Yeah, I realize that. This was not directed at Spectrum, which is going to do as Spectrum does, within the larger trend of corporatization/privatization (the other kind) of the Internet, but rather was directed to other Spectrum customers who may also not be too happy with these (admittedly inevitable) developments, and might want to consider buying their own router next time they need a replacement, instead of scheduling an appointment with a spectrum tech to come and install this monstrosity.
Do you really think everyone makes a thread about it? This was from a single Google search and 10 seconds of copypasta. The point is, there is obviously a non-negligible set of customers who were perfectly happy with the routers and interfaces provided by this ISP, as they have always been (I’ve been fine with it for almost 20 years).
Obviously I plan to replace this piece of shit with my own router. I’m posting here to warn others who might want to do the same, or switch ISPs, before a tech shows up with this abomination.
This is true. I use the CLI for my email, chat, feed readers—I even use spotify through a rust-powered TUI (when I’m not using vitunes), and write my own CLI utilities for pretty much everything. My entire home IoT setup is controlled and monitored through a CLI.
But when it comes to routers and networking, I am definitely a stupid, simple person, relatively speaking. I just have a few requirements I need met, which Spectrum (until a few days ago), and every other ISP happily met with their house routers. All I will touch in terms of my local network in the terminal is arp -a and netcat (well, also mqtt, ssh/scp, etc for my IoT devices and raspberry pi-w’s).
I removed the “stupid, simple people” line, btw—it was unnecessarily rude.
Edit:
Is it even possible to set QoS policies via the command line for this router model?
HaHaHa
Yes!
That’s what they’re doing…
If you’re doing IOT, buy your own router. This is unnecessary pain.
True, but if you buy your own, you get full control.
i think that you have a very narrow ‘i am inconvenienced and everyone must feel it with me’ attitude. it’s an internet provider, not a networking company. they, ATT, Verizon all try to make easy to access, simplified apps because 99.9% of customers don’t even know and don’t care what those features are. you are not the target audience here.
be an adult and deal with it, buy your own router and move on.
Yea, most people who get into the advanced settings have their own router. I would never bother using an ISP provided modem/router. All of the ones I’ve had to deal with were pretty crappy.
Literally every router spectrum has ever provided me has been more than adequate for my personal needs. Plenty of features in the previous model. Unless you buy a product/service like f-ing 90s AOL, your ISP-provided router shouldn’t dictate how you rout the internet you’re paying for in your own home. This represents a drastic, unwelcome change in the relationship I’ve had with this ISP for nearly 20 years.
And I’m not alone, look at all the threads that people have made on this (just a sample):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/m86bcb/workaround_to_configure_sac2v1a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/kxk0zw/sac2v1k_login_bypass/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/h9gtan/spectrum_sac2v2s_locked_down/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/jpxgqo/spectrum_sac2v1k_it_sucks/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/fot3h3/sac2v1k_are_we_serious/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/vozfbz/just_got_a_new_sac2v1k_router_how_to_config/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/zn59d2/sac1v1k_port_fowarding/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/vcb6iv/any_way_to_access_your_router_without_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Spectrum/comments/uxpn18/wifi_6_router_web_interface/
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Well, my experience apparently differs from your experience. It doesn’t invalidate what I said just because you found a group of people who like to use their ISP provided equipment.