See if your Linksys router has the option to 'clone' the MAC address of your
Windows box.

Also, by a router that can take DD-WRT... you'll find it easy to diag these
issues.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:

> I have a D-Link cable modem and I'm wondering if there's a problem with
> the cable modem or with my Linksys routers...
>
> I came home and couldn't connect to Internet.
>
> All indicator lights were good but I power cycled both cable modem and
> Linksys router...no go.
>
> Called Cox, they said it all looks fine so I connected the cable modem
> to my Windows system, set the Windows system to DHCP and power cycled
> the cable modem and sure enough, the Windows system got an IP Address.
>
> So I did the complete factory reset on the Linksys router but no go.
>
> Turned out, I had another Linksys router in my garage (not wireless but
> what the hey).
>
> Same issue...could not get an IP address from Cox with this second
> Linksys router (strange).
>
> So I finally hooked the cable modem back to the Windows computer, got an
> IP Address from Cox, disconnected the Windows system, connected the
> Linksys router back up but set it up with the fixed IP Address I got
> with the Windows system and I'm working.
>
> So I'm thinking...what are the odds that both Linksys routers after
> factory resets and multiple power cycles of cable modem and Linksys
> routers are incapable of getting an IP address from Cox when my Windows
> computer had no issues at all? Not the cable...I changed cables. D-Link
> cable modem?
>
> Cox DHCP server all of a sudden putting the kabash on Linksys routers?
>
> Theories? Similar craziness elsewhere?
>
> Craig
>
>