Trouble with Router on the weekends

[llhomm1065]

For the past three weekends I have had trouble getting onto the internet. During the week it works fine. I have two computer networked with a Linksys Router. If I disconnet the Router and hook the cable directly to the computer the internet service works fine but as soon I hook up back through the Router I can't get online. I did call AT&T broadband and the first weekend they said there were some outages in Massachussets so I accepted that. The second weekend I called and the tech suggested I unhook the Router and this worked. I really do not want to have to have to unhook it every weekend as this is when we really need to have both computers accessible. During the week it works fine. so I do not know what the problem is and hope someone out there has a suggestion. Thanks for your help.

 

[aphex]

Weird, i dont think ive ever heard of a 'day of the week' related router problem before... Thats quite interesting. I have the same router as you do i believe. What im curious about, is that i dont think the router has any sence of what day it is...

Anyway, im interested in hearing what anyone has to say in responce to this... Good luck with it bro!

 

[osage]

If it's possible clone the mac address of your nic to the router, many routers alow this, not sure about yours. It may be that the mac adress of you router is not recognized by the ATTBI network, tho I can't see why it would work on weekdays.

Try the main SAS authorization page and see if it tells you that you are registered with your current device.

 

[dakata24]

linksys routers allow you to clone mac addresses.. i do that, even though it works fine without having to.. nice way to force a change in ip addresses..

 

[Kadarin]

Does this happen on a regular basis, every weekend? When the problem is occurring, does the router pick up a WAN ip address from the provider's dhcp server? I suppose it's possible that someone else may be running a dhcp server on the network (only on weekends?), and sometimes your router picks up an ip from that. If that happens, your ip is not correct, and you will not be able to access the internet.

It's just a theory, and should be able to be disproved quickly, if it's wrong.

Good luck!

 

[llhomm1065]

Ok, I think it is fixed now. I cloned MAC address and it seems to be working fine now with the Router. The only thing I questioned though was why when I went in search of MAC address was it different under the Cable Modem Configuration than the IP Configuration under WINIPCFG. Shouldn't they have been the same number?

Thanks to everyone who helped!