Gerbil,

Thought you might be able to help. I have a Linksys G-Series Gateway. It is one of those modem/router/ etc. all in one deals. I never had a problem with the thing until I purchased a new Gateway Laptop. The gateway has three lights DS/US/Online. If I travel for a week those lights will stay on. Anytime I log on to the laptop and do any sort of task i.e, watch movies, look at pictures, talk on AIM, etc the online and us lights go out and the DS light blinks. I need to reset the modem every time.

Do you have any suggestions?

dude.........linksys blues.

I have one too and I have to reset it a few times a day........I even hard wired a pushbutton into the power supply because the plating on the power plug was wearing off.

Several times a night (yelling)...."Can some push the buton??".

Wow...I'd offer to help, but I've never had a Gerbil-modem.

Smashed, not sure if T.G. is around, but if haven't tried this, I'd suggest it:

Shut down the computer.

Unplug the gateway’s power cable and wait for 30 seconds.

Plug in the gateway's power cable and wait for its lights to appear stable.

Power on the computer.

If that doesn't fix the issue, my assumption is that it's a firmware issue.

You can update/fix firmware by following the steps shown here:

http://tinyurl.com/6nyhpn 

I hope this helps.

Waves,

Thanks. I don't have anything installed on my PC for the firmware. This is also Vista which I am assuming might be the problem.

I have downloaded the tftp.exe and the Vista drivers. Even with the directions I am stumped at this point....also unable to find the code.bin

waves pretty much covers it.

Another other option is to replace the OS on the router with something like DD-WRT.

code.bin is the binary os for the router. It's in the "firmware" zipfile you download from linksys. When you unzip the file, you should see it.

code.bin is the binary OF YHE os

Not sure if your specific gateway is listed here, but this could help/resolve the issue as well from the sounds of it. Were you running Vista before your new laptop was purchased, or another OS?

Ah, almost forgot the link:

http://tinyurl.com/25hbyu 

Gerbil. I unzipped the file and got nothing like that.

There was no file called 'firmware' there was one which I downloaded called 'VistaDrivers'

Waves and I are both speaking pretty generally here, as without knowing what model and revision your Linksys is it's hard to give specific info.

WCG200 Ver. 2.

I have been informed there is no firmware for this device.

Did you install the Vista Driver listed on the page for it?

http://tinyurl.com/3bq2wa 

I don't know how to 'install'

When you reinstalled the drivers on your notebook computer, did you delete/uninstall the old drivers then reboot before reinstalling?

Waves,

I just looked at the INF in the vista drivers package, looks like the drivers are only for connecting to the router via USB.

hmmm, perhaps downloading the driver I linked to, and dragging/dropping to the INF? It seems to be specific to the modem/router and not just a usb device driver.

"and dragging/dropping to the INF"

Huh?

You should just be able to right click the INF file and choose "install".

Oh, I meant downloading the file from the site, opening the INF folder (hidden) under the Windows folder, then dragging the .inf file from the files just downloaded into that folder. Then Running the driver setup/install from the device manager under the control panel.

Even if Smash installed drivers onto the new laptop from the cd (specific for the modem), they were most likely for XP.

^18, my bad, lol. Now I get ya. I'm not sure why, but I always do it the long way. disregard post 19, lol.