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N450 with Time Warner Cable
I was told by Time Warner Cable that this modem is supported by them. After purchase, however, they said they will not actually touch the router, but rely on me (the owner) to make any changes (firmw...
Hello cjacks
All modems that you use on a cable connection are locked down like this Netgear sends the firmware updates to the ISP they then approve it and makes changes they see fit and then push out the firmware when they want to release it. This goes for all brands with cable modems.
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25477?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
DarrenM
Well, talk to TWC/Spectrum about that.. as they said they will not push out any firmware, nor assist with settings in a customer owned modem. Seems counterintuitive.
Going to poll some other manufacturers, as I would like to use Google DNS servers, rather than TWC's, as well (much faster/responsive).
Thank you for the response.
Chris