[vox-tech] Cannot Connect to Comcast highspeed

[Jeff Newmiller]

wenk at puddleglum.homeip.net wrote:
> 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, 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.
> 
> 
> 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 

I used Comcast in Davis until last year, and now that I am in the Bay
Area, I still use it.

During initial installation, you have to visit a default website to
activate your cable modem, but that was done, I have in both
places switched machines using a brief power-off.

It sounds to me like something affected your cable modem.

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