We have a couple of costumer that travel a lot and are requesting to be able to use their modem in multiple locations (cmts).
example of the configurations. Each node has different shared secret (authorization strings). The question is: what is preventing his modem from going online in both places?
node 1: 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
interface cable-mac 164
description "cable-mac 164"
cable tftp-enforce block
cable dynamic-secret reject
cable cm-ip-prov-mode ipv4only
cable dynamic-rcc
cable downstream-bonding-group dynamic enable
cable cm-status event-type all max-event-holdoff 32000
interface cable-upstream 2/4 no shutdown
interface cable-upstream 2/5
description "VXC06"
cable ingress-cancellation interval 100
cable cable-mac 164
cable frequency 26000000
cable power-level 5
cable supervision 12/8
cable supervision 12/9
cable supervision 12/10
cable supervision 12/11
cable supervision 12/12
cable supervision 12/13
cable supervision 12/14
cable supervision 12/15
cable connector 3
node 2: 10.yyy.yyy.yyy
interface cable-mac 162
description "cable-mac 162"
cable tftp-enforce block
cable dynamic-secret reject
cable cm-ip-prov-mode ipv4only
cable dynamic-rcc
cable downstream-bonding-group dynamic enable
cable cm-status event-type all max-event-holdoff 32000
interface cable-upstream 3/0 no shutdown
interface cable-upstream 3/1
description "ZGV01X"
cable ingress-cancellation interval 100
cable cable-mac 162
cable frequency 20000000
cable power-level 5
cable supervision 14/16
cable supervision 14/17
cable supervision 14/18
cable supervision 14/19
cable supervision 14/20
cable supervision 14/21
cable supervision 14/22
cable supervision 14/23
cable connector 0
Is DHCP setup to give that customer a different config file for each of your nodes? If your running with a different dynamic shared secret on each node, then the secret coded into his config file needs to match for the node he is currently on.
Having a common system wide shared secret would solve this, as would having his MAC setup to grab a correctly coded config depending on the node his modem connects to.
Using the same shared secret wont solve this. Ill use example to explain the configuration.
1) a modem provisioned in cmts A wont grab a valid configuration in cmts B.
2) a modem provisioned in cmts A mac interface 164 wont grab a valid configuration in any other mac interface of the same cmts A.
3) a modem provisioned in cmts A mac interface 164 upstream channel 2 wont grab a valid configuration in any other upstream channel of the same mac interface of cmts A.
what is causing this? and how do I allow X modem to connect in any cmts without opening doors for thef of service by cloning other modems.