Re: Linksys BEFSR41 weirdness

From: EDGKing (nobody@notwarmmail.com)
Date: 04/18/02 

From: EDGKing <nobody@notwarmmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:53:52 -0500

In article <GFzu8.93684$gA5.7439502@e3500-atl2.usenetserver.com>,
Oschler@earthlink.net says...
> I've sent this email to support at Linksys too. Just wanted to see if any
> other Linksys users were seeing this problem:
>
> I have several computers running behind my BEFSR41 router which sits behind
> my cable modem. One of the systems is a Windows NT 4 workstation that on
> occasion I dial out on my dial-up modem card to access some email services.
> Every now and then, when I hang up the RAS dialup connection (and therefore
> revert the IP stack to the cable modem) my internet connection goes "numb".
> That is, if I try to access a URL, any URL, I get a server not found error.
>
> What is really weird is that _all_ the computers behind the router
> experience the same "numbness". What seems to bring it back is releasing
> and renewing the router DHCP lease, even though the current lease shows as
> valid, and logging in and out (not rebooting) on the Windows NT stations.
> What is double weird is once I do this, _all_ the other stations internet
> connections "come back to life". It's as if the Windows NT station did
> something to confuse the router and "lock it".
>
> Any information on this?
>
> Secondly, during one of my trials I deleted all the clients from the
> router's IP client table. When the connection came back alive for all the
> connected stations, I rechecked the clients table (navigated to router URL
> and even tried hitting the Refresh button a few times), and the clients
> table still showed as empty, even though the connected stations were
> actively surfing the web!
>
> Any information on this too?
>
> thanks
>
This may not be any help but I was having the same problem with my BEFSR41
going "numb" after a day or two. I finally figured out that it was my own
fault. When I had assigned a name to the router (a specific pc name is
required by my cable company) I had neglected to re-name the computer that I
had previously been using for ICS. So I had two locations on my LAN with the
same names. I should have known better, but it took me about a week of pulling
my hair out, calling, emailing. I'm not sure why it worked for a few days but
when it froze, the whole network was unable to access the internet. When I
renamed the PC, the problem stopped right away and has never returned.

Sometimes the simple things are those that we forget.

EDG

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