Cox licenses the Panoramic(xFI) platform from Comcast. The hardware that was used for the guest network was changed to broadcast the CoxWifi hotspot. This makes any changes unlikely, not only because Cox doesn't decide how the platform is designed, but because the CoxWifi hotspot is used by Cox mobile cell phones to move some of the traffic to Cox's network(via wifi calling) and not Verizon's cellular network. If you want a guest wifi, buy your own router. If you need to know why using your own router is better, you are probably in big trouble security wise.
Actually, the Guest network capability was removed, and used for WiFi cable boxes, not the hotspot. Hotspot was always part of the software, but the guest network, that was taken away to be used for WiFi Cable Boxes.
Interesting. I was going by what I heard someone say on Reddit, from someone who said they were a Cox employee. Also it made sense because the guest SSID was lost around the same time as they started to broadcast CoxWifi. Not saying you are wrong, but what data are you going off? Also, does that mean it has 3 ways to separate data? The data for customer internet, the data for CoxWifi, and the data for cable boxes? How does the system track the customers data and not the other 2? VLAN?
I was Data Tier 2, and then CAG. I also worked hand in hand with Docsis engineering on several projects. The MOST UNFORTUNATE one, was my Netgear CG6300BD, which was bricked with a firmware upgrade. That's when Cox gave me my DG2460 Arris wifi modem. Still have it, though on a shelf as a backup.
So you are saying your data is internal Cox documentation? What my question is if the guest wifi was changed to wifi TV boxes, what does the CoxWifi run on? How do they segregate the data for privacy/security/data collection? The fact that the normal wifi signal and the one for wifi TV boxes goes off when you put the gateway in bridge mode but the Coxwifi signal does not means something. Like they should be on different antenna. I tried looking up the exact specs on FCC's site but they didn't give specifics.
::edit:: You think the CG6300BD was bad, I had to beta test the CG3000, Netgear's first combo Cox wanted to use. Worst device I have ever used and I used to be a Dlink beta tester, so that is saying something.
Something else that this made me think of. How does the gateway produce these different SSID? Do they use different radios? Is it 2.4 or 5Ghz? I assume the SSID for the TV boxes are hidden, but is it a generic SSID or something custom for each box? I am wondering if you can use a wifi analyzer app and set your retail router to broadcast the same for the boxes to connect.
