I don't believe that's correct.

Assuming that Mike has his cable modem attached to the Linksys and his computer also attached to the Linksys, then he should be getting an IP address from the Linksys. It is, however, possible that he's attached it incorrectly.

The cable modem must be attached to a specific port on the Linksys, one that's specifically for the outside. I forget what this is labelled, but it shouldn't be one of the standard ports (usually labelled 1-4), or the Uplink port (which is on the same LAN as 1-4, but is already crossed over). Make sure it's plugged into the other one.

Then pull up a command prompt on your Win2k box and run ``ipconfig /all''. Make sure that your IP address is 192.168.1.x. This will confirm that you're getting your IP address from the Linksys and not the cable modem. You might need to reboot it all to make it sync up (there are easier ways, but reboots usually cover them all).

Then make sure that you can still access the internet. If not, reread the Linksys install instructions. If you can, then attach the empeg to one of the remaining ports (but not the Uplink port). Then power it on. It should get an IP address from the Linksys. Then run Emplode. In the ``Select Player'' dialog, click on the Options button. Make sure that ``Network Broadcast'' is selected. Click OK and see if the empeg shows up. If not, attach to it via serial. (I think this will also work with USB if you can't deal with serial for some reason.) Once it loads up, select File -> Configure Player and click on the Networking tab. Make sure that ``Automatic Configuration (DHCP)'' is selected. Okay out and sync.

Then try it again over ethernet. You might have to reboot the empeg to get it to get an IP address; I forget.

If none of that works, get back to us.

(The reason that the internet access might be working without the Linksys providing the routing is that it's still working as a hub and the computer could be getting an address from the cable modem via the hub.)

Edit: Oh, wait. Maybe Magnus is correct. Did you get a hub or a router?