Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
> No internet Program on the Mac has this feature. Its implemented on Windows.
>The Reason its not implemented that way on Mac is that according to internet
>specs that's the improper Protocol to do so.
>
> The proper method is to shut down your internet program, then shut down your
>TCP/IP connection.
>
>If you need to switch say from the web browser to an ftp client then that means
>having to reconnect again after just disconnecting.
>
>So actually the method of manually killing a TCP/IP Connection is the more
>prefered method.
>
>I remember reading about this in some magazines and on some websites dealing
>with internet issues.
>
>Brian wrote:
>
>>Is there a way to get Mozilla 0.9.1 to auto disconnect when I close the
>>browser??
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>
Well, I am using Winblows ME. But that does make sense to me... I work
on a Mac at my job and it always bugged me that I couldn't get it to
close the connection, now I know.
Thanks
