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You may need to clone the MAC address to the WAN side of the Linksys. A lot of cable companies use the MAC address as authentication.

BEFSR41, 6 Wintel machines, 1 iMac. No problems, bought Linksys about 2 years ago.

What OS are you running on your PCs?

Check the web sight now for info on the problem.

Power outage and server damage.

I had to use it a couple of days ago when I got AT&T cable internet servise. Wasn't too bad. It appears to run off of the CD, and not install any exe's on your computer.

What it looked like it did was:

Configure TCP/IP for DHCP.
Show you your NIC MAC address and a number to call to have your modem ...

Originally posted by HackMcDivot

Covad filed for chapter 11 bancruptcy! You should have stuck with the big boys! Verizon!!!:2cool:

I have been a customer of Covad for over a year. They only filed Chapter 11 recently. The bankruptcy filing is a reorganization that will, according to reports ...

I had Verizon ADSL for about 6 months. It was horrible.

I canceled that service, went with a Covad reseller. Since then, I have not had an outage in 14 months.

I think whether or not you have problems with DSLdepends upon your ISP, the CLEC and ILEC, distance from CO, connection protocol, etc. etc.

You might want to check out my review here http://www.dslreports.com/comment/552/5758?63

Verizon was pretty bad.

I hear that they have improved.

That means they have probably progressed from abysmal to just really really bad.

Windows and Mac can't share files or see each other out of the box. The only way to have a Mac see a Windows machine and vice versa is to use third party software.

Two of the more popular programs are PC Maclan from Miramar http://www.miramar.com/ and Dave from Thursby http://www.thursby.com ...

TCP/IP is TCP/IP and is platform independent.

Set TCP/IP settings in the Mac using the same parameters as used for the Wintel machines. Since you are using WinProxy which is a software based NAT, this will work fine for sharing DSL for the Mac also.

A router has been a good hardware solution for ...

You will not need Home Networking Wizard if you have a router.

I don’t know what service you are using, but you enter the information given to you by your ISP into the main Linksys set up page.

Try setting your system up like this.

Go to the Linksys Admin page.

Enable DHCP server
Starting IP ...

What .ini file and why?

Right click on My Computer, left click on Properties, left click on the Device Manager tab.

Any thing with a yellow exclamation indicating that it is non functioning?

It depends.

If you have a static IP, only one PC can sign on at a time unless you are behind a NAT device, which a hub is not.

If you use PPPoE, you can probably have each computer sign on using the PPPoE software on each PC and each will be assigned it's own IP address.

It is also probably in ...

It's a virus.

Are you using DHCP or static IP from your cable ISP?

I have only used PPPoE and static with my Linksys BEFSR41, but I am wondering if Connect on Demand and/or Keep Alive my be apropos?

Have you tried this?

Go to the DHCP page

Enable DHCP server

Starting IP Address 192.168.1.100

Click "Apply"

For each computer on your internal LAN set Network Settings as follows:

Under the IP Address tab for the TCP/IP properties for your NIC

Set "Obtain an IP Address Automatically ...

Check out this persons http://www.geocities.com/flutocracy/cablemodem.htm adventure.

Comcast only thought she was stealing cable.

The Linksys router is a NAT device, not a firewall. The latest firmware has SPI capability built into it, but I am not certain how effective their implementation is.

Being a NAT device, the router will go a long way towards foiling intruders by making it more difficult to get into your system. It ...

What kind of router?

I'm no telephone tech, but that is pretty standard. My home line POTS line is at 40V DC to ground. My DSL dry wire is 49V DC to ground.

If the issue started immediately subsequent to adding the new NIC, try swapping your NIC out with one from one of the other PC's. If it still doesn't work, you will have eliminated the NIC.

Did you install it after you downloaded?

I have had my BEFSR41 since May 2000. Not a bit of trouble. Have used it with PPPoE and Static IP.