From: chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You use DHCP, but the modem/router may still use PPPoE to make the connection. Most ADSL these days is PPPoE. Fortunatly, most ISPs have also made this transparent to the user (wrapped the PPPoE client into the modem itself).
Aha! I C
I am realising more and more that I desperatly need to take a basics course in TCP/IP. My problem is that I don't really understand the fundamentals of the protocols and therefore can't see things for what they are. I've studied electronics/systems/robotics and can see obvious problems there, but not here... ---
The fact that you do get disconnected when idle leans heavily to it being a PPPoE connection to the ISP.
No disconnections now due to me setting the router's "stay connected" setting. :o)
Larry
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