[X4U] Refresh network connectivity

[Michael Peterson]

On 1/17/06, Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> My isp sometimes drops the ball and goes off-line.
> I'll have cable tv, but no cable modem connection to the net.
>
> The standard way to restore connectivity is to power off the computer, then
> power off the router, then power off the cable modem.
> Then power them on in reverse order, i.e. first the cable modem, etc.
>
> Assuming I don't power off the computer in a situation like this, is there a
> way to get my connectivity back using either the command line or some gui
> utility?

Maybe your experience will be (or is, you didn't say whether you had
tried this) different than mine, but I normally don't have to do
anything with the computer.  Once the router/modem/whatever comes back
online, I'm ok to continue surfing away.