If you know somebody that has a windoz laptop, maybe you can set it up.
Then use the Mac adder in your Linux config. Maybe??
I had Linux running on Comcast till they broke the dhcp code. Never could
get Linux dhcp to work after that. But have a Linksys router/gateway working
good now.

"hazzmat" wrote in message
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>I will probably need to move a family member's home network from DSL to
>Comcast cable very soon. Since their home network is based around a linux
>router/firewall and since I've seen many posts concerning the problem of
>Comcast activation and Linux, I want to ask the group what to expect and
>what to do. The system is in the Atlanta area. It's a dual NIC Mandriva
>Linux OS system. There is no Windows partition on it, so if it's at all
>possible I'd like to know how to complete the registration process using
>only Linux and Firefox. Moving the wan interface NIC to a Windows box
>temporarily -or doing some other trick- is possible, but the idea really
>irritates me.
>
> I understand from reading earlier posts on the subject that until the
> modem is registered, there is no access to networks outside of own
> Comcast's servers. To register and activate the account, certain Comcast
> urls must be set as proxy servers. DHCP must be running, and Comcast DNS
> addresses should be used. The registration site URL I've found in my
> google searches (sas.ne1.attbb.net) looks old and probably incorrect for
> my region.
>
> I have a couple of Comcast DNS addresses (204.127.202.19 & 216.148.227.79)
> but this information is now 5 years old. I understand I will need to
> upload the MAC address of the Comcast cable modem to their web
> registration page, plus I'll need to set the system hostname to whatever
> Comcast allocates me as my dhcp hostname. Or something like that... DHCP
> (client) is installed on the system already although the system functions
> as a DHCP server for the local network, and BIND is also (if that is
> useful at any point)
>
> Has anyone done this with Comcast and Linux, and know what the currently
> correct, necessary information is?
>
> Thanks.