Yep, the cable modem is second-hand and showing its age. I think it's the only component I'm using that isn't 10/100. Might have to "accidentally" drop it in the lake...

Finally found the problem. Buried in the router configuration was a little bit about the WAN connection speed. Dropped it from 100 mbps to 10 mbps and now everything goes smooth with a capital...

Operative word = "should"



I get my IP dynamically, but could they still pull the the MAC ID from my NIC through the modem? I'll check and see if that's the case.

thanks
--sg

Done that a few times, but it's good to verify I'm not missing something there. I've left them off for quite a bit longer; the SURFboards, I'm told, usually need more time. I'll give it another go...

I have a wireless router (D-Link DI-524) and a cable modem (Motorola SURFboard 3100) which I cannot get to talk to each other. The modem works beautifully when connected to the computer via my...