On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:38:18 -0800, Dana wrote:
> So now with that kind of time frame, an easy method for you, would be like
> some other person said, put the modem on a power strip, that you can turn on
> and off.

Well, I should note that I already put the equipment on power strips when
it was suggested (as it was a good idea). This is cheating, of course, as
it's not even a workaround ... but it does make it easier to reboot the
router. (Note: The original question was to not have to reboot the router.)

Interestingly, I found yesterday (much to my chagrin) that if I put BOTH
the router and the modem on a power strip ... this would NOT establish the
connection this morning when I turned the power strip power on.

I found I had to put the modem on one power strip and the router on another
power strip. Then, I could turn off the modem's power strip at night. In
the morning, I would turn on the modem's power strip, then after about five
seconds, I would turn on the router's power strip, and that reliably made
the connection.

Of course, we're just mimicking what I was already doing before the first
post to this thread ever occurred (i.e., rebooting the router to force it
to dial in to the ISP with the username and password to request an IP
address). But, it is a slight improvement (and perhaps worth the hundred or
so posts trying to help me).

For this improvement, I thank the entire comp.security.firewalls for your
expert advice. I think we can conclude this thread with the reality that
there is no easy way to tell a router to redial the ISP to ask for an IP
address without booting the router.