Robert J. Squire Jr. on Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:25:11 -0500


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RE: [PLUG] Comcast Crackdown (What I did to solve it)


I had the same problem.  I called comcast to inquire about what sort of
firewall they had installed on their system (i was sure that they had) but I
gave up while on hold.  Then I noticed that my dhcp client had a new
address.  So I made a little script to see what was going on.
http://www.orbspinner.org/whoami.php.
The problem wasn't blocked ports.  It was that my hostname and domain had
changed.  In fact I have now idea why dhcp is still working because I pass
the hostname ( the old, original one ) as a parameter.  Any way, connect to
that address and you'll have your IP address and Hostname on the new
comcast.net network.  Hope this helps.

--Rob Squire
BTW:  Sorry about my last posting which contained tons of MS generated html.

"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, What
should be the reward of such sacrifices? . If ye love wealth better than
liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of
freedom - go from us in peace. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed
you. May your chains sit lightly upon you."  --Samuel Adams


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