Re: Comcast Cable Setup Security Issue

[Gandalf The White <gandalf () digital net>]

Greetings and Salutations:

> From: tbishop () micron com [mailto:tbishop () micron com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:01 AM
> > I am not sure why you had to go through such hoops to get a Comcast
> > installation working.  I have performed a dozen or so Comcast
> > installations for friends and family without a hitch.  The CD that you
> > used is completely unnecessary.  All you have to do is hookup your
> > equipment, call Comcast to register your modem's MAC, and poof, you're
> > done.  I am not writing this to insult you (or your intelligence), but
> > instead to hopefully save you time should you need to perform a Comcast
> > installation in the future.
On 7/20/04 7:24 PM, "Stephon Autery" <stephon () stephonautery com> wrote:
> I have to agree with you Thomas. I plugged my router into Comcast's
> cable modem and off I went, along with my wife and my brother in law and
> my laptop...

The first thing I did was to hook everything up and assume that I was ready
to go.  Silly me.  I dealt with Cox communications too much where you just
plug it in and it works.  You are ready to go (as of the last time I set up
a connection).

Next time I have to install a Comcast connection I will do exactly that.
The only "instructions" I had were the "put this disk in your computer"
instructions.  The tech's I called did not ask for a MAC address, they
walked me through a online setup.


Ken

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