Hi all
I had this problem on Win95; now with a new computer and XP (but the same
ISP, although I don't see how that could be relevant) I have some more info
on it.

I use dial-up (and call charges are not cheap here). SOmetimes, not always,
when i've been connected to the net and I disconnect and later reconnect, I
cannot reach any hosts - Outlook cannot find any mail severs and nothing can
be pinged. The new info I have is that "ipconfig /all" shows there are TWO
dial-up adapters active, like this:

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : joenx9010
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : National Semiconductor
DP83815-Based
 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-CD-A8-B6-02

PPP adapter ICON:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 155.239.82.12
        NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

PPP adapter ICON:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 155.239.82.12
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 155.239.82.12
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.43.1.11
                                            196.25.1.11
        NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


Surely that first one is not supposed to be there? It must be stuck from the
earlier dialup connection and preventing proper communication now.

What would cause this and is there a way I can kill and remove the dead
connection without rebooting? I couldn't find anything directly relevant in
a google search.

Joe

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