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Activating CM Authentication
Note
Cisco recommends using default values for most commands. The default values for the commands used
in these configuration steps are, in most cases, adequate to configure the Cisco uBR10012 router.
Note
For information about setting rate limiting on CMs, refer to these sections in Chapter 3:
•
“Setting Downstream Rate Limiting and Traffic Shaping” section on page 3-9
•
“Setting Upstream Rate Limiting and Traffic Shaping” section on page 3-24
Activating CM Authentication
The Cisco uBR10012 router can be configured to require all CMs to return a known text string to register
with the CMTS and gain access to the network. The text string can be from 1 to 80 characters in length.
To activate CM authentication, use the following command from cable interface configuration mode.
To configure authentication and data privacy parameters, use the
cable shared-secret
command in cable
interface configuration mode. To disable authentication during the CM registration phase, use the
no
form of this command.
cable shared-secret
[
0
|
7
]
authentication-key
no cable shared-secret
Syntax Description
Examples
The following example shows how to activate CM authentication using 3344912349988...sf as the shared
secret key and indicating that an encrypted message follows:
Router(config-if)#
cable shared-secret 7 [email protected]
“Configuring Maximum Hosts
Attached to a CM” section on
page 4-9
Specifies the maximum number of hosts that can be attached to a
subscriber’s CM.
“Configuring Per-Modem Filters”
section on page 4-9
Provides instructions to configure the Cisco uBR10012 router to
filter incoming packets from individual hosts or cable interfaces
based on the source Media Access Controller (MAC) or Internet
Protocol (IP) address.
“Configuring Sync Message
Interval” section on page 4-10
Specifies the sync message interval between successive sync
message transmissions from the Cisco uBR10000 series CMTS.
Section
Purpose
0
(Optional) Specifies that an unencrypted message will follow.
7
(Optional) Specifies that an encrypted message will follow.
authentication-key
Text string is a shared secret string. When you enable the service
password-encryption option, the password is stored in encrypted form. The
text string is a 64-character authentication key.