<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>Coincidence maybe?<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, Jul 20, 2024, at 3:33 AM, Michael wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the explanation. So why does wifi not show as active before it is?<br></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 6:28 AM Ryan Petris <<a href="mailto:ryan@petris.net">ryan@petris.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div class="qt-msg-2060189897243141080"><div><u></u><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I turn off my internet before I go to bed; so in the morning I turn it on.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why?<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>So, why in the world does the wired network connection show as active before the internet is up?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Unless you have a direct physical connection to your internet provider (you don't, unless you live in a datacenter), there's a device (typically a router or modem) between your device and whatever is carrying your internet (cable, the phone line, fiber, etc.).<br></div><div><br></div><div>It's <i>that</i> device that's up and that you're connected to that your computer shows you have a wired connection to. That device then connects to the internet, which is separate from your local connection.<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, Jul 20, 2024, at 3:15 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt-m_-2060189897243141080qt"><div dir="ltr"><div>I turn off my internet before I go to bed; so in the morning I turn it on. Makes sense? So, why in the world does the wired network connection show as active before the internet is up? (I have a wired connection, not wifi)<br></div><div><br></div><div><span>--</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="size" style="font-size:12.8px;">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div>PLUG-discuss mailing list: <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br></div><div>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="qt-gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="size" style="font-size:12.8px;">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>