At 12:12 AM 2/18/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi:
>
>Periodically my computer shuts off & reboots.  The only time it does it is
>when I'm on the net. Could it be possible for my modem to be shorting out
>enough to cause this?  or the phone line.  It is a fairly new phone line.
>No set pattern when this happens,  just when I'm on the net.  Any input
>would be appreciated.  I've been trying to troubleshoot this one for a
>month.
>
>TIA
>Jan

Jan,

You may not be telling us enough about your computer to help you
with this one.

Personally, I recently experienced this exact problem with my personal
computer.   I ran every diagnostics I knew...  even bending Drew
Dunn's ear till it near fell off.  I replaced nearly every card in the system
in a two week period.  No success.

My answer turn out not to be hardware.  I use Wingate gateway
software and had recently reinstalled it.  I did not have the security
set properly and left it open to the Internet.  I had IRC hackers logging
onto my Static IP, into my Wingate server  and locking up, even
rebooting my system from the shear volume of the assault....  over
2,500 logins/hacks in four days.

If this is only happening when you are connected to the Internet, I
would consider that it is not hardware.  If you are running a lot of
Internet software or specialty Internet software, you might consider
asking this question on our sister mailing list, VPLANETS.  You can
get an indepth discussion of your Internet software/hardware on that
list.   To subscribe to VPLANETS:  check out:  http://nospin.com

But, if you feel you are using only basic Internet software...  dialer,
browser & email client...  then tell us more about your hardware...
so we can make some intelligent suggestions.

   Bob


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