Manual Registration Comcast High Speed Internet in Fedora 4

[Ross A. Osborn]

Neil Cherry wrote:

> Florin Andrei wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 18:26 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Depends. The first modem I got from comcast wouldn't do squat until
>>> I went through the 'registration cd install'.  Trying to get a dhcp 
>>> lease
>>> from Linux did nothing.  After installing it on a windows box, Linux
>>> was able to get a lease.
>>
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, Comcast remembers your last MAC address and won't
>> let you change the network card - if you register with one card, it
>> won't work with another (unless you change the MAC).
>
>
> The modem is that thing that remembers, the fix is to power down
> the modem and power it up. Then the first MAC to hit it will be the
> one it remembers. That's why it's a good idea to have a NAT box
> sit between your home network and the cable (there are other benefits
> too).
>
Leave it powered off for a minute or so too.  If you cycle power too quickly
it will still remember the old MAC address.

Ross