<div dir="ltr">I've never had any cable guy bring a laptop with him....<br><br>but comcast CAN do installs with only a linux box present, they just have to call in the activation instead of using their junky software CD.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
OK. I reread (twice) the original post. wife will NOT have to config a<br>
router. It is a NEW cable modem installation. As long as it is ONSITE<br>
before the cable installer starts, they will (usually) connect it up as<br>
the first device to be authorized by the installation process. The<br>
Linksys routers default to a working out of the box mode for just this<br>
purpose. Now the cable person can plug in the modem, plug in the router,<br>
plug in his laptop into the router and verify connection. Then wife's<br>
laptop will JustWork(tm) with no config on her part.<br>
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On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 08:32 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:<br>
> Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> > All the cable modem crap I've dealt with require a registered MAC<br>
> > address. So the installer sets up the box i.e. - plugs it in) and then<br>
> > phones in to have the new device "approved" witht he MAC address of<br>
> > the WINDOWS PC plugged into it. The modem does not provide dhcp. The<br>
> > upstream cable service provides it.<br>
> ><br>
> > I would recommend providing a broadband router of some sort (wireless<br>
> > optional) as the WAN side by default is looking for dhcp service.<br>
> ><br>
> I'd never be able to get her to install and configure a router. Surely<br>
> I can just furnish her with the mac address if the ethernet card in the<br>
> laptop, can't I? I don't think there will ever be a time that more than<br>
> that one computer is connected in that home, unless I'm there.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Jim.<br>
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