[ale] HELP NEEDED - Comcast cable Modem and linux-centric home network

[Pete Hardie]

And I thought I'd never find a use for my tinfoil hat!

Pete Hardie
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Al foil grounded over the antenna...
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think I can have my router spoof the PC's MAC.  ANother suggestion
>> for the list.
>>
>> The wifi has no option to turn it off, as far as I could tell - I can
>> set SSID, security mode, password, DHCP range and lease time, and
>> channel, but nothing to mute the radio....
>>
>>
>> Pete Hardie
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>> Better Living Through Bitmaps
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>>
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The residential boxes are designed for a single customer PC to be
>>> attached. If you want more AND you want it to "Just Work", get a small
>>> router that supports MAC spoofing and connect all your PC stuff to it
>>> using it's ports and not the box from comcast.
>>>
>>> Most likely, the port/MAC combo is cached until reboot. Wireless is
>>> different and should support multiple devices (poorly). You should
>>> have access to the box enough to set your own wireless password. If
>>> so, you should be able to turn off the radio as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know if which port on the cable modem matters to the
>>>> device?  I.E. if I plugged a WIndows box into port one, I can't use
>>>> that one for a different box without clearing the MAC?
>>>>
>>>> Pete Hardie
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>>>> Better Living Through Bitmaps
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM, mike at trausch.us <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
>>>>> On 07/19/2012 09:15 AM, Erik Mathis wrote:
>>>>>> I would try to spoof the MAC of the windows box, if thats what you
>>>>>> used to setup the service with.
>>>>>
>>>>> The SMC boxes have a cap of like 100 MAC addresses or something like
>>>>> that.  (More than you'd typically have in a home or small office network
>>>>> segment, anyway.)  The fact that they have four ports means that they
>>>>> just provide a network gateway (with all the bells and whistles thereof,
>>>>> except the important ones that actually matter).
>>>>>
>>>>>         --- Mike
>>>>>
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> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
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