Chaggy is quite helpful. I used moya to get the freenode ip address, logged in, and he mentioned that I should check /etc/resolv.conf.
Guess what? It was still pointing at comcast, since they had me use dhcp directly to the cable modem. Once I pointed it back at my local system and verified that caching-nameserver was running, I found everything was back in order. Woohoo! William On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, William Sutton wrote: > Comcast has this "new" (their word, not mine) cable modem provisioning > system. They connect the cable modem to the cable, the cable to the > outside box, the computer to the cable modem, pop a CD into the Windows PC > (no Linux support, allegedly), and it's supposed to do the rest. > > Problem #1 is I don't have a CD ROM in my (only) PC down here (Sony Vaio, > PCG-505GX) and I'm not particularly interested in using Windows (I have it > for resume stuff, if need be). > > Problem #2 (tangentially related) is that I'm still using my cell phone > with a 919 area code (and didn't sign up for a local number). > Unfortunately, that means Comcast's automated tech support line hangs up > on me because my phone number "isn't in [their] operating area." :) > > Problem #3 appears to be more sticky. I broke down last night and used > Windows to connect so they could check the provisioning. They had me > check a couple settings in Windows (dhcp, use dhcp to get dns) which I > don't usually have checked (that is, it worked fine at home under > RoadRunner without them) (I was using caching-nameserver on another system > for dns). > > With those changes, I can surf under '98 through my Linksys > router/firewall. However, running Red Hat 9 with caching-nameserver and a > 192.168.1.x IP address, all I get are services for hosts I have listed in > /etc/hosts. I haven't changed any settings, and the tech at Comcast said > that the router only allows physical transport layer access. > > I can ping hosts I don't have listed but it returns as so: > > corran:~# ping yahoo.com > PING yahoo.com (68.87.96.200) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from act02.selfprov.pa.comcast.net (68.87.96.200): icmp_seq=1 > ttl=243 time=46.2 ms > 64 bytes from act02.selfprov.pa.comcast.net (68.87.96.200): icmp_seq=2 > ttl=243 time=45.9 ms > > --- yahoo.com ping statistics --- > 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1003ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 45.927/46.089/46.252/0.269 ms > > It would appear that (as they say) they route everything through their > provisioning service (the tech I spoke with alleged that it all goes > through port 80). > > Got any ideas? :) > > William > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Mike M wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 02:56:16PM -0500, Tanner Lovelace wrote: > > > William Sutton said the following on 3/24/04 2:12 PM: > > > > > > >Eh, Tanner, do those various reasons have to do with being luddites? :) > > > > > > No, I think they actually deal with the laws in North Carolina regarding > > > non-profit membership organizations. > > > > > > >Note, I still don't have a membership card, and at this point snail mail > > > >is the best way to get it to me. Email me off-list for the address. > > > > I don't have mine yet either. Do I need it? Coming to meetings is > > still difficult for me. What I'm really interesting in is a trilug > > shell account so I can bang on my network from the outside (cvs > > through ssh actually - is that allowed?). > > > > > > > >William (in withdrawal since Comcast in Huntsville still doesn't let me > > > >surf under Linux) > > > > > > Huntsville, AL?!? When did you move there and how long are you there? > > > > That place is full of rocket scientists. Linux should be the defacto > > standard :-). > > > > What do you mean, exactly, by not being able to surf under Linux? > > > > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
