Adelphia Powerlink

[cliff at cliffmeyers.com]

I've had Powerlink since 2000 and have the same router, the BEFSR41, although I'm
not sure if it's "v.2" since I bought mine about a year ago.

I periodically have issues with my machines loosing connectivity to the internet.
 In most cases I can't even ping the router itself so it definitely looks like a
router issue.  Sometimes I can just restart networking on my PC and my connection
comes back... other times it seems like I have to reboot a few times to fix it. 
In some cases I've rebooted my router as well and that's fixed the problem.

Are you using DHCP or static IPs on your LAN?  I've found that I have more
success if I assign static IPs to my boxes.  For instance, sometimes I'll have
one machine running fine with an IP that was assigned via DHCP, and then if I
boot up a second box, when it tries to get an IP via DHCP, the other one will
lose connectivity for a few seconds and then come back up.  My bet is that the
implementation of the DHCP server on the router itself might be causing you
issues.  Let me know what you think.


-Cliff



On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:27:53 -0500, "Kevin E. Glosser" wrote:

> 
> > I have a Linksys BEFSR41 v.2 Cable/DSL Router and it will not renew it's
> > DHCP settings from the Cable modem. Is it possible my router is foobar?
> 
> I have the original 4 port router from Linksys, using Powerlink since ~97.
> I've had the router since almost then I think. I had one hiccup with it. It
> did the same thing you are mentioning.
> 
> It refused to give up its IP address. It grew attached to it. :) Solution
> was to "powercycle" it, which means turn it off then on.
> 
> You mentioned the cable modem works when plugged directly into your laptop.
> That would indicate it is likely NOT a issue with the modem. It's likely
> your router that is temporarily stuck.
> 
> As mentioned by someone else, I would also update the firmware if you
> haven't done so already. Since the release of my router, there have been
> probably at least 10 upgrades, but that's over several years. :)
> 
> KEG