I've installed Feisty -- now need to get Comcast HSI up & running........
George E Noon
george.noon at comcast.net
Tue Oct 23 01:42:59 BST 2007
Sorry about 're-replying' to a message of my own,but --
as yet i have not copied all my address book over to the Ubuntu box
I did want to share this before the paper i'd made notes on vanished
in the clutter
and because i am now quite happily able to access the Internet from
both my computers, without having to first power down the cable modem,
switch the computer-end of the ethernet cable, and then power the modem
back up ---
though until i get a bit more pocket money (after payday), I will need
to change over the monitor and input devices.
Ran the '/sbin/ifconfig|grep "inet addr"' command again, after getting
the Cable modem connected to the router and the router connected to the
2 Desktops and my Lodge' laptop ---- now, happily I get the following
inet addr:192.168.1.102
Bcast: 192.168.1.255
Mask: 255.255.255.0
inet addr:127.0.0.1
Mask: 255.0.0.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~George
On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 13:16 -0400, George E Noon wrote:
> Quick [for me! ;-) ] post, as i am only home for lunch right now:
> I opened a terminal, as suggested and typed in
> /sbin/ifconfig|grep "inet addr" 'enter'; and got the following
> inet addr: 196.254.7.43
> Bcast: 169.254.255.255
> Mask: 255.255.0.0
> inet addr: 127.0.0.1
> Mask: 255.255.0.0
>
> recalling the necessity of rebooting the Cable Modem, from some years
> back [when i had set up a LAN at home], I disconnected the modem's power
> for just over a minute and then reconnected it and re-ran the
> /sbin/ifconfig|grep "inet addr" - command, and got
> inet addr: 71.233.217.190
> Bcast: 169.254.255.255
> Mask: 255.255.0.0
> inet addr: 127.0.0.1
> Mask: 255.255.0.0
>
> I am picking up a Linksys-802.11g Wireless Router - WRT54G at the Best
> Buy store at Westgate Mall, Brockton MA, today right after work and will
> let you know how tat works out.
> Thanks, everyone for all the help -- you are great folks to be
> associated with.
> ~~~George
>
> On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 23:40 -0400, George Ernest Noon wrote:
> > 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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