I never thought about that. *google is my friend!*
Aha!
Apparently, powercycling forces the connection to refresh/reset the username and password. Sort of a logging out and logging back in thing, I guess. According to one FAQ, you should powercycle any time you upgrade or downgrade connection speed, or change the number of computers on a connection. It's basically the equivalent of rebooting after installing new software, to ensure that everything works.
*It makes more sense to me now, at least, hopefully to you, too?*
I never thought about that. *google is my friend!*
Aha!
Apparently, powercycling forces the connection to refresh/reset the username and password. Sort of a logging out and logging back in thing, I guess. According to one FAQ, you should powercycle any time you upgrade or downgrade connection speed, or change the number of computers on a connection. It's basically the equivalent of rebooting after installing new software, to ensure that everything works.
*It makes more sense to me now, at least, hopefully to you, too?*
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Date: 2006-05-10 01:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-10 02:29 am (UTC)Aha!
Apparently, powercycling forces the connection to refresh/reset the username and password. Sort of a logging out and logging back in thing, I guess. According to one FAQ, you should powercycle any time you upgrade or downgrade connection speed, or change the number of computers on a connection. It's basically the equivalent of rebooting after installing new software, to ensure that everything works.
*It makes more sense to me now, at least, hopefully to you, too?*
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Date: 2006-05-10 02:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-10 01:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-10 02:29 am (UTC)Aha!
Apparently, powercycling forces the connection to refresh/reset the username and password. Sort of a logging out and logging back in thing, I guess. According to one FAQ, you should powercycle any time you upgrade or downgrade connection speed, or change the number of computers on a connection. It's basically the equivalent of rebooting after installing new software, to ensure that everything works.
*It makes more sense to me now, at least, hopefully to you, too?*
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Date: 2006-05-10 02:33 am (UTC)