I replaced my cable modem with Comcast back at the beginning of the year. I was leasing the modem and Comcast refused to simply "give" me the modem as was their current promotion at the time for new users. So a functional, but 3 year old modem is probably now on a scrap pile some where. Anyway, when I went to register the new modem with Comcast Tech Support, I simply hooked up a laptop directly to the modem and opened a browser, then they walked me through going to a web site that registered the modem with Comcast. No software install required. I think I used a Windows laptop (with a software firewall), but I don't see why a Linux machine couldn't do the same thing, unless their modem registration depends on something within IE that won't work with Firefox/Mozilla. -- ---- ------ Todd Young > On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 11:20 -0500, Josh Welch wrote: > > Not directly Linux related, sorry. > > > > Is it necessary to run Comcast's craptacular software in order to > > connect to their cable network? Is there something magical you need to > > do in order to get on their network without that software? I have no > > experience with Comcast directly, but I have not heard good things aout > > that software they want you to install. > > > > Thanks, > > Josh > > It used to be no, you could just plug in and go. When I moved to > Clarkston back in June I could not get it to work until I borrowed my > fiance's windows laptop to run the software. I guess there is some code > in there to grab info from the modem and set it up on their system. > Without that happending no network connection. > > I fussed at their support line about it, but you can imagine how much > understanding there was. > > Rick > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list