I have a Linksys BEFSR41 Cable/DSL router that is set up as the DHCP server for a location. Most of the time it works fine - when a PC is powered up it can get an IP address assigned with no problems. However, about once a week, there is some type of problem with the DHCP assignments. Sometimes, certain PC's will fail to obtain an IP address. The error they get on bootup is 'Cannot contact DHCP server'. Other times, all PC's on the network will lose connections to both the internet (Cable modem) and to each other. Powering off the Cable modem and the BEFSR41 will correct this. However, it is getting to be a significant annoyance.

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of info on the reliability of the DHCP server on the Linksys BEFSR41/81 series of Cable/DSL routers. It would be nice to keep a DHCP server, but only if it is going to be more reliable. I'm now looking at assigning static IP addresses to all devices on the network to eliminate this problem. Some already require static IP's anyway.

Any info, experiences, or other data on this would be appreciated.

Thanks.