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hfinz
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Posted - 12/7/2001 11:36:47 AM  Show Profile  Email Poster  Edit Message
My problem; with 2 different ISPs, my USR 5610a
modem hangs up after EXACTLY 2 minutes unless
there is activity.

( I use ping -t as a temp workaround. )

It may be this 5610a modem I just finally got
around to installing... or it might be
something NT-related.

It's not a "modem" control panel setting.
NT 4.0 sp6

Thanks...


--hrf

Bob Starnes
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Posted - 12/7/2001 12:21:30 PM  Show Profile  Email Poster  Edit Message
Check in the Control Panel, Modems applet and the Internet applet for any 'Disconnect if idle' settings.

Also if you use Outlook Express, check it's setup for any 'Disconnect if idle' settings.

Could be an inactivity timeout implemented by the ISP, set your mail reader to check for new mail every 1-2 minutes.

hfinz
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Posted - 12/7/2001 3:13:14 PM  Show Profile  Email Poster  Edit Message
Thanks for replying... but not a solution.
I checked the control panel settings.

Someone else pointed me to a MSFT post --
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;Q164257

msft admits this is an NT4 problem (surprising!), and it says which registry entry to change, but it
doesn't suggest what the right setting is. For instance, S19=900 disables the modem; S19=90 does
nothing.


--hrf

Bob Starnes
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Posted - 12/7/2001 9:00:53 PM  Show Profile  Email Poster  Edit Message
Don't know about the NT registry but that looks like the modem's timeout setting. By default it should be set to zero which disables the inactivity timer, anything greater than zero will activate the inactivity time.

S19: Stores the duration (in minutes) for the inactivity timer. If the modem senses no data transmission for a period of time exceeding the nonzero value in this register, it disconnects the call. A value of 0 disables the function (default = 0). All other values enable it.


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