[ale] System requirements for broadband?

[Marvin, International Martian of Mystery]

Geoffrey wrote:
> I don't have any experience with Comcast, but I've set up many a 
> Bellsouth DSL (including fiber) without having a windows box in the 
> loop.  The down side is you won't get any support from them in your 
> installation.  If that is a down side
>   
Comcast just makes you call Bombay (no toll) so their friendly rep can 
enter the mac address of your cable adapter into their database, which 
will then allow their dhcp servers to assign you an IP address.

No real big hassle to it.   Really.