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Annual plan
One of my coworkers has told me they had done an annual plan thru cox which in change they pay around 800 yearly, while they have abt the same plan as me but I pay monthly, my “annual” rate for my monthly is 300+ dollars and I want to know if I can get onto that plan. I don’t find it fair that they can have abt the same plan but spend 1/4 less than I do annually, plus I don’t get paid like they do so it’s just draining my pockets.DMZ Question
I am trying to enable DMZ on my Cox router. No matter what I do, whenever I click edit, then enable DMZ, under the advanced setting, the Cox WiFi app gives the following error “We Encountered an Issue. if the problem persists, check back later.Try Again.” I have then have to close the app and start over. I also tried changing the setting in the router web portal, but the setting for DMZ says to use the Cox WiFi App. I have reinstalled the Cox WiFi app on two different mobile devices to make sure it was not a corrupted app I have swapped 3 panoramic modems in week, now I am using the latest Cox XB8. I was recommended by tier 1 help desk to purchase the Cox Complete Care to assist me. Compete Care suggest I swap out to the newest XB8 as DMZ had been deprecated in the older Cox WiFi router. Sadly, I am getting the same error as before. I am at a loss. Does anyone have any suggestions? I need DMZ and not port forwarding. I have included 2 links below on imgbb for the screenshots of the Cox WiFi app error. Just enter the imgbb url and then add a forward-slash and the image name below. Thank you in advance. HDZ1N8ft 27rB6Fh3
Gigabit Speed Only on Speedtest.net
Hello there! As the title states, I only see Gigabit speeds on speedtest.net. Any other download or speed test tops out around 550mbps-600mbps. If I turn on a VPN through WireGuard, I get the full gigabit speeds on those same speedtests that only provided 500mbps just a minute before. It seems a lot like aggressive traffic shaping, though I'm thankful that my VPN, which shows up at 'other' in my bandwidth usage, appears to get the same priority as speedtest.net. Maybe because they can't identify the traffic, it bypasses the QoS rules? Does anyone else experience this? This wouldn't be a provisioning issue is it? I am in Ocala, FL.
New Yahoo Mail
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Port Forwarding and Ubuntu
I have the Cox Panoramic Wifi modem and the Cox wifi app. I have several devices (windows, android, iphone, ipad, alarm, irobot, cameras, etc) that show up in both the gateway and in the app. My ubuntu devices show up in the gateway but NOT in the app. I have set up port forwarding in the app for my windows device for the functions that i need it for. however, i need to set up port forwarding for my ubuntu server. it shows up in the gateway as a connected device and i am able to reserve its ip. however, when i go to the app to try and set up port forwarding for the ubuntu server, it does not show up as an option. ALL my other devices show up as an option except for my ubuntu devices. tried calling the help desk today, who escalated me to the advanced support, who escalated me to another team, and none of them were able to help. Seriously, it was so much easier BEFORE the app, when you could just go into the gateway and do it, as it just worked without issues. so i need to know a way to help ubuntu show up as an option in the port forwarding please.
