[vox-tech] Cannot Connect to Comcast highspeed

[Jeff Newmiller]

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, wenk at puddleglum.homeip.net 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.

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