I have had a very simular problem and it turned out to be my Router. I used my ISP tech help to find out it was not the modem and then I knew it was the router - my WAN port had died. I did not believe them right off because ISPs always blame your equipment instead of their own but the tech dude was right. I bought a new router and it worked fine again. jj On 24-Jan-07, at 3:17 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: g4-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > [mailto:g4-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of les s > Subject: [G4] Re: router problem > > Hi all, > I too am having immense problems connecting my router. I have 2 G4s, a > Linksys BEFSR41 DSL wired router and a Westell 6100 DSL modem from > Verizon. I have followed all the procedure on Verizon's help page ie. > changing to bridge mode, Private Lan off etc. as well as seeking advice > from various forums. All to no avail. All lights are on, the router > tries to connect but eventually gives an error message " connection > failed". I have been at this for weeks (really!) and am truly at my > wit's end. Any help is greatly appreciated. > Cheers, Les > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:02:30 -0500 > From: SKYGRAM <skygram at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [G4] Re: router problem > To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." > <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Message-ID: > <1c7726e90701241202u406fb367l420d774d584f73a1 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Ron has offered some excellent suggestions. This is standard trouble > shooting techniques for DSL. However if that still doesn't work, get a > new modem. I had a similar problem a few years ago. I busted my butt > trying to figure it out when ultimately it was a screwed up modem and > Bell had to send me another one and then like magic everything worked! > I suspect that the modem became dysfunctional as a result of an > electrical storm. > > Bill > > On 1/24/07, Ron <gmedia.dv at verizon.net> wrote: >> I used to use one of these routers and pressing the reset button would >> usually fix the problem. Sometimes I would press and hold it for a few