[vox-tech] Cannot Connect to Comcast highspeed

[jim stockford]

    it may be too late now (maybe not too late):
for $80 or so you can get a linksys router and
set it to effectively use your Mac address.
    Once that's in place you can hook up any
machine you want to the router.
    What I don't know is if a Linksys router will
work with the Comcast equipment--seems
like it should, but I don't know.
jim


On May 24, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Tim Riley wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 21:51 -0700, Bob Scofield wrote:
>> On Wednesday 24 May 2006 19:47, Tim Riley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>   Comcast will only let the MAC addr that it was setup with to
>>>> go through.
> This is true. I moved the interface card that was initially
> used for the Comcast hookup to my Linux machine, and now
> it works (great by the way).
>
>>>
>>> Oh my God! This can't be true. They are scum if this is true.
>>>
>> I'm changing the subject here.  But I was curious if anybody knows 
>> why Comcast
>> does that.
> I over-reacted calling Comcast scum. This is a shocking
> revelation, however. My guess is security -- this is probably
> the only way Comcast knows I'm me.
>
> Thanks to Dr. Pete and Mr. Mike for your help.
>
>>
>> Bob
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