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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
A couple of weeks ago, I received a mail out form Shaw advising they had upgraded the network in my area and should bring my old modem in to swap out for a new one to take advantage of the upgraded network. Has anyone tried out the new modem? I heard somewhere you can't bridge this one? I find that a bit hard to believe and I usually slightly exceed the d/l limits I'm supposed to get and wondering if there is any point in swapping out the modem?
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I did this...had a big blue SMC modem in bridge mode, I think it was DOCSIS 3 already so there was not really anything immediate to be gained from swapping it out. what they told me at the Shaw store is that they're not supporting the SMC anymore so I guess any future firmware or whatever updates would only come to the newer Cisco.
The Cisco is smaller and they gave me one that was already bridged. it's refurbed though, so it's not like a shiny new piece of equipment. basically if you wanna use it as an excuse to clear out the giant dust bunnies that have accumulated around your network equipment space, it doesn't help much but it doesn't hurt either.