[arm-allstar] Port Forwarding Observation

[Ryan Schultz]

In my case, the default admin login was on the bottom of the comcast
router, not just the wifi password like the older ones.

Ryan
W9UEY

On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:

> The default Comcast user/pass is usually
>
> user -  admin
> password - password
>
> Try that..
>
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> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
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> > From: ad2dx at ad2dx.us <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ad2dx at ad2dx.us');>
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> > Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 18:58:42 +0000
> > Subject: [arm-allstar] Port Forwarding Observation
> >
> > Folks,
> > Just something to keep in mind if you’re trying to set up port
> forwarding for an AllStar node. I won’t mention names or callsigns (to keep
> all things equal), but I was helping a fellow ham in trying to set up port
> forwarding. It was thought that there was a problem with port forwarding
> not working when it was set up on an Apple Time Capsule, which is very
> similar to an Apple AirPort Extreme. The reason why it wasn’t working, is
> because the Apple Time Capsule was set up in Bridge Mode. In other words,
> the Apple TC was being used as a Wireless Access Point (WAP), and not a
> router.
> >
> > Just a note: When a device is being used as a WAP, that’s not where you
> want to apply port forwarding. It’s an honest mistake, but it was under the
> impression that the Apple TC was acting as a router. The Comcast router is
> where the port forwarding needs to be applied. So I walked him through how
> to browse into the Comcast Cable Modem. After an initial no-go, power
> cycling the Modem allowed him to browse in. The default username/password
> combo of cusadmin/highspeed did not work. He is going to call Comcast to
> find out if a Comcast tech had changed it from the default, or whether the
> Cable Modem needs to be reset back to factory. Once that’s done, either he
> will ask the onsite tech to set up port forwarding (if they will), he’ll
> try it, or I’ll remote into his computer to browse into the Cable Modem
> once the Cable Modem issue is fixed.
> > Thanks ans 73,
> > Joe AD2DX.
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