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

[George Ernest Noon]

Caleb,
    No one really needs to post to both my '.comcast.net'-address and my
'.yahoo.com'-address: i check both accounts very frequently, and with the
same program. That is to say, I get a whole long list of postings, and the
right-most column on my screen lists them as either 'Yahoo' or as 'Comcast'.
    Oh!; if the double-posting just happens automatically, as a result 
of clicking
'reply to all', then ignore the first part...
    You are very likely correct about that and I certainly like the 
sound of
anything that would obviate the need to be continually switching all these
cables around.
    As to what you had earlier suggested: that i right click the 
Networking icon,
and Connection Information -- following is what i found (or didn't) there

        Active Connection Information
Interface:                wired Ethernet (eth1)
Speed:                      100 Mb/s
Driver:                     atl1

IP Address:               0.0.0.0
Broadcast Address:   0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask:              0.0.0.0
Default Route:              0.0.0.0
Primary DNS:               0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS:            0.0.0.0
Hardware Address:     FE: E3: 37: F1: 99: 1A

I did find an entry in one of the System  submenus which listed
'host alias  settings' and the top twere  as follows
localhost                                  127.0.0.1
gnoon-desktop.comcast.net      127.0.1.1

Yes, I will most definitely see about getting a Router: in a number of
ways, it would simplify life here.
Thanks for your help -- I will be back soon as I have the router.
Looks like i will get ample practice with Ubuntu Desktop Games in
the meantime.
Looks like until i can get thunderbird installed and working, I'll be 
doing my
e-mail through my XP installed Thunderbird: Evolution does not seem to
have anywhere to specify the PopMailServerPort# or the SMTPport# &
both Comcast and YahooMailPlus have port #s which must be specified.

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)
>
> George Ernest Noon wrote:
>> apologies for using the 'reply to sender' button: I've been mostly 
>> doing non-list
>> e-mail now so long, I' d gotten out of the habit of 'reply to all'; 
>> I'll try to do better.
>> As to the result of clicking the Networking icon & Connection 
>> information, I
>> will get right back to you after I've done another switch-over of my 
>> cables, here.
>> Almost makes me wish I'd transferred M$ WinXP installation to the new box
>> (almost, but not quite)......
>> ~~~~~George
>>
>> Caleb Marcus wrote:
>>> If you right click on the networking icon and hit "Connection
>>> Information," what happens? Also, could you hit Reply All when replying
>>> to my messages so they will be CC'd to the Ubuntu Massachusetts list?
>>>
>>> George Ernest Noon wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Caleb,
>>>>     Yes, when the Feisty Desktop comes up, the applet for internet
>>>> connectivity whirls 'round a bit, then it pops out a message that I am
>>>> connected to the internet
>>>> but, when i open Firefox and try loading web pages, I get the unable to
>>>> load page window ---
>>>> similarly - when I had the e-mail settings not quite right, as I now
>>>> realize,
>>>> i was unable to send a posting to the list.
>>>> is there a cell in Evolution - which is installed on Feisty - to enter
>>>> the e-mail
>>>> port of the pop mail & smtp mail servers?: I know there is in
>>>> Thunderbird,
>>>> which is not now installed [but will be after I achieve full internet]...
>>>> I am not making all that many quick-changes - from one computer to the
>>>> other
>>>> --- because my back is far older than my mind, and whines incessantly
>>>> if I excercise it too  much in too short an interval.
>>>>     Just out of curiosity, Caleb; where are you located?
>>>>     i am in northern Plymouth County, Massachusetts - in the town of
>>>> Whitman
>>>> - of Toll House Cookies & the Toll House Restaurant, where they
>>>> originated.
>>>> Sadly, the restaurant is gone and a Wendys now occupies part of its
>>>> former
>>>> location, and an almost completed Walgreen's is in the rest...
>>>> ~~~~~~~~George
>>>>
>>>> Caleb Marcus wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>> So, are you able to connect to the Internet, and just email doesn't
>>>>> work, or are you completely unable to connect to the Internet? This
>>>>> Comcast HSI is cable, right? (not DSL)
>>>>>
>>>>> George Ernest Noon wrote:
>>>>>       
>>>>>> Caleb,
>>>>>>     Thanks for your quick reply.
>>>>>>     I simply took the ethernet cable from the windows computer
>>>>>> and plugged it into the ethernet port of the ASUS P5K-V motherboard
>>>>>> of my self-built Ubuntu box .
>>>>>>     i do already see that I erred in thinking I'd correctly enter
>>>>>> all the e-mail settings, from memory, as I've just gotten back on my M$
>>>>>> computer and copied out of Thunderbird the right settings.
>>>>>>     I still need to hunt down all the other info and settings I
>>>>>> can find.
>>>>>>     I believe i really must go out and get myself a router - a
>>>>>> Trendnet TEW-631BRP wired/wireless router --  likely through NewEgg.com
>>>>>> ~~~~~~~George
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Caleb Marcus wrote:
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>> Comcast definitely works with Linux, it's just another ISP... How are
>>>>>>> you trying to connect to the Internet? Are you using a wireless
>>>>>>> network,
>>>>>>> plugging ethernet directly into the modem, or ethernet into a router?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George Ernest Noon wrote:
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>> all,
>>>>>>>>     I've installed Ubuntu Feisty with a disk I got
>>>>>>>> at our 10.18.07 Release Party ----
>>>>>>>> it works great; although i did have premonitions of
>>>>>>>> being totally without printing ability, with my Epson
>>>>>>>> Stylus C66, those worries were totally unfounded: it was
>>>>>>>> up and happily printing in just a few clicks.
>>>>>>>> Internet connection & e-mail is a different story, though;
>>>>>>>> mostly on account of two things, I believe:
>>>>>>>> 1. Comcast High Speed Internet lists Linux as 'unsupported'
>>>>>>>> & 2. my own inexperience
>>>>>>>> I guess, now that I've switched my keyboard, mouse, speakers,
>>>>>>>> Ethernet cable and monitor cable back over to my older
>>>>>>>> Pent3 533MHz 512MB Ram Windblows machine, I'll do some
>>>>>>>> searching through its Internet & e-mail settings (in Firefox &
>>>>>>>> Thunderbird, as well as through Control Panel) - get all the
>>>>>>>> settings i can find down on paper; but I guess the IP address I'll
>>>>>>>> need has to be that of my Ubuntu Box. Question, how do I find
>>>>>>>> the IP address of the computer, since it is evidently not
>>>>>>>> just automatically filled in?
>>>>>>>> Hey!; enough for now: I tend to go really wordy, if I'm not
>>>>>>>> careful. Thanks greatly in advance for any & all help.
>>>>>>>> ~~~~~~George
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>             
>>>
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