[RndTbl] Really old MTS Internet drop?

Adam Thompson athompso at athompso.net
Thu Feb 6 19:48:31 CST 2014


On 14-02-06 08:14 AM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
> As I suspected, it was Cat 5e, misidentified by the owner. The line 
> comes in from outside and connects to some kind of enormous VCR-sized 
> Motorola box which (I'm told by the owner) uses an inordinate amount 
> of power. I was able to insert a Linksys WRT54GS between that box and 
> their computer transparently. Alas, I couldn't configure OpenWRT 
> properly to get the wireless working. It kept reporting "Wireless is 
> disabled or not associated" even though the wireless was enabled. I 
> had limited time and couldn't find a solution before I had to leave. 
> Bummed.

That's the original MTS TV service - SD, not HD, "analog" for certain 
meanings of that word.
I worked with most of the people who implemented in at nGage and ... 
some other company that MTS spun off to develop the service, can't 
remember its name now.
Basically it's a dead-end product, but eminently suitable for, er, 
"sunsetting" users ;-).
-Adam



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