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> Do you have subscriptions set to update automatically?  Check Internet
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> Ben Moore
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hahnel, Winfried (W.A.)
> Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 10:59 AM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Random modem connections
>
>
> >I've had an upgrade install of WIN98 on my computer now for about 3 months.
> >It is hooked up to a separate phone line of which I'm allowed 400 calls a
> >month w/o per call charges.  The phone line was being accessed up to 600
> >times a month.  Now for the life of me I couldn't figure out why.  The
> >computer was moved from a basement office to our den.  My wife noticed that
> >the computer would randomly dial out to our ISP using the Internet dialer (
> >It dials out and stays on our for about 15 seconds and automatically hangs
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Do you have it automatically checking your mail? I know that one of
the options for netscape is to have it poll for your mail.  Also I use
Linux and an on demand dialer (so this may or may not be of any use.)
If it gets abnormally terminated when I have had an active connection
it will redial, but of course I am an dynamic addressing so it is
trying to reconnect using the previous addresses. This causes it to
keep on trying until it times out, but that will often cause my
machine to redial quite a number of times.

What programs do you have running that access network services. That
would be one place to start... Is there any kind of network sniffing
so you can see what ports you are trying to access. That will give you
an indication of what you are dialing out for...

Just me $.02 :-)
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Richard Nairn
Geological Survey of Canada
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