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Re: internet connectivity from Comcast



Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-15 13:36 (UTC-0400):
 
> Felix Miata composed:
 
> Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-14 17:11 (UTC-0400):
 
>>> My final problem is: how to get my Jessie to get on line.  I don't think this is
>>> anything anyone here can help me with, since I live in a retirement community
>>> which has a huge contract with Comcast.
 
>> Is it a cable account, or is it a DSL account? Appropriate help from here,
>> should you choose to accept any, depends on your answer.

> It certainly isn't DSL.  I have an Ethernet cable running from my machine
> to a Comcast provided "modem" -- except that it is called a router.  Quite

Called a "router" by whom, and where? Maybe help could better be forthcoming
if you announced its brand name and a model number. From the description so
far in this thread, yours seems to be one of those boxes that combine modem,
router, switch and firewall. Does it also provide wireless?

> obviously it works well from my Windoze side(I am using MS Edge the M$ new
> browser) to dial into mail.his.com, which uses the afore-mentioned Zimbra
 
> Any suggestions you can give me would be welcome, especially since I know
> you know your stuff<g>.

I know some stuff. Virturally no Comcast-specific connectivity is included.
OTOH, Tony Baldwin and Jude DaShiell have offered Comcast-specific clues in
this thread.

> Also: although ALSA and pulse-audio are installed on the Jessie side, I get
> no sound there...

Different and new problem belongs in a virgin thread.
 
> And if Brian is reading this, I remind him that he is going to tell me how
> to use Jessie to copy to and from my Windows 10.  But he may have given up
> with his efforts to "help" me.

This too belongs in a separate thread, but I'll provide a seed for you to try
to fix on your own. This is from Jessie on a multiboot Dell that includes
Windows 10:

# grep ntfs /etc/fstab
/dev/sda6 /win/C ntfs-3g nofail,users,gid=100,fmask=0111,dmask=0000,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
# mount | grep eblk
/dev/sda6 on /win/C type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096)
# ls -gG /win/C
total 3313985
-rw-rw-rw- 1     400228 Oct 30  2015 bootmgr
-rw-rw-rw- 1          1 Oct 30  2015 BOOTNXT
lrwxrwxrwx 2         60 Jul 27 06:06 Documents and Settings -> /win/C/Users
-rw-rw-rw- 1 1648193536 Aug  5 03:52 hiberfil.sys
drwxrwxrwx 1      49152 Apr 27 02:35 Logs
-rw-rw-rw- 1 1476395008 Aug  5 03:52 pagefile.sys
drwxrwxrwx 1          0 Oct 30  2015 PerfLogs
drwxrwxrwx 1       4096 Jul 27 06:06 ProgramData
drwxrwxrwx 1       4096 Apr 27 02:34 Program Files
drwxrwxrwx 1       4096 Oct 30  2015 Program Files (x86)
drwxrwxrwx 1          0 Jul 27 06:05 Recovery
drwxrwxrwx 1          0 Aug  4 05:58 $Recycle.Bin
-rw-rw-rw- 1  268435456 Aug  5 03:52 swapfile.sys
drwxrwxrwx 1       4096 Jul 27 04:37 System Volume Information
drwxrwxrwx 1       4096 Jul 27 04:55 Users
drwxrwxrwx 1      24576 Jul 27 03:07 Windows

If the above not enough help to get you where you want to be and you want
more, start a separate thread with an appropriate subject line please.
-- 
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words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

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