[newbie] Comcast Cable LANs Routers

2002-09-05 Thread AaronFHoliday
Hello, I just moved into a new place wasn't able to get DSL. So, I got cable access via Comcast. It seems that setting up a LAN is a major headache. My roomate and I have been doing research on this problem it seems we aren't the only ones who have trouble setting up a LAN using a Comcast

Re: [newbie] Comcast Cable LANs Routers

2002-09-05 Thread Brian Parish
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 07:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I just moved into a new place wasn't able to get DSL. So, I got cable access via Comcast. It seems that setting up a LAN is a major headache. My roomate and I have been doing research on this problem it seems we aren't the only

Re: [newbie] Comcast Cable LANs Routers

2002-09-05 Thread Joseph Demers
Possible answers from an ATT Not so Borad Band user. Only get 176KB :( 1. The cable company needs to know the mac address of the router not the modem. Don't tell em its a router but NIC Card. 2. install the nic cards in each machine. 3. Set up Windows networking and Linux to use

Re: [newbie] Comcast Cable LANs Routers

2002-09-05 Thread K. Spress
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Re: [newbie] Comcast Cable LANs Routers

2002-09-05 Thread AaronFHoliday
I am not familiar with Comcast, but here are a few ideas that may get you there: 1. When the Comcast service is activated from Windows, does it require a username/password to activate?  Some cable providers don't switch on the connection until you are authenticated in this way.  If this is the

Re: [newbie] Comcast Cable LANs Routers

2002-09-05 Thread Brian Parish
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 10:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not familiar with Comcast, but here are a few ideas that may get you there: 1. When the Comcast service is activated from Windows, does it require a username/password to activate? Some cable providers don't switch on the