Sorry don't mean to harp on this much longer but one more question regarding my spare cable modem problem.
Since I believe the spare cable modem is in a power up self-test loop when I swap it out with the orig cable modem and put it on line, here is my question for the spare cable modem.
Do you think this has to do with the mac address (spare cable modem) not being in Earthlink's router access list or a faulty modem?