Connecting to Comcast

[Travis Roy]

I agree. My parents have comcast and they didn't need to register the
computer MAC, just the modem MAC with some web interface. The "install CD"
is basically a pretty front end for the webpage, at least as far as I can
tell.

Just call up Comcast and tell tech support that the tech dropped off the
modem but had to leave before he could set it up and didn't leave you an
install CD. They'll walk you thru the webpage.

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> [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org]On Behalf Of Derek Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:17 AM
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> Subject: Re: Connecting to Comcast
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> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 06:03:40AM -0400, Chris Brenton wrote:
> > The registration is tied to the MAC address of your external NIC, so if
> > you ever swap Ethernet cards you have to re-register.
> >
>
> As of when I left Comcast in March, this was not true.  I had dealt
> with tech support and they told me they no longer do this.  I
> subsequently switched computers (I got the connection working with my
> laptop and its built-in NIC, and then switched to my firewall without
> doing anything to mimic the MAC or what have you) with no difficulty.
>
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> Derek D. Martin
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