[SLL] Nationwide Internet: melting down?

[Ken Meyer]

I was replacing the modem and not the PC box.  When I connected the modem
and went to the internet, instead of the site that I wanted, up came a
screen that said, Welcome etc. and provided a button to download the
registration software.  I did that and ran it.  I did note that my IP had
changed from the normal one to the same 67.xxx that the DHCP and DNS servers
were on.

When I finally plowed through this, which was confused because they had a
system outage at the same time, I note that I am back to the very same IP I
had before the switch.

Are we on the same page, or am I (likely) missing something?

Ken M


-----Original Message-----

From: Dan Wilder [mailto:dhwilder at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:44 PM
To: Ken Meyer
Cc: linux-list at ssc.com

Subject: Re: [SLL] Nationwide Internet: melting down?

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 01:44:40PM -0700, Ken Meyer wrote:

> But the critical fact to me, as it was to Dan, was that she did not
lecture
> me about accounts.  Of course, maybe they don't want to get into an
argument
> at the window, and the enforcers will take care of that later, when and if
> Comcast feels that it is not necessary to look the other way any more, in
> order to compete with DSL that allow networking without extra cost.
>
> When I put in the new router, I had to go through the registration process
> again, but it seems that changes on the modem's inside connection doesn't
> precipitate such a requirement.

That's weird.  It's also consistent with what I saw while helping
an acquaintence set up a Comcast connection, some time back.

I wonder if we're talking to different parts of the Comcast
infrastructure?  I've had a Windows box, a Linksys router and
two different Linux boxes connected directly to the cable modem, one
at a time and at different times. Some more than once.  With the
exception of the Windows box, each masq-ing the rest of the same home
network the installer guy saw in use.  No re-registration required,
just

disconnect box "a"
power down cable modem
connect box "b"
power up cable modem
wait about 30 seconds while lights blink
connectivity restored

following the procedure the installer guy gave me when I asked
how to put my router back after registering.

Substitute randomly chosen systems for "a" and "b".

It doesn't depend on the Windows box being present.  I've changed
routers more than once while the Windows box is lights-out, as
it mostly is.

--
Dan Wilder <dhwilder at gmail.com>