Thanks, Ryan for the clarification on the xfinity wifi. On Feb 1, 2015 5:10 PM, "Ryan Coleman" <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Saul Alanis <sdalano at gmail.com> wrote: > > I later learned about that whole BS which other Comcast customers could > connect to my access point, and that's where I drew the line to a point. > > No, they couldn’t. I’m afraid you’ve remembered the wrong end of the setup > being BS. Trust me - I use the xfinity_wifi SSIDs all the time. It’s a > private pipe, you cannot talk to others… but they could sniff your traffic > and you theirs. That’s the problem with unsecured Wi-Fi. > > The part that is BS is that you have to PAY for the electricity at no > discount in service. It doesn’t take away from your internet connection > speed - just draws off your power bill. But you should also have a > line-item discount on your serbice for hosting this extra configuration. > You could have turned it off easily. > > I bought a used modern off Craigslist and my performance problems where > dissolved. I had the Comcast technicians out which said they need to be > present during the issue, but when you call technical support all they can > do is reset your modem :( > > This doesn’t surprise me. The only hardware Comcast has ever supplied that > was worth the price (of free) is the business class equipment. And the > customer service… Holy cow it makes a difference. > > Sorry this is more of a rant than anything else. > > I really hope for alternative service providers in Dakota County. I guess > since not enough people are willing to speak up we'll always be undeserved > for the services we pay with our hard earned money. > > That’s not how contracts and bidding works… What you need to do is > convince a commissioner who needs to reach out to other providers. If they > want competition you will end up paying for it in property taxes because > the county will be footing the bill to get the prices lower… Wonderful, > right? > > > On Feb 1, 2015 2:01 PM, "Ryan Coleman" <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> wrote: > >> Which model modem did they bring? >> >> On Feb 1, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Looking at the modem admin page, I saw that the errant T410 was only >> listed as its MAC address. Also, it was not listed as DHCP but always >> listed with a "Reserved IP" of 172.16.0.145 --which will not allow itself >> to be changed, even when I repeatedly try to choose DHCP and save. On a >> hunch, I changed (Ubuntu/Gnome) in the "IPv4 Settings" tab from "Automatic >> (DHCP) to "Automatic (DHCP) addresses only". Now it works . . . after a >> whole weekend of hair-tearing-out! Can anyone tell me why it wants to >> default to (won't change from) "Reserve IP"? And what did my changing to ". >> . . addresses only" do exactly? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> On Sunday, February 1, 2015 1:43 PM, Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I want to blame Comcast because these problems on the T410 don't appear >> when I use it on any other Wifi connection (I'll test again to make sure) >> -- and they don't even happen when Comcast gave us a loaner modem a few >> weeks ago! The new box is a dual 2.4/5.0 GHZ, while the loaner box was just >> 2.4 GHZ. On the new (and previous) 2.4/5.0 box I can't get any Internet >> logging into the 2.4, and the 5.0 connection gives me the aforesaid >> weirdness. There has been sporadic weirdness with other things too: Android >> devices tend to act up occasionally; an older Kindle has trouble getting >> online. I also tested this with the T410 on a straight ethernet connection >> to the modem -- same problems. To make it even more confusing, I tried >> Win8.1 on the T410 -- and it worked just fine. So if my T410/U14.10 works >> elsewhere AND with a different Comcast modem, gosh, it must be some very >> weird clash with the 2.4/5.0 Comcast modem and my T410/U14.10. Also, my >> Thinkpad X201 used to have weirdness, but it settled down and seems to work >> now. That's another wrinkle to this, problems come and go. For a long time >> we'd get Internet AFTER we waited 10 minutes or so after Wifi login, >> sometimes even with ethernet. But again, like I say, my older T61/U14.10 >> works fine. The only explanation I can think of is that the Comcast 2.4/5.0 >> modem and U14.10's network software don't like each other when U14.10 is >> installed on my T410. Just for laughs, I should get a non-Debian Linux >> version or even BSD for my T410 and see what happens. >> >> >> On Sunday, February 1, 2015 11:32 AM, Ryan Coleman < >> ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> wrote: >> >> >> >> My Thinkpad T61 (also Ubuntu 14.10) works fine with no weirdness. >> >> So it’s your laptop not Comcast. >> >> It’s amazing who quickly people blame their ISP when only one device on >> the network has issues. >> >> I suspect something is RFU with your firewall (UFW). >> >> On Feb 1, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Still having problems with my Comcast Internet service. Now it looks like >> my U14.10 Thinkpad 410 connection (wire or w-less) won't do ssh (no route >> to host), won't give me most web pages, but, amazingly, will connect with >> gmail, YouTube, and Wikipedia. Also, I can do software updates and >> synaptic. My Thinkpad T61 (also Ubuntu 14.10) works fine with no weirdness. >> >> LB >> Grand Marais (in spirit) >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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