On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:29:05AM -0700, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > Ryan wrote: > >On Wednesday 24 May 2006 07:47 pm, Tim Riley timriley-at-appahost.com > >|lugod| wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 19:26 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 04:47:24PM -0700, Tim Riley wrote: > >>> > >>>>Hello Linux Gurus: > >>>> > >>>>I'm trying to connect to Comcast's portal to the Internet > >>>>but without success. > >>>> > >>>><snip> > >>> > >>> One thing to check out is if the MAC > >>>address you are using in Windows ME matches the one that you are using > >>>in Linux. > >> > >>It doesn't match. Windows ME is another machine. > >> > >> > >>> Comcast will only let the MAC addr that it was setup with to > >>>go through. > >> > >>Oh my God! This can't be true. They are scum if this is true. > >> > >>I'll pull out the interface card in my Windows ME machine and > >>install it in my Linux box to see if Comcast is scum. > > > > > >I've changed MAC addresses with comcast here in davis, but you need to > >shut the modem off for a few minutes in between for some reason. > > I can second this, but thirty seconds should be sufficient. It is > NOT necessary to do MAC address cloning or move ethernet cards on Comcast. > Having a router of some sort is by far the most convenient solution if > you have multiple computers.
I refute this(at least in Sacramento) as of last year(Sept/Oct timeframe), I had a dead linksys card, which I replaced with a newer linksys card. Unfortunately, in doing so, eth1 became eth2, and the new card became eth1. I switched the line, powered the cable modem off(longer than 30 seconds, less than 300) repowered everything. I did get an IP(which the original poster did not), but I couldn't get anywhere, nor did I get DNS. I called in, and the guy I spoke with had me go to a website. Once on there, I had to do some hoop jumping, but in < 30 seconds, my full system was back in business. I admit I am curious if this is something that has changed recently, or if Comcast in Davis is different than Comcast in Sac Mike _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
