[Robtor]

Hi,
We have a ntl home:200 cable modem which has been connected to a pc sharing the internet to many others for while, but yesterday decided to get a linksys router.

Plugged it in to the router, hoping it would sort itself out but no dice, no internet available. So i ran an application on the linksys cd, which is put into the old internet sharing pc, finds details out for u like ip, gateway ip, etc, to put into the router. I entered this, but still nothing, so after a while i put the Mac address of the old intenet pc onto the router and then it seemed to work.

Worked all day yesterday. Worked this morning then suddenly stopped, tried unplugging modem etc, but still nothing. So plugged the cm back into the old internet pc rebooted it and wahey it worked. Swapped the wires round, cm back to router, internet works.. Turned modem off/on while still plugged in to make sure it could connect still with no involvement from the old net pc.

Internet worked fine again for a couple of hours, then stopped, Switched cm, and router off/on several times, still nothing. Cm back into old machine and net works fine again.
What's going on?? I dont understand how the new router/cm setup worked for over a day then suddenly stopped. Now i can only make the internet work if i plug the cm into a pc.

Sorry for the long, hard-to-read post, but i wanted to give the whole story.

Any Ideas?
Thanks