[ale] Question about cable modem connections

[Jim Kinney]

OK. I reread (twice) the original post. wife will NOT have to config a
router. It is a NEW cable modem installation. As long as it is ONSITE
before the cable installer starts, they will (usually) connect it up as
the first device to be authorized by the installation process. The
Linksys routers default to a working out of the box mode for just this
purpose. Now the cable person can plug in the modem, plug in the router,
plug in his laptop into the router and verify connection. Then wife's
laptop will JustWork(tm) with no config on her part. 

On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 08:32 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > All the cable modem crap I've dealt with require a registered MAC 
> > address. So the installer sets up the box i.e. - plugs it in) and then 
> > phones in to have the new device "approved" witht he MAC address of 
> > the WINDOWS PC plugged into it. The modem does not provide dhcp. The 
> > upstream cable service provides it.
> >
> >  I would recommend providing a broadband router of some sort (wireless 
> > optional) as the WAN side by default is looking for dhcp service.
> >
> I'd never be able to get her to install and configure a router.  Surely 
> I can just furnish her with the mac address if the ethernet card in the 
> laptop, can't I?  I don't think there will ever be a time that more than 
> that one computer is connected in that home, unless I'm there.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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