As for the original issue...
The Spectrum modem is apparently locked. However, I did find the user manual and tried the factory reset. I factory reset the modem and left it disconnected overnight. Plugged everything back in this morning and still have the same IP address.
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- Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:16 am
- Forum: General Broadband Forum
- Topic: Spectrum - Tons of ReCapthas & Blocked Websites
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- Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:11 am
- Forum: General Broadband Forum
- Topic: Spectrum - Tons of ReCapthas & Blocked Websites
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Re: Spectrum - Tons of ReCapthas & Blocked Websites
Thanks! I was an intermittent original DSLR member and now see that they have gone tits up.
Any news what happened there? I saw Justin (or someone else) brought the homepage back up, but nothing else, haven't followed closely. Sorry to see DSLR go, forums had so much collective knowledge ...
- Sat Sep 20, 2025 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Broadband Forum
- Topic: Spectrum - Tons of ReCapthas & Blocked Websites
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Re: Spectrum - Tons of ReCapthas & Blocked Websites
Most residential ISPs have a pool of IP addresses, and you get assigned some address at random. If your cable modem remains offline for a period of time (until the DHCP lease on that device expires), your IP goes back to the pool, and you will be issued a new IP next time your device comes online ...
- Sat Sep 20, 2025 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Broadband Forum
- Topic: Spectrum - Tons of ReCapthas & Blocked Websites
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Spectrum - Tons of ReCapthas & Blocked Websites
Hello,
I recently returned from a 2 month hiatus during which time I put my Spectrum account in seasonal pause (vacation mode).
I recently returned and now have literally TONS of ReCaptcha challenges for most websites and some that are completely blocked. So far I have noticed issues from:
Google ...
I recently returned from a 2 month hiatus during which time I put my Spectrum account in seasonal pause (vacation mode).
I recently returned and now have literally TONS of ReCaptcha challenges for most websites and some that are completely blocked. So far I have noticed issues from:
Google ...