Thanks for this. At 10:03 21/06/2001, you wrote: >David, what kind of connection are you using? I am using a modem - not cable connection. I cannot be connected when I am disconnected. Is there any point at telephoning the people whose Canada phone number you unearthed??? I don't really know what to ask when I have done. David >Just because you are >not actively using an internet connection doesn't mean that you are >"not on line". My cable modem is always "on line", even when I'm >not using a program that uses the internet. > >As to the "169.254.166.136" attempt to connect, here's what Geek >Tools WHOIS says: > >==================== >Results: >IANA (NETBLK-LINKLOCAL) > Internet Assigned Numbers Authority > 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 > Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 > US > > Netname: LINKLOCAL > Netblock: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255 > > Coordinator: > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and > Numbers (IANA-ARIN) res-ip@iana.org > (310) 823-9358 > > Domain System inverse mapping provided by: > > BLACKHOLE.ISI.EDU 128.9.64.26 > BLACKHOLE.EP.NET 198.32.1.116 > > Record last updated on 30-Aug-2000. > Database last updated on 20-Jun-2001 23:01:53 EDT. >========================= > >I have no idea who or what that server is. > >SgtGeorge > >At 09:18 AM 06/18/2001, David Lewin wrote: >*********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >>Zone Alarm reports intercepting Internet Access to my machine WHEN I AM >>OFF LINE >> >>What does that mean? >> >>"blocked internet access to your computer from 169.254.166.136 >>[TCP pORT 1028 >> >>as there were 13 such, the last was TCP Port 1040] >> >>David Lewin >>London >>------- >**********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********** > >==== EUDORA-MAIL Mailing List ==== >You can contact the List Manager at: >djwoolard@earthlink.net > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! ------- Search & Unite attempt to help locate people who, despite the passage of so many years since World War II, may still exist "out there". We also assist in the process of re-possession of property in the Czech Republic. See our Web page at http://remember.org/unite/