I have a Comcast cable modem on my Linux box. But I had to futz around to get my printer to work. The dhcp was changing the name of my machine to my Mac address and I had to add something in the init script to change it back to localhost.localdomain
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Jackson Gibbs wrote: > Just anecdotal, but a co-worker who is a sysadmin for linux, solaris, hp-ux, aix, > and irix boxen finally gave up on cable due to an apparent dhcp incompatibility with > anything other than billdows. > > He's happy with DSL... > > That's in Corvallis though, don't know if comcast is consistent between towns yet. > > -J > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:29:11 -0700 > > >Exactly my sentiments, Joseph -- although many others note that "these > >things tend to break". Hmmm... I've been sitting on my DSL for 2 years > >now, and had only ever reset my DSL modem once, in the beginning. I > >have it on a UPS, and so it has managed to keep uptime over all of the > >local brownouts and minor blackouts during its active lifetime. > >I've also seen such deals, which would beat out the comcast unit rental > >inside of a year's time, and so would prefer to spend my money on my own > >device, which I can happily destroy following its eventual breakdown = ) > >Is anyone familiar with any particular compatibility issues? ie, do I > >need to make sure the model supports some specific protocols or is a > >cable modem a cable modem, all the same, these days? > > > >thanks for all the informative responses, folks! > > > > Ben B > > > > > >On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:59:03 -0700 > >"Joseph Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >| > > I'll be switching at the end of this month, from DSL. Thanks! > >| > > > >| > > ciao, > >| > > > >| > > Ben B > >| > ... > >| Actually, I've seen the modems as cheap as $30, shipped. If they work > >| with comcast, they're going to beat the crap out of leasing from > >| Comcast. > >_______________________________________________ > >EuG-LUG mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
