Computer Forgets How to Connect to the Internet

[mdp]

I have RR Cable and Earthlink DSL. Cable is always on, DSL requires I
manually connect and when I do, it overrides the cable connection, i.e.
internet connections go through the DSL modem, otherwise the computer uses
the cable modem. When I power up, the computer automatically connects to
the cable modem but sometimes cannot 'find' the internet. No IE (browser),
no Outlook (email), no Outlook Express (newsgroups). This also sometimes
happens when it's idle for an hour or more. When this happens, I manually
connect via Earthlink DSL (which always seems to work), go to any webpage,
then disconnect and somehow the computer 'learns' how to get to the internet
via the cable and all is well. I'm running XP w/SP2. Any clues?

 

[Leythos]

[snip]

Already answered in another group.

Please post properly, posting the same message as an individual message
to many groups is inconsiderate.

 

[mdp]

I thought cross posting was inconsiderate.

 

[Leythos]

I thought cross posting was inconsiderate.

Cross posting is the proper way to post the same message to multiple
groups - one MARK AS READ will get all the posts across the groups as
the single message is only a pointer.

Multi-Posting is very bad, it means you have a copy of the single
message in EVERY group, you have to MARK AS READ the same message
multiple times, and it's hard to know which one you replied too.

It's also inconsiderate to TOP POST when doing a reply, even in MS
groups - Usenet was around long before MS found out about it.

 

[Chuck]

I thought cross posting was inconsiderate.

Cross posting, to multiple, un related groups is inconsiderate. Multi posting
is also inconsiderate.
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/crospost.html
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

[mdp]

Cross posting is the proper way to post the same message to multiple
groups - one MARK AS READ will get all the posts across the groups as
the single message is only a pointer.

Multi-Posting is very bad, it means you have a copy of the single
message in EVERY group, you have to MARK AS READ the same message
multiple times, and it's hard to know which one you replied too.

It's also inconsiderate to TOP POST when doing a reply, even in MS
groups - Usenet was around long before MS found out about it.

I understand. Thanks for the polite response. I'll resort to posting a
single message to appropriate groups and will also refamiliarize myself with
newsgroup posting 'rules of the road'. However, I've seen much debate on
both sides on where one should respond to posts and I'm on the side of top
posts. Much easier to wade through. I don't mean to start a war here
though so on the bottom this one goes.