On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 09:07:05AM -0500, Joseph A. Caputo wrote: > On Wednesday 02 February 2005 21:36, Ian Forde wrote: > > follow-up visit from cable modem tech... > > Them: "Where's the Windows box?" > > Me: "What Windows box?" > > Them: "The one we connect the cable modem to." > > Me: "<sigh>"... > > Yeah, I just went through this with my father and Comcast. I told him > not to let the tech install or configure anything on his computer, > since he has a router/switch. Of course, the first thing the > installation tech did was check my dad's computer, after which he > refused to perform the install because it was "too slow" (P-II 300) and > was running Win98 (tech said Win98SE was required). What an idiot. My > dad's shopping around for a self-install kit now.
Time Warner/Bright House Tampa Bay has been fairly intelligent about this for some years now: you tell them "You get a working DHCP connection on the ethernet jack, and I will be responsible for the rest" and by ghod, they do it that way. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system adminstrator. Or two. --me
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