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.   
   Howdy! Sean,   
      
    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. :)   
      
   I've timed both methods of turning one of the devices on and letting   
   it get stable before turning on the other device.   
      
   What I've seen is it takes about 3 minutes for the router LEDs to stop   
   flashing whether I turn on the DSL MODEM First, or turn on the Router   
   First, (I wait to see the first one turned on has its LEDs finish   
   its start up sequence and kind of settle down B4 I turn the second one   
   on, of course).   
      
   Previously, I had Line Power coming on to both of them when I Turned   
   the UPS on, and it was taking 6 minutes before I would see the LEDs on   
   the Router stabilize, letting me be sure when I powered up the computer   
   I would have an internet connection as soon as the Desktop appeared.   
      
   I put a Inline Switch on a small A.C. Extension Cord to use to turn the   
   Router on after the DSL Modem settles down, works for me!   
      
    SD> You never stop learning...   
      
   Many years after I had Graduated from High School and Finished my Navy   
   Enlistment, I had a thought:   
      
   "That what I learned in the 12 years I went to school just gave me   
   enough knowledge and the tools to know how to go about Learning many   
   other things in my life after I had finished my Schooling."   
      
   I got my lowest grades in Social Study and History Class's.   
   I was Fair to Good in Math, Science, English and Shop Class's.   
      
   One Six Week Grading Period in High School I had a "B" average on my   
   Report Card.   
   Twasn't enough to make the Honor Roll was it?      
      
   Thanks for Your comments.   
      
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