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Cable modems look for a MAC address of a network card. It keeps track of the MAC address and if another device is plugged in that has a different MAC address, the cable modem will not hand out an I.P. address. Unplug both devices, wait about 2 minutes, plug the cable modem in first (as said before), wait for it to stabilize, then plug the router (Linksys) in, wait or it to stabilize, then....
Most, if not all DSL modems do not capture the MAC address. Still safe to unplug and follow the above procedures though.
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