I know this is a switch, with all the folks complaining about too many disconnections but:
I'm online now, writing this, After I disconnected the access manager - had to close it because the "disconnecting" sign kept going & going & going asked "Do you want to close...?" Yes. then I had to run Windows Task Manager to finish the sucker off. but was it realy dead? NO! it's still alive! even now with no visible signs of life!
I just arbitrarily thought I'd crank up FireFox to see if I was realy offline, and here I am. Writing this. So folks, if you think you're off line you may not be.
After I post this I'm pulling out the modem. If I'm still online after that it's really spooky. This box has no built-in modems.