On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > On 12/23/09, Dazed_75 wrote: > > Honestly, I've never seen a cable/dsl modem that acts as a DHCP server or > > NAT translator. They normally are only connected to one computer or > router > > and just pass the IP/DNS info to the computer or router. All routers I > have > > ever dealt with DO act as DHCP servers and usually provide NAT. > > ActionTec, LinkSys, Motorola and a few other Cox brands of Cable modem > all do DHCP as part of the cox network provisioning solutions: > > http://omgili.com/address-cable-cox-ip-static > Yes, virtually all cable/dsl modems are DHCP clients but they are generally NOT DHCP servers UNLESS, as Craig points out below the cable/dsl modem happens to ALSO be a router which then also acts as a DHCP server to the local network. I know they exist but I have never seen one in my or any client/friends home. > > > The trouble he is seeing sounds most like a hardware problem associated > with > > wiring or the switch portion of the router. I would try something like: > > > > 1. traceroute yahoo.com though I don't think it will be definitive, > > 2. connect the computer directly to the cable/dsl modem preferably > > 1. If the problem goes away, replace the router, > > 2. if it does not, try changing the ethernet cable > > 3. if it still does not go away, we look to the computer and its > > hardware > > 3. computer back to the router, change the ethernet card and try again > > 4. if you still have a problem, search log files (dmesg, etc) > > 5. left for last because one computer has more problems than others, > but > > you could also try logging into the router and the modem to look at > log > > files. Maybe one computer has more problems because of when it is > used > > rather than the fact of it being that computer. > > > > > -- > Skype: (623)239-3392 > AT&T: (503)754-4452 > www.it-clowns.com > Only the dead have seen the end of war. -Plato > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson