Adelphia Powerlink

Timothy J. Finucane speljamr at speljamr.com
Tue Mar 9 21:12:39 EST 2004


Well I like to thank everyone for the input once more. I managed to get
things working again. I updated the firmware, then recycled the power on
both the modem and the router, leaving then shut off for about 20
minutes. I powered everything back up and it now works.

Thanks again,

Tim



On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 20:37, Cyber Source wrote:
> not necessarily true, my situation did the same thing, it worked when
> plugged directly from pc to cable modem. The signal was just not
> strong enough to maintain going through the router over a period of
> time and it was the modem in the end
> 
> 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
> >   




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