[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When he tries the release/renew steps, the buttons
"didn't respond". I'm not exactly sure what he means
by that, but if someone has hooked up linspire to
comcast, or has any ideas what might be wrong, let me
know.
Typically, cable modems "remember" your MAC address, so when you hook it
up to another box, it doesn't recognize it, and won't let you on. You can
usually solve this power cycling the modem.
Actually, their authentication system (codename bedrock) does this, and won't let you on, regardless of how many times you cycle the modem. (SAS, the previous system, kept track of mac/ip pairings per modem, but not very closely; and it didn't restrict them, which is why you could plug multiple computers into a cable modem without issue, even above your ip-per-modem limit).
Unfortunatly, bedrock's sole mission in life is to assfuck anybody who doesn't want a comcast branded IE or doesn't run Windows (or wants to steal IPs :)).
Best bets:
Get a router that will spoof the mac of the Windows machine you registered with on the external side, and connect both computers to it.
Spoof the Windows machine's mac on the Linux box before attempting to get an IP.
Supposedly, you can now also be provisioned over the phone, for people running Linux etc. I don't know, I've never tried it.
More info here:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/11356
Hope that helps.
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