DD-WRT to xfinitywifi

This weekend I setup my Mother-in-Law's apartment.  She needed Internet, so I cobbled together a repeater to piggyback on the very strong "xfinitywifi" signal in the building.  As an xfinity subscriber myself, I am able to utilize this service with a valid login.

Here are the notes I followed, and some of my results:

First I had to change the MAC address on my MacOS to match the MAC of the WiFi device I was planning to use to connect:
https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-change-mac-address/


Here are the directions I ended up following to configure the DDWRT to actually connect to the xfinitywifi AP and begin providing service to the LAN ports:
https://quickfixpei.ca/projects/ddwrt/

ShoreTel - Fix DTAS disconnect errors between servers

In some cases, we have seen DTAS disconnect issues between ShoreTel servers.   

Making a change to the system to force a socket reset could solve this problem: 

1) Navigate to HKLM\Shoreline Teleworks\Telephony Management Server\Settings

2) Create a DWORD value called ForceAsyncSocketReset
3) Set the value to 1
4) Restart the DTAS service.

This change will need to be made on all servers and has fixed the problem in many cases.