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 <mrma...@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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