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I have a modem on which I sometime ago changed the MAC and SN.
I used Haxorware on it to do that.
I never changed the Certs.
If I change back to the original MAC and SN are the certs still there and would they then become valid?
I haven't seen this question discussed. Or not recently.
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05-10-2011, 06:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-10-2011, 07:00 PM by Mordeth.)
It depends on how you flashed the modem. If you flashed a full dump (a 2mb copy from another modem) or just the flash portion. If you flashed it with just Haxorware (NOT a full dump), just press the "Copy from Certificate" option when you change it back to the original MAC, and the original certs will be copied to match the original MAC.
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Bruiser,
Goto the Baseline Privacy page, scroll down to "Restore from filesystem" and press "GO" (there should be a .tar file in there). Afterwards, goto the "Addresses" page and press "Copy to Certificate". As long as the original certs have not been tampered with, the original MAC will be show up automatically in the "HFC MAC" spot.
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It does seem to be all normal now. Thanks, MAC matches sticker. I suppose the cert is fine. I didn't ever fool with it. As I said I might sub this and I don't want anything to seem weird at all.
One other thing. I used to be online with this modem and a changed mac, but no more. Better to use a modem where I can download my config than one that I can't.
One thing, a buddy of mine moved from one area to another, same system- maybe about 10 miles. He hooked his old modem up at the new place and he had a 30 MB connection, which in a couple of days declined to a normal level. I said to him "You wish you had a special modem with haxorware on it so you could archive that config they sent you before they came to their senses." But he didn't have one at the time.
Which explains why I would like to sub a haxorware modem. Much better to have that all right off the bat!