Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:02:36 -0600 From: Manfred Riem <mnriem@gmail.com> To: freebsd@celestial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cant setup up comcast cable modem Message-ID: <37919c31050712120217ee34f0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050712184138.GA85668@alexis.mi.celestial.com> References: <000601c58631$ddddd770$576e980a@pquser4> <17107.52774.449268.217085@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20050712184138.GA85668@alexis.mi.celestial.com>
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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 <freebsd@celestial.com> 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
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Manfred Riem
mnriem@gmail.com
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