[TriLUG] New list member here

[William Sutton]

Chaggy is quite helpful.

I used moya to get the freenode ip address, logged in, and he mentioned 
that I should check /etc/resolv.conf.

Guess what?  It was still pointing at comcast, since they had me use dhcp 
directly to the cable modem.  Once I pointed it back at my local system 
and verified that caching-nameserver was running, I found everything was 
back in order.

Woohoo!

William

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, William Sutton wrote:

> Comcast has this "new" (their word, not mine) cable modem provisioning 
> system.  They connect the cable modem to the cable, the cable to the 
> outside box, the computer to the cable modem, pop a CD into the Windows PC 
> (no Linux support, allegedly), and it's supposed to do the rest.
> 
> Problem #1 is I don't have a CD ROM in my (only) PC down here (Sony Vaio, 
> PCG-505GX) and I'm not particularly interested in using Windows (I have it 
> for resume stuff, if need be).
> 
> Problem #2 (tangentially related) is that I'm still using my cell phone 
> with a 919 area code (and didn't sign up for a local number).  
> Unfortunately, that means Comcast's automated tech support line hangs up 
> on me because my phone number "isn't in [their] operating area."  :)
> 
> Problem #3 appears to be more sticky.  I broke down last night and used 
> Windows to connect so they could check the provisioning.  They had me 
> check a couple settings in Windows (dhcp, use dhcp to get dns) which I 
> don't usually have checked (that is, it worked fine at home under 
> RoadRunner without them) (I was using caching-nameserver on another system 
> for dns).
> 
> With those changes, I can surf under '98 through my Linksys 
> router/firewall.  However, running Red Hat 9 with caching-nameserver and a 
> 192.168.1.x IP address, all I get are services for hosts I have listed in 
> /etc/hosts.  I haven't changed any settings, and the tech at Comcast said 
> that the router only allows physical transport layer access.
> 
> I can ping hosts I don't have listed but it returns as so:
> 
> corran:~# ping yahoo.com
> PING yahoo.com (68.87.96.200) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from act02.selfprov.pa.comcast.net (68.87.96.200): icmp_seq=1 
> ttl=243 time=46.2 ms
> 64 bytes from act02.selfprov.pa.comcast.net (68.87.96.200): icmp_seq=2 
> ttl=243 time=45.9 ms
> 
> --- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1003ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 45.927/46.089/46.252/0.269 ms
> 
> It would appear that (as they say) they route everything through their 
> provisioning service (the tech I spoke with alleged that it all goes 
> through port 80).
> 
> Got any ideas? :)
> 
> William
> 
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Mike M wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 02:56:16PM -0500, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> > > William Sutton said the following on 3/24/04 2:12 PM:
> > > 
> > > >Eh, Tanner, do those various reasons have to do with being luddites? :)
> > > 
> > > No, I think they actually deal with the laws in North Carolina regarding
> > > non-profit membership organizations.
> > > 
> > > >Note, I still don't have a membership card, and at this point snail mail 
> > > >is the best way to get it to me.  Email me off-list for the address.
> > 
> > I don't have mine yet either.  Do I need it?  Coming to meetings is
> > still difficult for me.  What I'm really interesting in is a trilug
> > shell account so I can bang on my network from the outside (cvs 
> > through ssh actually - is that allowed?).
> > > >
> > > >William (in withdrawal since Comcast in Huntsville still doesn't let me 
> > > >surf under Linux)
> > > 
> > > Huntsville, AL?!?  When did you move there and how long are you there?
> > 
> > That place is full of rocket scientists.  Linux should be the defacto
> > standard :-).
> > 
> > What do you mean, exactly, by not being able to surf under Linux?
> > 
> > 
> 
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