<p>I would just buy a Motorola modem if you are going to keep the service.</p>
<p>from gcs8's mobile device.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 19, 2012 11:50 AM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
ALWAYS KEEP A SPARE!!!!<br>
<br>
heh, heh!<br>
<br>
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> And I thought I'd never find a use for my tinfoil hat!<br>
><br>
> Pete Hardie<br>
> --------<br>
> Better Living Through Bitmaps<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Al foil grounded over the antenna...<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> I think I can have my router spoof the PC's MAC. ANother suggestion<br>
>>> for the list.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The wifi has no option to turn it off, as far as I could tell - I can<br>
>>> set SSID, security mode, password, DHCP range and lease time, and<br>
>>> channel, but nothing to mute the radio....<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Pete Hardie<br>
>>> --------<br>
>>> Better Living Through Bitmaps<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> The residential boxes are designed for a single customer PC to be<br>
>>>> attached. If you want more AND you want it to "Just Work", get a small<br>
>>>> router that supports MAC spoofing and connect all your PC stuff to it<br>
>>>> using it's ports and not the box from comcast.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Most likely, the port/MAC combo is cached until reboot. Wireless is<br>
>>>> different and should support multiple devices (poorly). You should<br>
>>>> have access to the box enough to set your own wireless password. If<br>
>>>> so, you should be able to turn off the radio as well.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> Does anyone know if which port on the cable modem matters to the<br>
>>>>> device? I.E. if I plugged a WIndows box into port one, I can't use<br>
>>>>> that one for a different box without clearing the MAC?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Pete Hardie<br>
>>>>> --------<br>
>>>>> Better Living Through Bitmaps<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM, <a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a> <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>> On 07/19/2012 09:15 AM, Erik Mathis wrote:<br>
>>>>>>> I would try to spoof the MAC of the windows box, if thats what you<br>
>>>>>>> used to setup the service with.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> The SMC boxes have a cap of like 100 MAC addresses or something like<br>
>>>>>> that. (More than you'd typically have in a home or small office network<br>
>>>>>> segment, anyway.) The fact that they have four ports means that they<br>
>>>>>> just provide a network gateway (with all the bells and whistles thereof,<br>
>>>>>> except the important ones that actually matter).<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> --- Mike<br>
>>>>>><br>
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>>>>>> than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common sense.<br>
>>>>>> --- Carveth Read, “Logic”<br>
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