06-29-14 19:59 Sean Dennis wrote to Ed Vance about I Learned Something

 SD> {at}MSGID: 
 SD> Hello, Ed.

 SD> 24 Jun 14 at 21:17, you wrote to All:

 EV> On one page it said to turn the power on the Router before powering
 EV> up the DSL Modem and Computer.

 SD> Here's what goes on: when you turn on the DSL modem, it queries
 SD> the main ISP server to get an IP address.  When you then turn
 SD> on the router, it asks for a WAN IP address from the modem
 SD> which it receives.  When you turn on the computer, Windows'
 SD> DHCP client asks the router for a DHCP address and the router
 SD> leases an IP to Windows.

 SD> If you shut everything down, you shut down the computer first
 SD> then all of the external accessories.

 SD> When you power it up, it's just the opposite. :)

 SD> You never stop learning...

Howdy! Sean,

I will try the 1, 2, 3 method You outlined the next time when I turn
this system ON.

As I read in the Router Manual I have started doing 2, 1, 3 and it has
seemed I have been seeing the Router LEDs stop blinking sooner than it
was when I had both the Router and DSL Modem powering ON when I pressed
the button on the UPS to turn it on.

There was one game I used that if I didn't move the 'Critter' with my
Joystick it would turn and look towards me and pat its foot waiting
for me to move it.

I feel that way when I turn this XP pc ON, I have to wait and wait and
wait until everything is ready with the Network connection B4 I can get
to press the Power Button on the XP box to turn it ON.

The game I mentioned was either a C=64 game or a Apple ][ game played
on the C=64 with a emulator program to use it for the Apple ][.

It was a cute game though, and that 'Critter' on the screen made me
remember about it waiting for me to do something.

Yes I still have a memory, I haven't met "Mister Al Ziemer" yet.....

... The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten
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