[svlug] using Comcast modem and a Linksys router?

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Tom Melendez <tom at supertom.com> wrote:

> Not sure of the solution, but some thoughts:
> Hi Christian,
>
> - You already tried powering down the modem, imagine.  With a cable
> modem, you generally have to power it off and on for it to recognize a
> new MAC address.


k, I will give this a try.  I will power down the modem; attach the Gutsy
box.  Power on the Gutsy box.  Then power on the modem.


> - Comcast does DSL?  Didn't know that or is that a typo?


yeah, typo.  I meant "high" speed.


> - Is the modem itself a router?  Some DSL modems are.


Not sure.  I need to investigate the modem.  I became discouraged when
Daniel told me that we need to get permission from Comcast, but then after
thinking about it for a while, I rallied and decided to try it again.  heh


> - some DSL modems actually have a web server/configuration utility
> built in (even if they are not routers).  What kind of modem is it
> (make and model) and can you get into this utility?


I will get that info and get back to this list.


> - what kind of router do you have?


Linksys befsr41


> If you plug in the modem to the
> WAN port


Stupid question here:  doesn't WAN mean "Wireless Area Network?"  This is a
wired setup, not wireless, in case that makes any difference.


> and connect a box to the router, with the router's config
> utility you can see if it is pulling an IP address from the modem.


Right, so I am assuming that we would do something like traceroute
www.yahoo.com and we would see the router?  Is that what you mean?  I have
also seen Daniel access a router from Firefox, amazingly enough, although I
don't remember how he did it.  Maybe there will be instructions in the box?

Thanks for the info, Tom!
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