Re: Connecting a linspire box to comcast

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> When he tries the release/renew steps, the buttons
> "didn't respond".  I'm not exactly sure what he means
> by that, but if someone has hooked up linspire to
> comcast, or has any ideas what might be wrong, let me
> know.

Typically, cable modems "remember" your MAC address, so when you hook it
up to another box, it doesn't recognize it, and won't let you on.  You can
usually solve this power cycling the modem.
Matt King
Portland Internet Company
http://www.portlandinternetco.com
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