Hi All,
So here's my situation. I recently bought a Netgear C7000v2 cable modem to replace the Mediacom cable modem that I was renting from them. I had Mediacom turn the wireless capability off on the modem so I could use my Linksys EA7500 to use a VPN since their cable modem did not have that VPN capability.
When I went to set up my Netgear C7000v2 with my pc plugged into an ethernet port, I typed in the cable modem address (routerlogin.net) and guess what...Mediacom hijacked it and sent it to their Xtreme internet service site to activate my internet service. Essentially I cannot access my own cable modem's dashboard because it's hijacked by mediacom. From what I've researched it's technically called hijacking the DNS (I could be wrong). Also, the wireless capability is still turned off on the cable modem but I cannot access the modem to turn it (I've tried the Genie app as well) on because Mediacom has it locked down. Obviously, I've called them and used a few choice words and they have created a ticket and escalated it and I am waiting on the call from them.
So now I have my Linksys EA 7500 hooked up to the cable modem and have wireless access BUT it's bs that I cannot access my own cable modem. I have a proxy and a vpn. Does anyone know how I can get around Mediacom's theft of my cable modem?
So here's my situation. I recently bought a Netgear C7000v2 cable modem to replace the Mediacom cable modem that I was renting from them. I had Mediacom turn the wireless capability off on the modem so I could use my Linksys EA7500 to use a VPN since their cable modem did not have that VPN capability.
When I went to set up my Netgear C7000v2 with my pc plugged into an ethernet port, I typed in the cable modem address (routerlogin.net) and guess what...Mediacom hijacked it and sent it to their Xtreme internet service site to activate my internet service. Essentially I cannot access my own cable modem's dashboard because it's hijacked by mediacom. From what I've researched it's technically called hijacking the DNS (I could be wrong). Also, the wireless capability is still turned off on the cable modem but I cannot access the modem to turn it (I've tried the Genie app as well) on because Mediacom has it locked down. Obviously, I've called them and used a few choice words and they have created a ticket and escalated it and I am waiting on the call from them.
So now I have my Linksys EA 7500 hooked up to the cable modem and have wireless access BUT it's bs that I cannot access my own cable modem. I have a proxy and a vpn. Does anyone know how I can get around Mediacom's theft of my cable modem?