On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:20:02 GMT John Navas wrote: | On 21 Aug 2006 08:35:25 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@ipal.net wrote in | : | |>On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:19:16 GMT John Navas wrote: |>| On 20 Aug 2006 21:52:17 -0700, "Amanda" wrote |>| in : |>| |>|>Yeah, I wasn't doing any security setup and the tech guy told me that |>|>when accesing from a pc w/ wireless capability, say a laptop with |>|>wi-fi, the key number to put is the last line of serial number label |>|>in appeared in [ ]. May be it's the same analogy as with requiring |>|>member ID and password to install yahoo installer. With comcast, oeen |>|>doesn't need that comcast software, ie, if I reformat the hard drive, I |>|>can just access the internet w/o the need of any comcast software |>|>installed in my PC that coonects to the modem or router. |>| |>| The Comcast software is needed for initial registration of a new |>| account, but not thereafter. |>
|>If the authentication is in the modem, then what is the software doing? |>Oh wait, I know ... it's making sure you have the right popups (e.g. it |>deletes any that advertize DSL). | | The software register and creates the new account (including userid and | password, as well as account options); i.e., much more than just | authenticating the modem itself.
You don't need software in the customer computer to do that. It can be done by customer service on their computer. They just need the ID number of the modem and the customer's cable account (searchable from address). It would be possible to turn the service on completely with no computer at the customer end at all, ready for them to be online as soon as they put one in.