#37, can you clarify this point about Linksys for me? I don't have one, but I'm called upon to "support" them often enough.
Assuming you have the BEFSR41, the old firmware had two sections in the WAN IP area: "Obtain automatically" and "Specify...". Normally I like to keep routers on Automatically, since once in a while the ISP will want to push out new IP information, but with the Linksys, is it possible to simultaneously have "Automatically" selected but to have alternate DNS addresses entered as well? I realize that the "Specify..." section will be grayed out when you have "Automatically" in effect, but even though it makes absolutely no sense, I seem to recall that anything entered in those fields are in effect anyway (except perhaps for the main IP address). Can you confirm that, or do you just go straight manual all the way?
As for the new firmware, it's redesigned, and beyond knowing that the choice for WAN type is now a little menu and not a radio button choice, I don't know if the behavior of it has changed.
With my Dlink router, it's definitely one or the other, so I just override DNS in XP (which allows you to have the PC set on Automatic but still override DNS).
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