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echo: win95
to: Ed Vance
from: Sean Dennis
date: 2012-11-09 17:49:14
subject: NIC ?

Hello, Ed.

Saturday November 03 2012 at 08:17, you wrote to JEAN PARROT:

 EV> In September I was asking about the Linksys BEFSX41 wired Router LEDs
 EV> blinking for a few minutes after AC Power is applied to the Router
 EV> and
 EV> DSL Modem when I turn the UPS on, but I hadn't pressed the power
 EV> button on the Computer yet, although it also is connected to the UPS
 EV> and has electricity at its AC Power Connector when the UPS is turned
 EV> on.

That's because your router is asking your "modem" for connection
information, such as your WAN IP and DNS server information.  It's
perfectly normal and in fact if it didn't happen, you'd not have an
Internet connection.

Later,
Sean

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