Homelab Broadband

Getting a homelab broadband cable internet setup going on a Cisco uBR7114. We'll get two early 2000s cable modems working over a single coax cable; an RCA DCM245 and a Linksys BEFCMU10. We'll learn how DOCSIS 1.0/1.1 works along the way.

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00:00 Intro
00:37 Homelab Broadband ISP Plan
01:36 Cisco uBR7114 Overview
03:11 Port Adapters
04:47 Inside the uBR7114
06:15 DOCSIS Introduction
07:07 Cable Modems
09:06 How DOCSIS Works
11:34 Physical Coax Setup
14:42 Router IOS Setup
18:18 Connecting the RCA Modem
19:47 Troubleshooting Other Modems
24:54 Speed Tests
28:10 Outro