>Finally someone who agrees with me/believes me, as >everyone else says that this shouldn't happen/it doesn't >happen to me etc...
I believed you. In fact, I had always thought that was the normal thing ISPs did with ADSL connections using PPPoE. I was surprised how many people said that it doesn't happen to them. Heck there were even lawsuits in the early days of ADSL, because people were complaining that they bought a service that was advertised as "Always On", when in fact they actually get dropped when idle. Of course, back then the PPPoE software sucked, so reconnecting didn't happen automatically, and often had problems connecting entirely, so it was much more important that once you were on, you stayed on, for fear you wouldn't be able to reconnect (much like the days of AOL busy signals... if you managed to get thru, you ran software to keep from being disconnected) I also wonder how many of these people that say it doesn't happen to them, don't realize that it DOES happen to them. Some DSL modems/PPPoE drivers will automatically log you back on as soon as activity is seen. So they may in fact be getting logged off, and back on, and be totally oblivious to it. The only thing that would indicate it is happening is sometimes it might take an extra 2 seconds to make the first connection to a web page. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
