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

[Pete Hardie]

I probably will buy one shortly, but wanted to use theirs to make sure
that everything was working initially.  If this doesn't get
resolved within a week, I might buy one.


Pete Hardie
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Better Living Through Bitmaps


On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:00 PM, gcs8 <gcsviii at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would just buy a Motorola modem if you are going to keep the service.
>
> from gcs8's mobile device.
>
> 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
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> --
>> >>>>>> A man who reasons deliberately, manages it better after studying
>> >>>>>> Logic
>> >>>>>> than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common
>> >>>>>> sense.
>> >>>>>>                                    --- Carveth Read, “Logic”
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
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>> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
>> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
>> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
>> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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