cahwyguy | A Question for Folks with Time Warner Internet (Reply)

userpic=toshiba A question for those folks using Time Warner for Internet. I currently use T-W. Our setup is the Time Warner RCA cable modem, connected to a Linksys Router (older, no wireless), which is connected to a Belkin router that has both wireless and wired network access. Recently, the Linksys has been wedging, requiring a power cycle. I remember we retained this setup when we got TW internet because of some oddity with the RCA Cable Modem — it registered MAC addresses or something and wouldn’t talk to the Belkin.

Does this sound at all familiar to anyone? If I wanted to go about removing the Linksys from the loop, what’s the best way to do it? I can plug the Belkin directly into the RCA Cable Modem, or get a new modem entirely? Is this an issue of timing — that is, power-cycle both the RCA Cable Modem and the routers, replace/rearrange the routers, power them up, and then (and only then) powercycle the RCA cable modem.

Advice is appreciated. The Linksys is about 7 years old, the Belkin perhaps 3-4 years old.

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