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

[Theresa Hepburn]

Maybe you solved it already and this is old news, but I also have Comcast as
my ISP. If you ever make any change to your network you need to reset the
modem -- which includes taking the battery out if it has one. Theoretically,
pushing the reset button will work but that wasn't successful for me. I have
two ethernet ports on my motherboard and it requires resetting if I switch
just between those two.

Theresa

On 10/21/07, Caleb Marcus <caleb.marcus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Damn, I completely forgot that that could be the problem! If that's the
> case, he's MUCH better off getting a router than changing the MAC address
> associated with the ISP account, 'cause then he'd be locked out of one of
> his computers.
>
> On 10/21/07, Steve Pomeroy <steve at staticfree.info> wrote:
> >
> > 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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