<p dir="ltr">I've had many problems whilst using Comcast equipment. It got to the point where I had a Hotspot in case I had to work from home. </p>
<p dir="ltr">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. </p>
<p dir="ltr">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 :(</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sorry this is more of a rant than anything else.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 1, 2015 2:01 PM, "Ryan Coleman" <<a href="mailto:ryan.coleman@cwis.biz">ryan.coleman@cwis.biz</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Which model modem did they bring?<div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 1, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Olwe Bottorff <<a href="mailto:galanolwe@yahoo.com" target="_blank">galanolwe@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div dir="ltr"><span>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?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Thanks.</span></div> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Sunday, February 1, 2015 1:43 PM, Olwe Bottorff <<a href="mailto:galanolwe@yahoo.com" target="_blank">galanolwe@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px"> <br><br> <div><div><div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div dir="ltr"><span>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.</span></div> <div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Sunday, February 1, 2015 11:32 AM, Ryan Coleman <<a href="mailto:ryan.coleman@cwis.biz" target="_blank">ryan.coleman@cwis.biz</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"> My Thinkpad T61 (also Ubuntu 14.10) works fine with no weirdness. </div></div></div></blockquote></div>So it’s your laptop not Comcast.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>It’s amazing who quickly people blame their ISP when only one device on the network has issues.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I suspect something is RFU with your firewall (UFW).</div><div><br clear="none"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>On Feb 1, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Olwe Bottorff <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:galanolwe@yahoo.com" target="_blank">galanolwe@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none"><div><div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div dir="ltr">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. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">LB</div><div dir="ltr">Grand Marais (in spirit)</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" target="_blank">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br clear="none"></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div></div> </div></div></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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