Hi Harry

Thanks for your posts.

I am a new member on this forum today as you observe.

I have experimented with Linux for several years. Due to conflicts I can't linstall from a DVD on the pc I use for experimentation. Have tried libranet, vector, white box, mandrake, suse ... all without success. This leaves me just an old live CD of Knoppix and by and large it works. There are posts, by me under my alias ScriptHam, somewhere on the Libranet forum dealing with this.

Your solution to disconnect between the router and the modem is I'm sure very good. In my case the modem and router are combined - Dlink DSL G604T - and so I wondered if there were any other possibilities?

I think that it ought to be possible to get linux to repeat whatever it did at boot up to connect to the router/modem but I am a newbie. I was hoping that maybe someone knew.

Anyway thanks again.

ScriptHam