blueyonder / linksys router

hey all


i've got a problem with my linksys BEFSR41 router on blueyonder.
periodically (approximately once per day) it loses it's IP address, it
resets to 0.0.0.0 and i have to unplug the cable modem and reset the
router to get a new IP again.

any idea why this might be? i don't mind, the router is in testing at the
moment but ultimately i want it to be a part of a relatively resiliant
system which doesn't require resetting each day..

any thoughts appreciated !thanks! tom

> i've got a problem with my linksys BEFSR41 router on blueyonder.
> periodically (approximately once per day) it loses it's IP address, it
> resets to 0.0.0.0 and i have to unplug the cable modem and reset the
> router to get a new IP again.
>
> any idea why this might be? i don't mind, the router is in testing at the
> moment but ultimately i want it to be a part of a relatively resiliant
> system which doesn't require resetting each day..
>
> any thoughts appreciated !thanks! tom

I use the same router with Telewest and have no problem, however my PCs are
shut down at night, although the router isn't.

Alex

> No definate idea what is causing that fault but it sounds like it's failing
> to renew the DHCP lease. I take it you have it set to "obtain an IP
> automatically"

yes, i think this seems likely too, but i don't know why.

> Other relevent items could be.
> Have you registered the routers own MAC address on self care or cloned the
> MAC of a NIC you already had registered.

i cloned a mac address from an already registered NIC.. is this bad?

> Which firmware version is your router running.

1.44.2

> As for long term reliability I've had the BEFSR41 running for over 2 years
> without a fault.

well that was as i expected. i've got a wap11 and it's been brilliant for
me, so i figure once i work through the teething problems for this it'll
be rockin!

> you might get more responses if you post this to the internal group
> blueyonder.users.self-help.networking and if you switch servers to
> news-text.blueyonder.co.uk it's got much better retention so you might find
> this has been asked before and hopefully answered.

aha, cheers - i'll do that. if you have any more thoughts (ie mac address
cloning point) - help much appreciated, i'll check out the blueyonder
groups too.


ta,tom