Firmware version 2.0.1 for the CBos was up for over 60 days last time, only been up 9 days since the reboot, doesn't help that USWest keeps changing the IP. The router didn't get the new routes into place and I was browsing the web as the ip change happened, so I suddenly couldn't talk to the outside world as my systems were using the old routing. > It does? What version of CBOS are you running? I have not touched mine in > months. > > The Cisco DSL router (external 675) needs to be power cycled every so often due > > to known memory leak issues. > > > The tech at Speedchoice is absolutely right, this has nothing to do with a > > > windows mentality. The modem when it is "rebooted" re-trains itself with > > > the network. Sometime the link get;s shitty when it loses and regains a > > > sync with the network; a simple unplug for 30 seconds and a replug clears > > > this up, in some cases. this is a first step in diagnosing the problem. > > > Secondly they will often ask you to unplug the power to the amp and then > > > replug, similar to the modem reboot. > > > > > > Again, this has nothing to do with windows metality, it is a technological > > > fact that this solves the problem sometimes. -- "Intel giveth and Microsoft Taketh Away" - Gordon Moore