My local ISP recently called me up and told me they were re-balancing their T1 connections, and had me change from a fixed IP address. Now XP is set to automatically obtain an IP address in network/properties/Lan/properties. And I now lose my DSL connection after some as yet undetermined length of inactivity, causing me to have to re-boot to get my connection back, a major PITA!
It's a small, local ISP/phone co-op, so I don't anticipate being able to get any help from them until Monday...
Any ideas?