I've installed Feisty -- now need to get Comcast HSI up & running........

[Steve Pomeroy]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 05:32:25PM -0400, Caleb Marcus wrote:
> It sounds like you could definitely use a router so you don't have to
> switch your networking cables... and a KVM for the
> keyboard/mouse/monitor. Quite useful stuff. Also, a router may solve
> your problems... it'll handle the connection with the ISP, and I'm sure
> that even if Comcast modems have some issue with Linux, your router
> won't. My friend uses Comcast and a Linksys WRT54G wireless router, and
> his Linux computers connect just fine. (the WRT54G is a great router, by
> the way)

It's usually an issue with the cable company binding the cable modem to
a particular MAC address.

You can check to see if this is the case by seeing what IP address your
computer has. I don't have a fiesty install in front of me at the
moment, but if you open up a terminal (Accessories -> Terminal)
and type:
	/sbin/ifconfig|grep "inet addr"
you should get a few lines that start with "inet addr:". If you see 
any that then follow with 169.xxx then you are probably not connected.

You should contact Comcast and tell them that you plugged a different computer
into your cable modem. If plan on getting a router, you can avoid this
by just telling them that you plugged a router in.


-Steve
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Steve Pomeroy
http://staticfree.info/
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