06-29-14 19:59 Sean Dennis wrote to Ed Vance about I Learned Something   
      
    SD> @MSGID: <53B13E81.12991.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    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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