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Brant Anderson writes:

>  I have tried everything on the web and have had no luck.  I have
>  the cable modem direct to the freebsd computer (through ethernet
>  card) but I can not reach the internet.  I try to ping but it
>  comes back host could not be resolved.  How should I set up my
>  network?

	My girlfriend, who is a tier 1 Comcast internet service rep,
says you probably have a bad modem configuration file _on their
end_.  She advises this is a common problem ("We've been getting a
lot of that recently.") and you should call Comcast tech support.


				Robert Huff