Looks like my modem has been cloned - Page 3

Toto · 25-10-2007, 23:54

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

To be fair, both ADSL and Cable have good and bad points.

Yes, ADSL can't be cloned

iglu · 26-10-2007, 07:02

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Originally Posted by hideki

Well I take some comfort from the fact that due to my quickly alerting people to what was happening a lot of other modems are not dead.

I have seen some of your work.

NTL should hire you

tucker61 · 26-10-2007, 07:04

Don't want to know the detail, but how does a modem get cloned ? What are the benefits ? Surely VM can run checks for clones ?

lsproc · 26-10-2007, 07:16

1. We are not allowed to say that on this forum (nor do I know)
2. Supposedly the advantages are to have lots of connections that you dont pay for, obviously not goof for us and VM.
3. VM were trialling modem bricking, which appears to have been circumvented by the more experienced cloners. Though it did work for a while.

iglu · 26-10-2007, 07:19

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Originally Posted by tucker61

Don't want to know the detail, but how does a modem get cloned ?

Discussion of this is not allowed here. Google for the guide

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Originally Posted by tucker61

What are the benefits ?

You can steal say 60Mbs for free, but the down side is that one can get a criminal record. Is it worth it for a tenner or two a month?

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Originally Posted by tucker61

Surely VM can run checks for clones ?

Yes, but it will cost them money. NTL zapped quite a few cloned modems, it killed few legit ones on the way.

VM should lock their warehouses first, most of the cloned modems come from VM brand new!

dragon · 26-10-2007, 14:04

Could VM not use something like PPoE to make users "login" before they get access to the internet?

Then bind the modems mac address to the account so only that mac address in combination with a correct user/pass would actually allow internet access...

Or maybe some kind of captive portal you need to login to just after you connect.

lsproc · 26-10-2007, 14:40

One of the ideas of cable was not to have to do this.

What VM could do is require you to run Autoreg every time you power up the modem.

piggy · 26-10-2007, 18:47

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Originally Posted by lsproc

One of the ideas of cable was not to have to do this.

What VM could do is require you to run Autoreg every time you power up the modem.

the server would fall over!!

lsproc · 26-10-2007, 18:51

Would it cause more traffic than a Slashdot?

You can protect those.

Ahh, that reminds me what happened a LONG time ago near the millenium, autoreg was absolutly broken.

HAXX888 · 27-10-2007, 12:16

hi guys, i have had lots of trouble with my modems, as the war on the clones hit a climax they seemed to have hit my subscribed modem. surly this is no way to treat a paying customer. now i can bearly get 1mb out off my modem, any help would be nice, have tried customer support but i keep going through to india, cant understand what they are telling me to do, its all very frustrating

dragon · 27-10-2007, 12:26

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Originally Posted by HAXX888

hi guys, i have had lots of trouble with my modems, as the war on the clones hit a climax they seemed to have hit my subscribed modem. surly this is no way to treat a paying customer. now i can bearly get 1mb out off my modem, any help would be nice, have tried customer support but i keep going through to india, cant understand what they are telling me to do, its all very frustrating

Surely if you'd been hit by the anti cloning then you'd have been knocked offline completely.

HAXX888 · 27-10-2007, 12:28

maybe that was for the clones, but it has done something to my subbed modem. dunno what but it is crippled for speed now

danielf · 27-10-2007, 12:33

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Originally Posted by HAXX888

maybe that was for the clones, but it has done something to my subbed modem. dunno what but it is crippled for speed now

How dare they!

HAXX888 · 27-10-2007, 12:42

hi guys, sorry for being so forward, but could i be put on the TOP TAP??

thanks

danielf · 27-10-2007, 13:15