From: "Rich" 

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   Could your modem go offline during periods of activity and take =
longer to reestablish the connection than the timeout for detecting an =
offline connection?  If your modem contains a NAT check if it has logs =
that show the connection being dropped and/or reestablished or DHCP =
activity.

Rich

  "Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote
in message =
news:42efe085{at}w3.nls.net...
  Argh, my home computer has started to ask me that "You are currentyl =
working=20
  offline. Would you like to connect now?" question, right out of the =
blue.=20
  Happens all the time now, when I'm using OE to read newsgroups, and=20
  occasionally when I'm browsing the net.

  Was there a setting buried somewhere and then hidden in a spell-check=20
  dialogs help button or some such, to say "Always connect, you stupid=20
  computer"? I'm on ADSL, so this bugs the crap out of me.

  The only piece in the puzzle that has changed is my ADSL modem, which =
went=20
  from A-link to Zyxel, but they should be pretty much the same so I =
don't=20
  know if that could be the cause...?


  Antti Kurenniemi


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   Could
your modem go =
offline during=20
periods of activity and take longer to reestablish the connection than = the=20
timeout for detecting an offline connection?  If your modem =
contains a NAT=20
check if it has logs that show the connection being dropped and/or = reestablished=20
or DHCP activity.
 
Rich
 

  "Antti Kurenniemi" <NOantti{at}SPAManttikPLEASE.com=">mailto:NOantti{at}SPAManttikPLEASE.com">NOantti{at}SPAManttikPLEASE.com=
>=20
  wrote in message news:42efe085{at}w3.nls.net...Ar=
gh, my=20
  home computer has started to ask me that "You are currentyl working=20
  offline. Would you like to connect now?" question, right out of =
the blue.=20
  Happens all the time now, when I'm using OE to read newsgroups, =
and=20
  occasionally when I'm browsing the net.Was
there a setting =
buried=20
  somewhere and then hidden in a spell-check dialogs help button or =
some=20
  such, to say "Always connect, you stupid computer"?
I'm on ADSL, =
so this=20
  bugs the crap out of me.The only piece in the puzzle that has =
changed=20
  is my ADSL modem, which went from A-link to Zyxel, but they should =
be=20
  pretty much the same so I don't know if that could be the=20
  cause...?Antti =
Kurenniemi

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