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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: iijp Idle Timeout
Date: 14 Jul 1996 20:39:20 GMT
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ed@mv.mv.com (Ed Paquette) wrote:

> I've got iijppp up and running, but I can't seem to get the idle timeout 
> to disappear.  I've entered 0 thinking that this would remove the 
> timeout, but soon after there is no activity the modem hangs up.  Am I 

Make sure to set the timeout before dialing.  It seems to be ignored
otherwise.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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