I have a DSL connection through Verizon. Everything works fine, but if my computer goes to HIBRENATE mode, even for a few seconds, it wakes up with a different IP address & can't reconnect to my ISP. (The IP lease is good for 24hr.) We tried it with 2 different modems. We installed motherboar bios upgrade. - Alsways the same. HP did a workaround by setting my usual assigned IP as a STATIC IP. It seems to work for now, but what if my ISP decides to send me a different IP? HP claims this a parennial problem with Vista hibrenating. Anybody else seen this problem? Can somebody from MS monitoring this forum comment? - Valdek Valdek

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319270 for windows 2000 though

"HP claims this a parennial problem with Vista hibrenating." That is the excuse for everything these days, including a leaking faucet ... LOL! Oh & BTW, this HP machine of yours, is it a desktop or notebook? Jabbering Idiots: Everywhere You Look!

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