Jeff Bland said:
I dial in with a laptop, and leave it sitting at the desktop. If I watch the connection through maxstat, the byte count of the connection goes up. Could that be whats blowing the idle, and how do I stop it? if this is some kind of keep-alive, is that configurable? (the laptop is a blissfully stupid win95 machine)
If the idle timeout is un-reliable, is there any better way to catch the idle'ers on a consistent basis? Being an isp, this is one of the most important things to us. It appears that linux isn't the only hassle you have. You have the hassle of understanding your TC box. Idle means "no bits of traffic passing through this interface". If you have one bit go through it isn't idle by definition. If you want to test it properly you are going to have to use a machine you can restrict from sending any packets from. I would suggest linux but that would seem to be to much. Barring that, I would suggest a firewall on that machine and lock it down. Other than that, make sure you only have TCP/IP checked under your protocols for the dialup. It sounds like your machine is looking for a windows or IPX network. -- Lewis Bergman Texas Communications 4309 Maple ST. Abilene, TX 79602 325-695-6962 ext 115