> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Eric Peterson > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:04 PM > > I just moved from Minnetonka to Brooklyn Park. In the process I > transferred my cable internet. After dealing with Comcast on the phone > I looked for alternatives, but unfortunately it looks like Sprint is > the only other provider of DSL/Cable in the area. So I'm still with > Comcast (feel free to make recommendations). > > I was able to get my connection working with my Linux laptop just > fine, but when I connect the Linksys which is running OpenWRT it never > gets an IP. > > Any ideas? I'm thinking Comcast is somehow blocking my Linksys, but I > that's just speculation. > > My old connection was Time Warner until Comcast took over. > > Thanks, > Eric Perhaps a clue: I have a friend in the Comcast area who reports that Comcast made her replace a 54G Linksys WiFi router with a Belkin one in order to get things to run. She has since given away the Linksys router so I can't check except by taking mine over there sometime. Makes no sense to me, and I would have scalped Comcast before changing brands so their tech support knew what to do. I just got her Belkin going again by telephone help and the menus it has are quite different from my Linksys. You should escalate until you reach intelligent life forms - if any exist there.. ask for their attorney's contact info if that fails. It's probably something about the router's DHCP setup or funny business with static IP. Her Belkin router has an IP sequence that defaulted to 192.168.2.1 while all mine default to 192.168.1.1. Perhaps the cable side can alter the cable modem defaults: I regularly have Level 1 cable folk tell me they set all my cable modem stuff and try to tell me I can't see my cable modem status screen (192.168.100.1 on both Linksys and Motorola cable modems) to read what clearly appears "by the book" after modem lock (I'd like to get signal level before/without lock, but cannot without lock and they are no help at all for that issue). Chuck