Just wanted to see if any smaller providers here were doing IPTV over the cmts. I believe static multicast is the correct term. I'm just interested in finding out what it would take to simulcast an analog lineup. Should be a mostly typical analog headend with some receivers having gig-e outputs and others only asi. Very new to this and very stumped. Is encryption required or does restricting access through the modem work well enough? Hardware wise what is involved in the headend and cpe. Middleware? Do you send out a single program stream per ip or multiple streams?
Anyone have a link that explains things a bit? The cisco docs (that I've found) are a mess. Seems cisco load balancing and docsis load balancing are inter-mingled together so much it's hard to tell what is required for one vs the other. Show run all helps a little I guess but only after you configure something can you see what is going on... Be nice to know what to configure in the first place! My google-fu hasn't turned up much on the subject either. Anyway, if anyone has a helpful link or two it would be much appreciated.
Ok, it sounds funny, but anyone who's been doing cable tv from way back when... there was a signal generator that was put on the fm band, the pitch goes up and down. techs would listen for it when they drove around and would be able to find signal leakage. Wanted to know where I could one.
Got sorted thanks to some help from Carl.
My last hurdle is figuring out how to handle PPPoE traffic.
The way our Arris CMTS is configured is the Modems which have PPPoE traffic behind them are on VLAN3 and the CMTS is set up as a bridge so its layer2 as far as the router on VLAN3 which sees the PPPoE discovers. The way I do this with Cisco uBR is configure as a LAC and a L2TP tunnel is brought up the the LNS. Whats the best way to do this with BSR64K?
I see reverences to vLANS and bridges on the CLI guide I have but not the config docs I have.
I'm wondering how much control you folks give the CMTS for spectrum management as well as some "best practices." Do you define any frequency info on the port or only a spectrum group? Port only and not use spectrum groups? In the spectrum group do you define a single frequency (center frequency) or a band? Is the band a single channel width or more? Do you allow multiple channel widths? Modulation Profiles? Cards in question are MC5x20 and MC20x20.
Anyone able to send me a relatively recent IOS and compatible FP for a ubr10012 with pre4? Preferably 12.2.33-sch5 but I'm not picky. tryingtolab@gmail.com
Is there any way to get grey market licenses for BSR 64000HD running SRM10G cards? Arris sales guys told me they are no longer selling licenses. Does anyone know if it is possible to purchase a used chassis that is already fully licensed?
