Router: Win 2000 Pro and XP Home

I have 3 computers, one with Win 2000 Pro, the other with Win XP Home, the other isn't really a true comp, but a Sony Playstation 2 with the linux kit - trying to get them all to share a cable hookup via LInksys BEFSR51 router - server side IP aqcuire enabled DMZ enabled on the sony - experiencing odd problems (intermittant failures, never really the same error twice, can't really get more than 2 devices to work at once) - a buddy of mine says its because of the two MS OSes fighting and until i upgrade the 2000 to XP i will be stuck in Router hell

is this true? i don't want to pay 600 bucks to upgrade a perfectly good OS if i don't have to...

thanks in advance

I have a number of mixed windows 2000/XP/Redhat networks running on BEFSR41 routers without any problems. There are no problems with W2K and XP on the same network if they're configured correctly.

btw, 600 bucks should get you at least 3 W2K to XP upgrades

turns out it works after much wailing and nashing of teeth - may sound stupid but rotated em around in the ports and eventually it worked.. so far. Still some outages. could be a gamey linksys after all, port 3 refuses to work. do your linksys routers in network ever "go bad"? sigh its always on the physical level

thanks much for the response - somewhat of a newb to this and appreciate the forum, its not like the vendors are any help, one blames the other and no one will admit their products are junky

have a nice nite

I had one linksys become intermittent. I called or emailed linksys, got an RMA, mailed it to them and they promptly mailed me a new router. Other than that one instance the linksys products I use have worked fine.

If a port is bad perhaps there is a hardware problem. You might check the specs if there is any chance you got a transformer power pack mixed up, it seems to me that different models use different power transformers.