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

[Jason Ribeiro]

I was about to suggest the same as Steve.  I have comcast as well.
The modem does somehow bind to a particular mac address.  When I
switch to my laptop, I need to unplug the power to the modem for a
minute or two before connecting the ethernet wire.

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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