Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to run...)

From	Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to run...)
Date	2016-09-15 12:10 +0200
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I'm on comcast and what we have here is a cable account with a 
combination router modem box.

On Wed, 14 Sep 2016, Felix Miata wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 20:05:50
> From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to
>     run...)
> Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:06:14 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-14 17:11 (UTC-0400):
>
>> My final problem is: how to get my Jessie to get on line.  I don't think 
>> this is
>> anything anyone here can help me with, since I live in a retirement 
>> community
>> which has a huge contract with Comcast.
>
> Is it a cable account, or is it a DSL account? Appropriate help from here, 
> should you choose to accept any, depends on your answer.
>
>> I called a tech person here, and he gave me
>> a username and password which got me, and keeps me, online . . . but only 
>> for the
>> Windoze side.  I gotta do some exploring to see if I can make this work 
>> with Jessie.
>
> Luckily[1], I'm not a Comcast subscriber, so I cannot speak to this from 
> experience. Maybe something following can spur you into finding a path to a 
> solution.
>
> ISTR that some cablecos provide both a router (aka firewall and possibly a 
> switch) and a modem in the same box, like DSL providers typically do. DSL 
> providers normally require a login process with username and password. OTOH, 
> cable providers typically do not require login, depending instead on the 
> unique MAC address of the cable modem. It sounds to me like you either do not 
> have an internet router between your PC and the modem, or have a combination 
> modem/router/firewall, and so needs Jessie to somehow login similarly to how 
> the tech enabled you to connect in Windows. Had you a separate internet 
> router that you own, then the router could perform login duty, and internet 
> connectivity would not depend on which OS you booted.
>
> [1]
> http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/06/comcast-customer-satisfaction-rating-plummets-again/
> http://www.cheatsheet.com/business/the-top-5-worst-corporate-citizens-in-the-u-s.html/?a=viewall
>

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Fwd: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-12 01:00 +0200
  Re: Fwd: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-12 01:20 +0200
  Re: Fwd: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-12 04:50 +0200
    Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-12 05:20 +0200
      Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-12 12:50 +0200
      Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-12 20:20 +0200
        Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-12 21:20 +0200
        Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 00:40 +0200
          Re: icedove: failed to connect server XXX@gmail.com "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-13 01:10 +0200
          Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-13 15:00 +0200
            Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 16:50 +0200
              Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-13 19:10 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 21:40 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 22:10 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 23:20 +0200
            Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-13 19:30 +0200
              Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 23:00 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-14 03:00 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-14 08:50 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-14 11:10 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-14 17:40 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 19:00 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-14 21:00 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 21:10 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-14 22:50 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-14 23:20 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 00:10 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 01:40 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 02:00 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 12:10 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 14:40 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 20:10 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 23:50 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-15 02:20 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to  run...) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-15 02:10 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to  run...) Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-09-15 12:10 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-15 12:50 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-09-15 13:00 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to  run...) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 18:20 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-15 18:50 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to  run...) Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-15 19:50 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to run...) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 20:00 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to  run...) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 20:30 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to run...) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 22:50 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast (was: How to get Jessie to  run...) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-15 20:10 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-15 21:30 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-09-16 03:10 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 03:40 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-16 04:40 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-09-16 11:10 +0200
                Re: internet connectivity from Comcast Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-16 05:00 +0200
                Re: Windows Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-09-16 10:40 +0200
                Re: Windows Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 13:10 +0200
                Re: Windows Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 13:40 +0200
                Re: Windows (really about cut&paste) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-16 16:20 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 09:30 +0200
                Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 09:30 +0200
        Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 22:00 +0200
      Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 21:20 +0200

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