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Old August 13th 07, 12:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Jethro
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I am on-line with cable. I have a friend who is on-line with DSL.
Things he is saying lead me to believe that I am automatically on-line
the minute I boot up, he is not, and connects only when he does
something to need it - such as polling for in-coming e-mails or doing
a google-search, for example. Is this true? My friend thinks so.

Jethro
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Old August 13th 07, 02:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Malke
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Jethro wrote:
I am on-line with cable. I have a friend who is on-line with DSL.
Things he is saying lead me to believe that I am automatically on-line
the minute I boot up, he is not, and connects only when he does
something to need it - such as polling for in-coming e-mails or doing
a google-search, for example. Is this true? My friend thinks so.


With cable broadband, you are always online. The reason your friend has
to click to connect is that he has an older model DSL modem which does
not remember the username and password for the Internet connection
(necessary for DSL). If your friend upgraded to a newer DSL modem (or
used a router), he would no longer need to click to connect and he would
also always be online.


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Old August 13th 07, 02:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Jethro
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:13:58 -0700, Malke
wrote:

Jethro wrote:
I am on-line with cable. I have a friend who is on-line with DSL.
Things he is saying lead me to believe that I am automatically on-line
the minute I boot up, he is not, and connects only when he does
something to need it - such as polling for in-coming e-mails or doing
a google-search, for example. Is this true? My friend thinks so.


With cable broadband, you are always online. The reason your friend has
to click to connect is that he has an older model DSL modem which does
not remember the username and password for the Internet connection
(necessary for DSL). If your friend upgraded to a newer DSL modem (or
used a router), he would no longer need to click to connect and he would
also always be online.


Malke


Thanks Malke. I have passed this along for whatever use he wants to
make of it.

Jethro
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Old August 13th 07, 06:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Steve Winograd [MVP]
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In article , Jethro
wrote:
I am on-line with cable. I have a friend who is on-line with DSL.
Things he is saying lead me to believe that I am automatically on-line
the minute I boot up, he is not, and connects only when he does
something to need it - such as polling for in-coming e-mails or doing
a google-search, for example. Is this true? My friend thinks so.

Jethro


Yes, that's possible. Some DSL connections use PPPoE (Point-to-Point
Protocol over Ethernet), which isn't a full-time connection. Like an
old-fashioned dial-up connection over a phone line, a PPPoE connection
might need to be "dialed" when your friend wants to use the Internet.
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Old August 13th 07, 06:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Jethro
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:22:40 -0600, "Steve Winograd [MVP]"
wrote:

In article , Jethro
wrote:
I am on-line with cable. I have a friend who is on-line with DSL.
Things he is saying lead me to believe that I am automatically on-line
the minute I boot up, he is not, and connects only when he does
something to need it - such as polling for in-coming e-mails or doing
a google-search, for example. Is this true? My friend thinks so.

Jethro


Yes, that's possible. Some DSL connections use PPPoE (Point-to-Point
Protocol over Ethernet), which isn't a full-time connection. Like an
old-fashioned dial-up connection over a phone line, a PPPoE connection
might need to be "dialed" when your friend wants to use the Internet.


Thanks

Jethro
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Old August 13th 07, 07:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Jack \(MVP-Networking\).
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Hi
Tell your friend to buy a Cable/DSL Router and he would be on line all the
time.
Here is how, http://www.ezlan.net/PPPOE.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Jethro" wrote in message
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I am on-line with cable. I have a friend who is on-line with DSL.
Things he is saying lead me to believe that I am automatically on-line
the minute I boot up, he is not, and connects only when he does
something to need it - such as polling for in-coming e-mails or doing
a google-search, for example. Is this true? My friend thinks so.

Jethro


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Old August 13th 07, 08:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Jethro
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:25:34 -0400, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
wrote:

Hi
Tell your friend to buy a Cable/DSL Router and he would be on line all the
time.
Here is how, http://www.ezlan.net/PPPOE.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


Thanks Jack

Jethro

"Jethro" wrote in message
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I am on-line with cable. I have a friend who is on-line with DSL.
Things he is saying lead me to believe that I am automatically on-line
the minute I boot up, he is not, and connects only when he does
something to need it - such as polling for in-coming e-mails or doing
a google-search, for example. Is this true? My friend thinks so.

Jethro

 




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