On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 04:22:57PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 15:16 -0800, Min Chen wrote: > > Hi, I just ordered Comcast high speed internet service and got > > self-installation kit from Comcast. Comcast tech support told me that > > they don't support Linux. I googled internet and got only two posts > > on the related topic but don't provide details. > > > > Could anyone provide any help on this? > ---- > should just work - plug the modem in, register it with the cable company > - normally the network adaptor on your computer would get an ip address, > subnet mask, gateway address and dns server addresses from the cable > modem. Depends. The first modem I got from comcast wouldn't do squat until I went through the 'registration cd install'. Trying to get a dhcp lease from Linux did nothing. After installing it on a windows box, Linux was able to get a lease. Shortly afterwards that modem died horribly. The replacement I got was a different model (a Motorola) and 'just worked' with no messing around. Dave
