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

[George Ernest Noon]

Yes, thank you for the reminder: I recall now, that while my
son was still in High School, i had to set up a Windows Local
Area Network in our apartment; and, though at that time, i
was getting my internet  connection through a  Verizon DSL
modem, I had to disconnect its power feed for a minimum of 45
sec., if I recall rightly.		
Come to think on it, now,I set that one up with a Linksys Router,
as well, though I'm quite certain it was a different model:
for one thing, it was not wireless; I really recall having to
bore holes through walls to feed wires through......


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