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Mr. Luddite

On 11/21/2013 11:16 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:38:21 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

You then open whatever browser you use. It will automatically open to a
Comcast Xfinity website page used for this system.

You enter your Comcast email address and your Comcast account password.

OK, it makes sense now.
I will have to tell my wife about this. She has a comcast account from
work. I suppose I could get one too if I wanted one. I already have a
Comcast Email address but I think it is deactivated (or I just forgot
the password) Email sent to it does not bounce tho.
Maybe I will try a password reset with one of their customer numbers.

I guess they track back to you from your reverse DNS.

I'd check first to see if it's available in your area. It's a really
new feature and is not available everywhere yet. The Comcast guy told
me we are in one of the first areas of the country that it is being set
up and it was virtually only one day old as of yesterday. It somewhat
explains why the other 7 people I talked to at Comcast had never heard
of it.

As far as transmitting the second WiFi channel, it can only be done with
Comcast provided modem/routers. If you bought and installed one from
Best Buy or anywhere else, it won't transmit the second channel.