matt

Desktop: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Chaintech 6600GT PCI-Express Video 1GB (2x512MB) DDR400 RAM 300GB Maxtor SATA HDD 80GB Samsung 7200RPM IDE HDD Cheap DVD Burner 19" Samsung LCD Razer Copperhead Mouse Logitech 5.1 Speakers Laptop: Toshiba A105-S4094 Intel Core Due 1.73GHz 1.5GB DDR2 RAM 120GB HD Dual Layer DVD Burner 15.4" LCD

I've noticed with my ISP (Cox), that if you change the ethernet device the cable modem is connected to, you must power cycle the cable modem in order to obtain an IP address. Also, some modems have a "power button" but it only puts the modem in a low power mode, which is not sufficient, you have to disconnect the power at the wall usually.