Some ground work before I get into the problem I'm having on my "Main PC." I switched from modem to DSL, and at this point went with the free AOL. Those of you who are familiar will know that there was no difference except no payments to AOL. All was great for about nine months. I am in the habit of leaving the PC on and me signed in. This morning I had been knocked off line. All efforts to sign back on failed. The AOL software even went thru the process of "fixing" the connection (several times) also failing. I even went so far as to download a new version of AOL, installed it, and had the same results. I went into my work space and fired up a PC there, all working well. I can sign on and off under several screennames. Would very much appreciate your help. I know I can sign on to AOL thru IE, "My AOL",however, I prefer the direct "old fashion" way.

its possible , leaving the computer on all the time you've been hit by a smurf attack have you done a factory reset of the modem?? is there a router on the system?? i got the smurf attack last month, destroyed my router settings and my network. took awhile to get it back google for smurf attack

try lowering the MTU setting.

Don't know much, or anything for that matter, on the "Smurf" thing but mu other PC's are okay. Does it affect all or just one if your on a router and DSL? Ron, I don't have a clue what MTU is,please advise. Thanks guy's

AOL - Always Off Line