I posted this on the MT forum but I wanted to throw it out here too. Thanks.

I've got an RB-750 that I want to replace with an RB-750G and I can't get any 
connectivity between the RB-750G and the Motorola Surfboard cable modem.

First I exported in imported the RB-750's config into the RB-750G but the 
RB-750G didn't seem to be getting a DHCP address from the Motorola Surfboard 
cable modem on it's Ether1-Gateway port. I had a link light but no 
connectivity, the RB-750G wouldn't even respond to a ping from the internet. 
Then I tried the RB-750G with the default config (after \system reset) and it 
still wouldn't work. Again I had a link light but no connectivity in or out. 
Next I disabled the RB-750G's DHCP client on the Ether1-Gateway port and 
manually configured it for the public IP address that the Surfboard has been 
giving out via DCHP for years. It's a dynamic IP address but it never changes 
even after widespread system wide outages experienced by the cable company. 
That seems to be our address. Anyway, Even with the IP address manually 
configured I still couldn't get any connectivity.

I'm located in South America and the modem/RB-750G in question are in NY. I'm 
managing all this remotely. When I was testing connectivity I was trying to 
ping the router from the internet, connect to the router via WinBox from the 
internet, and by having the local users attempt to access the internet. All of 
those failed.

Now my guess is the RB-750G and modem are not successfully auto-negotiating the 
Ethernet port parameters. So I had the user pick up a cross over cable which 
I'm going to try next with the RB-750G set to 100Mbps and full duplex.

Any ideas about what the problem could be would be greatly appreciated.

Greg


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