the routine that connects to the webassist server connects to double check the number of activations, to make sure it is not being used on more than 2 computers.
if the connection cannot be made though, that part of the activation process is ignored, this is to allow for offline use.
in other words, the connection to our severs at start up is optional, if the connection cannot be made, then it is ignored.
the installed extensions would continue to function if they could not connect to our servers.