I do a 5 second power cycle when switching betwwen comps and it works just fine. I switch between my desktop (2 nics, one for windows, one for linux) and my ibook all the time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Bendily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Cox Slap?
> > > What's the cable modem you have? This happened to me once when I was switching > > between modems. My linksys modem refused to pick up an ip from cox. I had to > > powercycle the modem couple of times before it picked up an IP. > > I know for a fact that you can't just do a quick power cycle of the modem. > I'm not sure how long it takes but you need to leave the modem off for at > least 2(5 would be better) minutes when you're switching devices on the > modem. Meaning if you have your desktop plugged directly to the modem > then you plug in a laptop, on my particular modem you won't get a > connection. I litterally have to turn off the power of the modem for > 2-5 minutes. I have a Toshiba 2500 i think. I'd have to go look to see > the number, but I'm sure it's a toshiba. > > Seems kinda dumb, but that's the way it is. I had to call cox once > cause I couldn't get a second machine working. The tech told me to > powerdown the modem for 5 minutes then it would work. And it did. > Boy it drove me nuts too, cause what i was actually doing was > connecting my Linux router instead of my desktop. And the darn > thing wouldn't work. So I was very pleased when I found out that > tidbit of information! > > BB > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
