Newbie here but not to hobby, need some info 5100,5101

[intheb0x]

Hey all,
Found this site doing some Google searching :-)

Need some info, I've been in this hobby for about 7 yrs or so now, been online since,
I have a 5100 and 5101, one running sbmod and other haxorware revision 29
Both have been running good, running both same mac in different locations, same city though, once and awhile one will go down ab swapping modems from locations solves the trick, Sam thing happened yesterday, but the 5100 is now down at both locations, only reason I think why is because of the 5100s lack of cert files, is there anyway to load them to it? I really something about using ipfull?

Also have a few other questions, I'm getting about 20 300mbs down and 2 up, I know locally two has other speed options, 100megs down which they call wide band, is this docsis 3.0? Is there a modem that's capable of being modded to access this speeds here locally?

Also I had a friend who "showed me the ropes" and got me going with all this, he had a program that would scan certain "ranges" and pull the cert files and list them in order of the modem model, I need to get started with this again, and bee to get "pointed in the right direction"

Thanks everyone

"long,slow,whistle"

Where are you geographically and more importantly, where have you been, under a rock? lol

Docsis 3 is basically the same as docsis 1.1 but there are multiple d/s and u/s channels instead of 1 u/s and 1d/s as in a 51xx. That is what allows 100Mb downloads. security is a lot tighter with D3 unless your ISP is asleep at the wheel. Your modems are going down because you keep moving them and the CMTS/CMTS's log that and ban them as rogue elements. Then there is the whole "certs" thing...lolol. Read up on BPI+ and you will understand...
You have a ridiculous learning curve ahead of you my friend. You can still test cm's in real security but it is not even close to easy anymore.

Lol Milwaukee wi,
Well I've been up and running for all these years and had enough folders of files and certs, plus a buddy, but he passed away a few years ago from a car accident, but the modems still been kicking along.
I know vaguely about bpi, this is why I think the 5101 is up and the 5100 is down,
Bpi + is enabled on 5101 and there's nothing in 5100mod about bpi but I think it's activated via telnet right?
Would possibly turning on bpi+ on the 5100 make it aces the Internet again or is it basically a Paper weight without the ability to load certs and I should invest in a 5101?
As of right now because of the outage, i have shoddy but decent connection it works but it's not always dependable.