Does any wise soul have a known good configuration for using a Linksys BEFSR41 router with the new Cox.net setup? I have tried and failed miserably. Thank you for your help.

I use this same router with AT&T, had some trouble when they switched from excite@home to att.bi but am running smooth now. What exactly is the problem and has it ever worked for you? Worked with a differant provider? How was it configured when (if) it did work?

I can't get it to work either. How do you configure the Linksys? I've gone to the admin (192.168.1.1) and have tried every ip address i got from running ipconfig /all at the command prompt. Nothing! Currently I'm running it bare and don't like it, do to the friggin hackers.

You have to setup the hostname for the ROUTER with the host name the ISP gave you. I have the domain name set, though I have had it working without. In addition, you will need to tell router to "Obtain IP address Automatically" This is all under the First Setup tab when you login to the router. For the PC give it any hostname and put in the domain, assign the IP address from the LAN subnet you specified in the router - Default is 192.168.1.1 for the router, any pc after will be 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.253 (unless you have the router running as DHCP server which you just check all the boxes that indicate "disable" and "obtain IP address automatically" in TCP/IP protocol for the network adapter you are using) and enter the DNS. -If you need all this info cuz for some reason you don't, with the cable modem hooked straight to your computer, goto start>run>wipipcfg and note the Hostname, Domain, and DNS info -this info goes into the router. If it's still not working, drop me a line and I'll be happy to help. But you'll learn more by trying first, than with advise if necessary, than if all else fails..get someone.. ;)

Have you set the MAC address on the router? Many cable providers note the MAC of your network card and if the router is not set to brodcast the same address as your network card it will be unable to connect. You can find out the MAC address of your network card by looking at winipcfg. Then open up the router settings and click on the advanced tab. Then select the tab "MAC addr. clone" it will be the next to last tab along the top row. Here you can enter in the MAC address of your network card. If this does not work post back and let us know if either our suggestions helped. Hope you have already resolved the problem.

The Cox AUP Prohibits the use of a Router. But until you get caught.......You need to unplug your moden for about 20 minutes. The modem is programmed to capture the MAC Address and then lease the IP only to that MAC. By unplugging the Modem for a long period of time it forces the modem to redownload the new config information and thus look for a new MAC address. If the first thing plugged into the modem is the router it will lease it the IP address. FYI Cox is in the process of developing a sniffer to detect network traffic that has NAT routing tables attached to the packet. This will allow them to identify customers who are stealing service. (The COX.NET service is limited strictly to one computer unless you pay extra for more computers to access the service, in which case you would not need a router, they would give you an additional IP)

yeah than it's time to change service