[ale] HELP NEEDED - Comcast cable Modem and linux-centric home network

[gcs8]

I would just buy a Motorola modem if you are going to keep the service.

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On Jul 19, 2012 11:50 AM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> ALWAYS KEEP A SPARE!!!!
>
> heh, heh!
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > And I thought I'd never find a use for my tinfoil hat!
> >
> > Pete Hardie
> > --------
> > Better Living Through Bitmaps
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Al foil grounded over the antenna...
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> I think I can have my router spoof the PC's MAC.  ANother suggestion
> >>> for the list.
> >>>
> >>> The wifi has no option to turn it off, as far as I could tell - I can
> >>> set SSID, security mode, password, DHCP range and lease time, and
> >>> channel, but nothing to mute the radio....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Pete Hardie
> >>> --------
> >>> Better Living Through Bitmaps
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> The residential boxes are designed for a single customer PC to be
> >>>> attached. If you want more AND you want it to "Just Work", get a small
> >>>> router that supports MAC spoofing and connect all your PC stuff to it
> >>>> using it's ports and not the box from comcast.
> >>>>
> >>>> Most likely, the port/MAC combo is cached until reboot. Wireless is
> >>>> different and should support multiple devices (poorly). You should
> >>>> have access to the box enough to set your own wireless password. If
> >>>> so, you should be able to turn off the radio as well.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>> Does anyone know if which port on the cable modem matters to the
> >>>>> device?  I.E. if I plugged a WIndows box into port one, I can't use
> >>>>> that one for a different box without clearing the MAC?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Pete Hardie
> >>>>> --------
> >>>>> Better Living Through Bitmaps
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM, mike at trausch.us <mike at trausch.us>
> wrote:
> >>>>>> On 07/19/2012 09:15 AM, Erik Mathis wrote:
> >>>>>>> I would try to spoof the MAC of the windows box, if thats what you
> >>>>>>> used to setup the service with.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The SMC boxes have a cap of like 100 MAC addresses or something like
> >>>>>> that.  (More than you'd typically have in a home or small office
> network
> >>>>>> segment, anyway.)  The fact that they have four ports means that
> they
> >>>>>> just provide a network gateway (with all the bells and whistles
> thereof,
> >>>>>> except the important ones that actually matter).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>         --- Mike
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
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> >>>>>> than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common
> sense.
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