10-21-2009, 12:15 AM
for example, my Cable modem (motorola surfboard something) does not give an IP address sometimes unless you power it down and power it up again. To make that clear, if my router is plugged into the modem it works just fine, if I unplug the router and plug the PowerBook into the modem, I guess the modem is still trying to talk to the router and it will refuse to see the PowerBook unless I cycle the power OFF and back ON to the modem.
Similar thing happened to the link between VOIP and Router. sometimes I have to power one down and reboot it to make it talk to the other device.
This is very inconvenient if I want to shut down everything (*) and restore power.
(*) I just replaced a switch and disconnected power from the circuit breaker. When I restored the power, the Router and one VOIP box would not work, the other VOIP and cable modem worked just fine. I had to do the unplug/plug-in dance to restore service to the Router and second VOIP box.
Similar thing happened to the link between VOIP and Router. sometimes I have to power one down and reboot it to make it talk to the other device.
This is very inconvenient if I want to shut down everything (*) and restore power.
(*) I just replaced a switch and disconnected power from the circuit breaker. When I restored the power, the Router and one VOIP box would not work, the other VOIP and cable modem worked just fine. I had to do the unplug/plug-in dance to restore service to the Router and second VOIP box.