard a while ago someone suggesting it wasn't working properly...