How to unlock a cable modem
HOW TO UNLOCK YOUR SPECTRUM MODEM
today I would like to make a quick video
about those modems from Aires SB six one
eight three so as the title of this
video go is how to switch from spectrum
or in this case charter to any area like
other providers such as well in this
case for us is another cable provider
reason why I want to make this video
because yesterday I'm trying to find on
the video how to do it I wasn't able to
find it so I would like to just make a
quick video about it so when you switch
from spectrum to Wow in this case in
Ohio and you will experience a
tremendously issue of the carrier like
spectrum like to lock their motor up but
so that I guess so for security purpose
I don't know exactly what reason they do
that but because you would think oh you
bought this modem with your own money
you should be able to take whatever you
wish to but no they decided to lock it
but when you cancel your account you
want them before you cancel your account
you have to make sure that you take this
motor off your account before you leave
spectrum that way you don't get screwed
over because then you be like well I
can't I can't like use this motor
anymore well I should no that's not true
there's way to do it you just need to
call customer service tell them to take
off the account because giving your
account is deactivated but you still be
able to take this motor off of it the
other thing you could do is if you have
friends that use your spectrum obviously
if they know what they do want or they
know what the heck is going on tell them
to activate on their account first and
then tell the customer services say
hey can you take this motor off
completely so that I can sell this motor
that's all you need to say to them and
that's how I bypassed mine since I
canceled a spectrum and basically you
make sure you have a dr account and say
as soon as they take it off you need to
do another thing what just go to a
website that is called modem
configuration page some of you guys
might know is this page right here it's
one ninety two dot one sixty eight dot
100.1 so this modem basically was sent
you straight to the airs configuration
modem right here alright so you can see
pull it up so what we want to do is
bypass all of those nonsense and go down
there to configure configuration and so
because this one doesn't have reset
that's fine but you will see a reset on
the bottom right around this area after
you get it and this is only work on the
s SP six 183 modem as far as I know so
be sure that you follow the procedure
but when you do that when when did you
will need this is when the light on the
power and they're sent and receive
what's basically the internet provider
will call it up or down or down up
whatever this light is because you can
barely see you so this one looked like a
doubt and just one look like up so so
basically don't air it right here up
there right here so
and receive so when this like constantly
like for example I plug into a cable
modem - Wow cable modem whilst wire and
the light just constantly cycle like
powers and we see then never hit the
internet like never hit the internet
like so then that's the course that you
want to take action of going to one
ninety two dot one sixty eight dot 100.1
and then you will see the option to
reset and in that page also you have a
lot more configuration such as disable
the light so turn off the front panel
LED which is are gonna do that just so I
can show you and you just like disable
there it's actually pretty quick
all right
let's just send that over but it didn't
no let's try it again
let's see enable the first ah that's
what you do so you enabled it to turn
off the front of the light and so if you
put this in the bedroom that's one of
the feature that you can get out of it
so this modem it's very bright so you
don't want to try to sleep with the bad
boy oh so that's kind of good feature if
you are um wow that you can do that
because specs when they kind of disable
all the stupid feature I don't like it
but it's not my company to be decided
and also I don't understand why in the
world are you even get your own mode in
one spectrum because spectrum give you
for free as a recording of 2019 of July
second so just keep mine don't even
bother to buy your home own and what
spectral inspector I'm gonna give you
for free and the one that I got is that
II as Oliphant three 1ts tiger and then
to version one a v1 so that Mona is
DOCSIS one a duck says three point one
so that Mona is plenty enough for a one
gig Ethernet speed what you say if you
have it
I never test mine to one gig because I
have spectrum 30 Meg what the internet
says I'm not shaded to say it but it is
just I qualifies way long time ago so I
kept in my package because it's just so
darn good deal so again if you can
maximize your profit or internet search
of which 15 then 15 bucks basically
that's great deal it's like 30 makes
still great but this one is 500 mil so
that is a big jump and big improvement
but again for me it really doesn't
matter because when I had 30 Meg I
didn't have issue because I have Google
mesh point but Google mash point is you
know it's great and not other mesh
pointer has it's called or B or B
through neck ear that is solid device as
well if you ever want to check into it
so if you have 500 above I will highly
suggest you check into the or B one just
because Google Wi-Fi also supports 500
recently but when I bought it at the
point it was like only 250 but now I
think they finally released a update to
support 500 what's good for Google
because Google have Google Fiber and
they should support their own service so
that's kind of funny how it all came
around so yep basically this is all the
all we got right here and let me turn
off the flashlight so you can see this
light it's only power and just by itself
is pretty ok bright let me see uh-huh so
this is what I'm talking about look like
this is sent receipt Internet so this is
I'm talking about so power sent receipt
and then hold it right there and then
for like three seconds and then go back
to blinking sent receipt so yep so now
hopefully you understand this video and
not a quick fix of I when you switch
from spectrum - Wow
or matter of fact any other carrier that
supports modem ok a coaxial cable so
that's basically and thank you for
watching and this is the motor of sp6
183 so in my work on the SB 6 141 as
well but if you don't have a reset
button on the bottom like month
Monda says refurbished because it is
refurbished and it works just great
that's the new one so if you want to
reset button on the back of it that's
what you do so thank you for watching
and I'll see you guys next time on the
next blog of my tutorial and I hope to
continue brain contact
and now I can go upload this video in
the blazing second because my upload
speed is 550 Meg so that's great
