Motorola CyberSURFR
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Jump to navigationJump to searchMotorola CyberSURFR Cable Modem | |||||||||||||
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dd-wrt |
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OpenWrt |
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Tomato any flavor |
Incompatible | ||||||||||||
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Brand • Model • Rev |
Motorola CyberSURFR | ||||||||||||
Type |
cable modem | ||||||||||||
CPU1 |
Motorola Model? | ||||||||||||
Flash1 Chip |
Brand? Model? | ||||||||||||
Flash1 Size |
? MiB | ||||||||||||
RAM1 Size |
? MiB | ||||||||||||
RAM1 Chip |
Brand? Model? | ||||||||||||
ETH chip1 |
Motorola Model? | ||||||||||||
Ethernet Port Count |
1-10MbE-LAN | ||||||||||||
Wired Standard |
IEEE 802.3i | ||||||||||||
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Expansion IF types |
Type F (female), DB-9 (male) | ||||||||||||
Power |
? VDC, ? A | ||||||||||||
Connector type |
DIN (5-pin) | ||||||||||||
Flags: pre-DOCSIS, CDLP, metal box | |||||||||||||
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Retail | |||||||||||||
(Est.) release date | December 1996 | ||||||||||||
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For a list of all currently documented Motorola chipsets with specifications, see Motorola.
For a list of all currently documented Motorola device with specifications, see Motorola.
Overview
This is a non-DOCSIS cable modem.
- Specifically, it uses Motorola's proprietary CDLP system.
- See Cable modem#CDLP on Wikipedia for a bit more info.
Early @Home Network installations may have been the principal
- users of these modems.. though some post @Home networks
- may have kept the legacy network going for a bit longer.
Links of Interest
- On wap.org (front, back images)
- The front of the Motorola CyberSURFR has a curved face plate and six small lights.
- The Comcast@Home logo is a stick-on label on the otherwise gray metal case.
- Instead of two RJ-11 telephone jacks on the back, it has a "cable TV" connector
- (female Type F connector), an RJ-45 10BASE-T Ethernet port, an odd 9-pin D-shell
- (DB 9-pin male) connector for "testing," and a tiny reset button.
- Hacking The Cable Modem (archive.org)