@Ryan Google WiFi was a bust as I couldnt set it up ( smart devices have become amazing stupid) I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly

@ArcherC8 if the cable modem doesn't reconnect then I have to contact Comcast. I acknowledge it's an unlikely event but... anyways. I'm out of that house until Sunday anyways.

@Ryan thanks for the guidance. still holding out hope that google WiFi will be able to circumvent that as I really really don't want to ever talk to Comcast again if I can possibly avoid it. But I'll...

@ArcherC8 thanks I will hold this as a last resort.

@ArcherC8 thanks it took me 4 days to get this modem set up - I'm not in a hurry to reset it just yet. I'm going to cannibalize my Google WiFi from my other house and see if that works.

@ArcherC8 correct. The ip address listed is 0.0.0.0 and will not update regardless of what I do.