From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 12 19:02:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B1216A41C for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:02:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mnriem@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BF1D43D4C for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:02:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mnriem@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j2so13291nzf for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:02:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ShKpOdBKYWshTDY5r3kzxYXwJWapsaDQaPBY6bJX1jNHNjfp75FBBSOdaXGd20i/9y8hEBwsKZM2rAiC9lTgMlczVcclhTc2g1FxUrNfp8SZmkz0GY2Hd7Km0JePkwOF2UnwUxr7o6q6ni/DpmOagKhIUfW2nvrrsoljC8XgPPY= Received: by 10.36.221.21 with SMTP id t21mr114017nzg; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:02:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.47.1 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:02:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37919c31050712120217ee34f0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:02:36 -0600 From: Manfred Riem To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050712184138.GA85668@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <000601c58631$ddddd770$576e980a@pquser4> <17107.52774.449268.217085@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20050712184138.GA85668@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Cc: Subject: Re: cant setup up comcast cable modem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Manfred Riem List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:02:38 -0000 Hi Bill, That's exactly the procedure I had to follow to get my router working, so I assume it is not going to be any different with the FreeBSD box. You'll have to install / dual boot into Windows, use the install disc, note the data and then you'll be off.=20 Manfred Riem mnriem@gmail.com On 7/12/05, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2005, Robert Huff wrote: > > > >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. >=20 > Typically when setting up Comcast cable connections, the first thing you > have to do is initially configure your web browser to use their server as= a > proxy server. Comcast traps all connections from new sites to their > server, but unless you have it set to proxy from that same server, your > machine cannot complete their sign up procedures. >=20 > If one changes the device connecting to the cable ``modem'' (e.g. > from a Windows machine to FreeBSD box, or perhaps to a commodity > router/firewall from Netgear, LinkSys, etc.), you will probably > have to power cycle the cable modem to get it to accept a NIC > with a new MAC address. Most of the low-end router/firewall > appliances have the ability to change their MAC address to deal > with cases where the cable/DSL provider hard codes it to the > original machine. >=20 > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1= 676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ >=20 > ``We maintain that the very foundation of our way of life is what we call > free enterprise,'' said Cash McCall, ``but when one of our citizens > show enough free enterprise to pile up a little of that profit, we do > our best to make him feel that he ought to be ashamed of himself.'' > -- Cameron Hawley > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 --=20 Manfred Riem mnriem@gmail.com