On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 15:00 -0700, James Ausmus wrote: > On 5/3/06, Christopher E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0 > > domain hsd1.ma.comcast.net. > > nameserver 68.87.71.226 > > nameserver 68.87.73.242 > > > Aha! You're on Comcast! > > I also have Comcast, and occasionally I have issues where their DNS > servers will give me the wrong IP for a domain name (happens when > their automated "You must register to use our system" system gets > funked up and forgets that I'm a legitimate user) - I get their > "Please contact us to sign up" redirected page instead. So, try > copying the URL that emerge is trying to grab, paste it into your > regular web browser, and see what comes up. If it comes up with a file > download, then just save that file into /usr/portage/distfiles and > then that particular emerge should be fine (but you will still > apparently have a larger issue). If it comes up with the Comcast > stupidity web page, then you know where your issue lays. I haven't > even attempted to talk with Comcast tech support about it, as what > they'll say is "You're using a router? You're running Linux? That > configuration isn't support, hook a Windows box directly up to the > cable modem and it should work fine". The way I personally resolved it > was to use non-Comcast DNS server settings... > > HTH- > > James >
I had to deal with something similar when I was using CableOne. I registered my router once and never had problems with it again afterward, aside from the fact that they charged me $99USD a month for a static IP. -- [email protected] mailing list
