OT: ATTBI cable modem replacements

[Greg Kettmann]

I've talked to several people about this.  It seems very problematic. 
 I've one friend who refuses to upgrade due to hearing about all of the 
problems.  I've another who is unable to get his BEFSR41 working 
although a single PC is working fine.  It was suggested, to him, that he 
interpose a "cheap" hub between the new cable modem and the BEFSR41 and 
it would work.  Sounds a bit strange to me.  

One friend who has succeeded in getting this working indicated a couple 
of things.  He said the new cable modems are capable of giving out 
addresses (they have a DHCP server running).  He connected his Linksys 
and PC up to the new cable modem, which has an IP address of 
192.168.100.1, with NO connection to the cable system.  So, just the 
cable modem the Linksys and a PC connected together via Ethernet, no 
other connections.  Use the PC to log into the Linksys and verify that 
you get an address (probably 192.168.100.11) and that you can ping 
192.168.100.1.  Apparently some of the cable modems will not step down 
to the 10BaseT required by the Linksys.  If the standalone connection 
works you should then be able to connect the new cable modem to the 
cable connection with just a PC and go to the special web site to 
register the new address.  Finally, add the Linksys back in and you 
should be golden.  Apparently there is a VERY HIGH failure rate on these 
new cable modems.  I talked to one person who said he went through three 
of them before getting a good one.  I don't know if this was that 
10BaseT step down problem or something else.  

I'd love to hear anyone elses experiences since I've several friends I 
need to upgrade.  GGK

Bruce Dawson wrote:

>Has anyone been able to get these new modems (Motorola 4220) to work
>with the Linksys BEFSR41 or BEFSR81? The ATTBI newsgroups don't appear
>very happy with them.
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