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Actually I found the manual online and it seems to be pretty clear on this.  SEE POINT 3
 
Thanks to those that viewed.  Jack 
 
1 DSL Port Connect to an active telephone line (RJ-11). 2 LAN Ports (1-4) Connect Ethernet devices such as computers, switches, and hubs. 3 USB Port Connect a USB thumb drive or external hard drive and share files with  users on your network. 4 WLAN Button Pressing this button to turn the Wireless feature on or off.  5 Reset Button Pressing the Reset button for 10 seconds restores the modem to its  original factory default settings. 6 ON/OFF Press this button to turn the unit on or off.  7 Power Receptor Receptor for the supplied power adapter. 8 WPS Button Press the WPS button located on the side to a

Good news. Everything is back in order. This is the advice and how it all came about:
 
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I have seen the authenticating issue on wife's tab a few times. Power cycle always fixes it. the cause could be many things, so i use ip reserving/mac filtering and 24 hr key renewals. Usually the authenticating issue occurs after the key renews, but it may also be an ip conflict in the router. I have 10 wireless/LAN devices connected to router, and when they power up all have their own reserved IP. I was getting way too many IP conflicts before.
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Me again. Somewhere else, I had thought it was this same person but came from elsewhere
 
Press the Reset Button and while holding it in
Remove the modem/router A/C plug.
Remove the coax.
Wait 20 minutes.
Replace coax.
Hold the modem/router reset button in while plugging in the A/C cord.
Release the Reset button
 
In each device remove your network and then re-establish it and renew the password.
 
This cured the Xoom Tablet that had just of last night stopped connecting. And then to my surprise after doing an earlier restore on the Aspire and renewing the network connect as above it's now working properly.
 
So thanks for pointing me all in the right direction. This was the solution for me!  Jack  ":-D    


Did ya read above. And what's with this LIKE quota? we can only like so much? I got this notice this morning about 8:30 and I know I couldn't have posted more than 3 likes. Well maybe 5 ... or 6. But no more. Is that all we get a day. Couldn't there be a REALLY COOL ANSWER button?