On Sat, 7 Jun 2008, Mike Kershaw wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 12:37:22PM -0400, John R Puhalski wrote: >> I set up a computer for my son with Kubuntu 8.04. He is in NJ and has >> an internet with Comcast. I told him to do the initial setup with comcast >> using a windows computer (which he did) because they'll tell him they dont >> support linux (which they did). In my experience with opimum and verizon >> i did this initail setup and then was good to go. >> >> He can now connect to the internet with the windows laptop but when >> connecting to linux and opening firefox the ubuntu homepage opens, but >> links on that page or any url's do not work. It says server not found. > > Typically a cable modem will bind to the first MAC (6 byte ethernet > hardware address, unique to every card) it sees and only give that MAC > an IP. > > Try: > > 1 - turn off the windows machine > 2 - turn off the cable modem. ie, unplug it. > 3 - wait 5 minutes (maybe excessive but I've seen their side of the > network hold on for a while) > 4 - connect linux machine > 5 - power on cable modem, linux, see if it works. > Hi all, thanks for all the replies. this one from mike looked like the simplist one to do over the phone and it worked. I did have him reset the modem earlier but I went with the standard 15-30 sec the tech support people usually suggest. > if that doesn't, try this: > > 1 - go to windows machine, network settings, ethernet adapter, and get > the mac address > -or- > run->cmd.exe then 'ipconfig /all' and look for the MAC > 2 - go to linux and do > ifconfig eth0 down > ifconfig eth0 hw ether <mac you got from windows> > and restart networking on linux > > > Agreed with other comments about it not being an amazing idea to run > a workstation directly connected. A linksys wrt54gl (note the 'L'), or > as Chris has been experimenting with, and Alix from pc-engines, would > make a good firewall. Linksys/Openwrt/Etc can clone the mac address > from windows, too. yes, I actually knew about it being better to have a router. I did have a Netgear router lying around that I gave him but it did not have a power adapter. he was going to try and pick one up. If not i will get one of the suggested ones here and mail it to him. thanks again for all the help. john > > -m > > -- > Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 > > "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Unfortunately, for > most people, that reaction is illiteracy." > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
