[GLLUG] Re: Linux

[Scott Henry Harrison]

As a tangent to the thread (not directly related to cable
modems), I have found the same need for a windows box with
respect to SBC Yahoo DSL, even during one of their upgrades.  In other
words, standard linux utilities (in my case rp-pppoe) do not
fare so well initializing and configuring connections to
some commercial high-bandwidth services.  After
initializing and registering, everything was easy. 

> I think you're talking about the registration process you need to do with 
> Comcast.  Unfortunately, I found that it only works with Internet Explorer 
> on Windows.  Once you do the registration however, you should have no 
> problem with using Linux.  Basically, you need to use a windows box for 
> about 5 minutes. 
> 
> -Ben 
> 
> Mike Bhaumik wrote:
>> Hello  
>> 
>> Can anybody tell me how to connect to the internet from Linux (using
>> Comcast broadband connection thru cable), please . I'm connected thru the 
>> cable modem. I can ping the proxy server and the
>> DNS serevrs.  
>> 
>> The address of the proxy server was provided to me by a Comcast tech
>> but he can't help further as Comcast does not support Linux. 
>> 
>> I got the DNS server addresses after I ran dhclient. 
>> 
>> I configured my browser (Mozilla and Opera) to use the proxy address.
>> But when I try to visit some page it just says something like 'SAS
>> server restricted page'. 
>> 
>> Appreciate any help. Regards
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