That may be true when dealing with the "non-technically-literate" but,
in my experience, only the technically-aragorant think that others can
not understand their jargon - the truly-technically-literate are actually
able (and usually willing) to share their knowledge with others.

Chrissy.

> Fair comment, altho when dealing with non-technically-literate its easier
> to just say 'see the big black switch? press it for me please.' :P
>
> But yes, i hadnt troubled myself to find that command... thanks :)
>
> ><snip>
> > > The short term fix would be to drop her current IP and get a new one -
> > > usually by shutting down the router and restarting it (or rebooting for an
> > > internal).
> >
> >To get a new ip address, you don't always need to restart your dsl modem
> >(re-train the dsl), which takes muchos time.
> >Instead, there should be a command (CLI is easiest) to reset the ppp link.
> >On the M1122 the command is simply 'Reset ppp', then do a 'netstat -i' to
> >show your ip interfaces.
> >The same holds true with entering a new log/pass, you don't need to reset
> >the adsl link on alot of modems (changing to the JSG realm for example).
> >
> >Hope that saves someone time for future reference :)

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