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[Albus Dumbledore]

Okay, so recently i got comcast high speed internet and i have a linksys router, but i am told by a bunch of my friends that linksys doesn't really like to work with comcast internet, so i was wondering what kind of router i should get.

please only post if you HAVE comcast cable internet not if you THINK you know the answer. thanks

[Saint_Michael]

Your friends are speaking rubbish to you albus I have comcast and using a linksys for my wifi and it works fine and it works even better when I got my modem updated as well. So your good just make sure you set up your router properly and your set.

[ckcomputerstallahassee]

another testimonial here; ive used linksys and comcast before. It worked great. I don't think your friends really thought that out. Sounds like an individual experience for them. Think of how widespread comcast is, and how popular linksys is (although there are other competitors in the networking consumer market). If there was a compatibility issue, I think somebody would have heard about it

[iGuest]

wireless with comcast
Setting Up Wireless Internet With Comcast

You need to put the MAC address of the comcast cable modem into your router config - spoof

-reply by geoff

[iGuest]

seting up wireless internet with comcastSetting Up Wireless Internet With Comcast

to : iguest-geoff

I know this will sound stupid - but I have the MAC address, but how do I put it into my router config?  I had comcast install and config my router when they hooked the internet.  I can get wi-fi on the 2nd gen itouch, but not the 1rst gen itouch!  gr!

-reply by niteowl

[iGuest]

I have a linksys wireless external adapter,and I just got comcast today, I have a modem in my mothers room, and no router, is there anyway I can intercept thecable internet from the modem in my mothers room, to my wireless external adapter?

[iGuest]

hi,

 on the address bar type  192.168.1.1 which will take you to the page to reconfigure your router, there change your MAC address and any other information you need to change  like passwords to you router!

hopefully that was some help. ;)

-reply by Author Name - e.G. John, MikeKeywords: how to connect wireless to comcast internet?

[iGuest]

Comcast and D-Link wirelessSetting Up Wireless Internet With Comcast

Does anybody have this configuration? How do I make it work?

Thanks,

Mike

[iGuest]

How to set up the wirelessSetting Up Wireless Internet With Comcast

I tried spoofing the MAC address of the router and it didn't work. I spoofed my computer's MAC address (the one the technician used for installation without asking me) on the wireless router, then the cable modem released an IP address to the router.

Before I did this, the cable modem would not give a DHCP lease to the router but it would give one to my computer.

To spoof, go to your administration website on the router (default is 192.168.1.1 in your web-browser), then click the Main tab, then the WAN tab. Click the Clone MACAddress tab and the MAC address of your computer will be entered there. Hit Apply, wait for the device to restart, and it should grab an IP from the cable modem. Then you can surf from your computer.

Cheers.

[iGuest]

What worked finally for me (in the wireless router configuration) was to say that the ISP did not need a username and password (duh! now) but instead use static IP, MAC, and DNS addresses. It's working now, we'll see for how long.

 Netgear's customer support was lousy - 30 minutes on the phone, and then they tell me I have to subscribe to something to get any kind of techsupport. Needless to say, their products are better than their support.

-reply by Indy